​Publications:​

  1. Mikryukov, V., Dulya, O., Zizka, A., Bahram, M., Hagh-Doust, N., Anslan, S., Prylutskyi, O., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Maestre, F., Nilsson, H., Pärn, J., Öpik, M., Moora, M., Zobel, M., Espenberg, M., Mander, U., Khalid, A., Corrales, A., Agan, A., Vasco-Palacios, A., Saitta, A., Rinaldi, A., Verbeken, A., Sulistyo, B., Tamgnoue, B., Furneaux, B., Duarte Ritter, C., Nyamukondiwa, C., Sharp, C., Marín, C., Gohar, D., Klavina, D., Sharmah, D., Dai, D., Nouhra, E., Biersma, E.M., Rähn, E., Cameron, E., Crop, E., Otsing, E., Davydov, E., Albornoz, F., Brearley, F., Buegger, F., Zahn, G., Bonito, G., Hiiesalu, I., Barrio, I., Heilmann-Clausen, J., Ankuda, J., Dolezal, J., Kupagme, J., Macia-Vicente, J., Djeugap, J., Geml, J., Alatalo, J., Alvarez-Manjarrez, J., Põldmaa, K., Runnel, K., Adamson, K., Bråthen, K., Pritsch, K., Tchan Issifou, K., Armolaitis, K., Hyde, K., Newsham, K., Panksep, K., Lateef, A., Hansson, L., Lamit, L., Saba, M., Tuomi, M., Gryzenhout, M., Bauters, M., Piepenbring, M., Wijayawardene, N., Yorou, N., Kurina, O., Mortimer, P., Meidl, P., Kohout, P., Puusepp, R., Drenkhan, R., Garibay-Orijel, R., Godoy, R., Alkahtani, S., Rahimlou, S., Dudov, S., Põlme, S., Ghosh, S., Mundra, S., Ahmed, T., Netherway, T., Henkel, T., Roslin, T., Nteziryayo, V., Fedosov, V., Onipchenko, V., Yasanthika, W., Lim, Y., Van Nuland, M., Soudzilovskaia, N., Antonelli, A., Kõljalg, U., Abarenkov, K. & Tedersoo, L. (2023) Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity. Science Advances. 9, eadj8016. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj8016
  2. ​Acuña-Rodríguez, I.S., Newsham, K.K., Convey, P., Biersma. E.M., Ballesteros, G.I., Torres-Díaz, C., Goodall-Copestake, W.P. and Molina-Montenegro, M.A. (2023) The role of the soil microbiome in the colonisation of glacier forefields by Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) under current and future climate change scenarios. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 188 (2024) 109249 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109249.
  3. Molina-Montenegro, M.A, Ballesteros, G.I., Acuña-Rodríguez, I.S., Pertierra, L.R., Greve, M., Richardson, D.M., Convey, P., Biersma, E.M., Goodall-Copestake, W.P. & Newsham, K.K. (2023) The “Trojan horse” strategy: seed fungal endophyte symbiosis helps to explain the invasion success of the grass, Poa annua, in Maritime Antarctica. Diversity and Distributions. 00: 1-13 https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13768
  4. Clarke, L.J., Shaw, J.D., Suter, L., Atalah, J., Bergstrom, D.M., Biersma, E.M., Convey, P., Greve, M., Holland, O., Houghton, M.J., Hughes, K.A., Johnston, E.L., King, C.K., McCarthy, A.H., McGaughran, A., Pertierra, L.R., Robinson, S.A., Sherman, C.D.H., Stark, J.S., Stevens, M.I., Strugnell, J.M., von Ammon, U., Wilson, N.G., Zaiko A & MacDonald, A.J. An expert-driven framework for applying eDNA tools to improve biosecurity in the Antarctic (2023) Management of Biological Invasions. 14(3): 379–402, https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2023.14.3.01
  5. Maturana, C.S., Biersma, E.M., Diaz, A., González-Wevar, C., Contador, T., Convey, P., Jackson, J. & Poulin E. (2022). Survivors and colonizers: contrasting biogeographic histories reconciled in the Antarctic freshwater copepod Boeckella poppei. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1012852​
  6. Lee, J.R., Terauds, A., Carwardine, J., Shaw, J.D., Fuller, R.A., Possingham, H.P, Chown, S.L., Convey, P., Gilbert. N., Hughes K.A., McIvor, E., Robinson, S.A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Bergstrom, D.M., Biersma, E.M., Christian, C., Cowan, D.A., Frenot, Y., Jenouvrier, S., Kelley, L., Lee, M.J., Lynch, H.J., Njåstad, B., Quesada, A., Roura, R.M., Shaw, E.A., Stanwell-Smith, D., Tsujimoto, M., Wall, D.H., Wilmotte, A. & Chadès, I. (2022). Threat management priorities for conserving Antarctic biodiversity. PLOS Biology. 20(12): e3001921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001921
  7. Newsham, K.K., Danielsen, B.K., Biersma, E.M., Elberling, B., Hillyard, G., Kumari, P., Priemé, A., Woo, C. & Yamamoto, N. (2022) Rapid Response to Experimental Warming of a Microbial Community Inhabiting High Arctic Patterned Ground Soil. Biology. 11,1819. https:// doi.org/10.3390/biology11121819
  8. Tedersoo, L., Mikryukov, V., Zizka, A., Bahram, M., Hagh‐Doust, N., Anslan, S., Prylutskyi, O., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Maestre, F.T., Pärn, J., Öpik, M., Moora, M., Zobel, M., Espenberg, M., Mander, Ü., Khalid, A.N., Corrales, A., Agan, A., Vasco‐Palacios, A-M., Saitta, A., Rinaldi, A.C., Verbeken, A., Sulistyo, B.P., Tamgnoue, B., Furneaux, B., Ritter, C.D., Nyamukondiwa, C., Sharp, C., Marín, C., Gohar, D., Klavina, D., Sharmah, D., Qin Dai, D., Nouhra, E., Biersma, E.M., Rähn, E., Cameron, E.K., De Crop, E., Otsing, E., Davydov, E.A., Albornoz, F.E., Brearley, F.Q., Buegger, F., Zahn, G., Bonito, G., Hiiesalu, I., Barrio, I.C., Heilmann‐Clausen, J., Ankuda, J., Kupagme, J.Y., Maciá‐Vicente, J.G., Djeugap Fovo, J.D., József Geml, J., Alatalo, J.M., Alvarez‐Manjarrez, J., Põldmaa, K., Runnel, K., Adamson, K., Anne Bråthen, K., Pritsch, K., Tchan, K.I., Armolaitis, K., Hyde, K.D., Newsham, K.K., Panksep, K., Lateef, A.A., Tiirmann, L., Hansson, L., Lamit, L.J., Saba, M., Tuomi, M., Gryzenhout, M., Bauters, M., Piepenbring, M., Wijayawardene, N., Yorou, N.S., Kurina, O., Mortimer, P.E., Meidl, P., Kohout, P., Nilsson, R.H., Puusepp, R., Drenkhan, R., Garibay‐Orijel, R., Godoy, R., Alkahtani, S., Rahimlou, S., Dudov, S.V., Põlme, S., Ghosh, S., Mundra, S., Ahmed, T., Netherway, T., Henkel, T.W., Roslin, T., Nteziryayo, V., Fedosov, V.E., Onipchenko, V.G., Yasanthika, W.A.E., Woon Lim, Y., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Antonelli, A., Kõljalg, U. & Abarenkov, K. (2022). Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi. Global Change Biology. 28 (22), 6696-6710. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16398 
  9. Tedersoo, L., Mikryukov, V., Anslan, S., Bahram, M., Khalid, A.N., Corrales, A., Agan, A., Vasco-Palacios, A.M., Saitta, A., Antonelli, A., Rinaldi, A.C., Verbeken, A., Sulistyo, B.P., Tamgnoue, B., Furneaux, B., Ritter, C.D., Nyamukondiwa, C., Sharp, C., Marín, C., Dai, D.Q., Gohar, D., Sharmah, D., Biersma, E.M., Cameron, E.K., Crop, E.D., Otsing, E., Davydov, E.A., Albornoz, F.E., Brearley, F.Q., Buegger, F., Gates, G., Zahn, G., Bonito, G., Hiiesalu, I., Hiiesalu, I., Zettur, I., Barrio, IC., Pärn, J., Heilmann-Clausen, J., Ankuda, J., Kupagme, JY., Sarapuu, J., Maciá-Vicente, J.G., Fovo, J.D., Geml, J,.Alatalo, J.M., Alvarez-Manjarrez, J., Monkai, J., Põldmaa, K., Runnel, K., Adamson, K., Bråthen, K.A., Pritsch, K., Tchan, K.I., Armolaitis, K., Hyde, K.D., Newsham, K.K., Panksep, K., Adebola, L.A., Lamit, L.J., Saba, M., da, Silva, Cáceres, M.E., Tuomi, M., Gryzenhout, M., Bauters, M., Bálint, M., Wijayawardene, N., Hagh-Doust, N., Yorou, N.S., Kurina, O., Mortimer, P.E., Meidl, P., Nilsson, R.H., Puusepp, R., Casique-Valdés, R., Drenkhan, R., Garibay-Orijel, R., Godoy, R., Alfarraj, S., Rahimlou, S., Põlme, S., Dudov, S.V., Mundra, S., Ahmed, T., Netherway, T., Henkel, T.W., Roslin, T., Fedosov, V.E., Onipchenko, V.G., Yasanthika, E., Lim, Y.W., Piepenbring, M., Klavina, D., Kõljalg, U., Abarenkov, K (2021). The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research. Fungal Diversity, 111, 573–588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-021-00493-7
  10. Pedersen, Å.Ø., Convey, P., Newsham, K.K., Mosbacher, J.B., Fuglei, E., Ravolainen, V., Hansen, B.B., Jensen, T.C., Augusti, A., Biersma, E.M., Cooper, E.J., Coulson, S.J., Gabrielsen, G.W., Gallet, J.C., Karsten, U., Kristiansen, S.M., Svenning, M.M., Tveit, A.T., Uchida, M., Baneschi, I., Calizza, E., Cannone, N., de Goede, E.M., Doveri, M., Elster, J., Giamberini, M.S., Hayashi, K., Lang, S.I., Lee, Y.K., Nakatsubo, T., Pasquali, V., Paulsen, I.G.M., Pedersen, C., Peng, F., Provenzale, A., Pushkareva, E., Sandström, C.A.M., Sklet, V., Stach, A., Tojo, M., Tytgat, B., Tømmervik, H., Velazquez, D., Verleyen, E., Welker, J.M., Yao, Y.-F. & Loonen, M.J.J.E. (2022) Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Polar Research. 41. https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v41.6310
  11. Alban, D.M., Biersma, E.M., Kadereit, J.W, & Dillenberger, M.S. (2022) Colonization of the Southern Hemisphere by Sagina and Colobanthus (Caryophyllaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 308, 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-021-01793-w
  12. Maturana, C.S., Rosenfeld, S., Biersma, E.M., Segovia, N.I., González‐Wevar, C.A., Díaz, A., Naretto, J., Duggan, I.C., Hogg, I.D., Poulin, E., Convey, P. & Jackson, J.A. (2021) Historical biogeography of the Gondwanan freshwater genus Boeckella (Crustacea): Timing and modes of speciation in the Southern Hemisphere. Diversity and Distributions. 27 (12), 2330-2343. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13405
  13. Biersma, E.M., Convey, P., Wyber, R., Robinson, S.A., Dowton, M., Van De Vijver, B., Linse, K., Griffiths H. & Jackson, J.A. (2020) Latitudinal biogeographic structuring in the globally distributed moss Ceratodon purpureus. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:502359.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.502359
  14. Pinseel, E., Janssens, S.B., Verleyen, E., Vanormelingen, P., Kohler, T.J., Biersma, E.M., Sabbe, K., Van de Vijver, B. & Vyverman, W. (2020) Global radiation in a rare biosphere soil diatom. Nature Communications 11, 2382. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16181-0​
  15. Biersma, E.M., Torres-Díaz, C., Molina-Montenegro, M.A., Newsham, K.K., Vidal, M.A., Collado G.A., Acuña-Rodríguez, I.S., Ballesteros, G., Figueroa, C.C., Goodall-Copestake, W.P., Leppe, M.A., Cuba-Díaz, M., Valladares, M.A.,  Pertierra, L.R. & Convey, P. (2020) Multiple post-glacial colonisation events of the Antarctic pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis (Caryophyllaceae) reveal the recent arrival of native Antarctic vascular flora. Journal of Biogeography. 00, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13843
  16. Wang, P., D'Imperio, L., Biersma, E.M., Ranniku, R., Xu, W., Tian, Q., Ambus, P. & Elberling, B. (2020) ​Combined effects of glacial retreat and penguin activity on soil greenhouse gas fluxes on South Georgia, sub-Antarctica. Science of the Total Environment, 135255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135255
  17. Biersma E.M., Jackson, J.A., Stech, M., Griffiths, H., Linse, K. & Convey, P. (2018) Molecular data suggest long-term in situ Antarctic persistence within Antarctica's most speciose plant genus, Schistidium. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6, 77. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00077
  18. Biersma E.M., Jackson, J.A., Bracegirdle T.J., Griffiths, H., Linse, K. & Convey, P. (2018) Low genetic variation between South American and Antarctic populations of the bank-forming moss Chorisodontium aciphyllum (Dicranaceae). Polar Biology, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2221-1 ​
  19. Lewis, L.R., Biersma, E.M., Carey, S.B., Holsinger, K., McDaniel, S.F., Rozzi, R., & Goffinet, B. (2017) Resolving the northern hemisphere source region for the long-distance dispersal event that gave rise to the South American endemic dung moss Tetraplodon fuegianus. American Journal of Botany. 104(11), 1651-1659. ​https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1700144
  20. Biersma E.M., Jackson, J.A., Hyvönen, J., Koskinen, S., Linse, K., Griffiths, H. & Convey, P. (2017) Global biogeographic patterns in bipolar moss species. Royal Society Open Science. 4: 170147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170147
  21. Lewis, L.R. & Ickert-Bond, S., Biersma, E.M., Convey, P., Goffinet, B., Hassel, K., Kruijer, H., La Farge, C., Metzgar, J., Stech, M., Villarreal, J.C. & McDaniel, S.F. (2017) Future directions and priorities for Arctic bryophyte research. Arctic Science (ja). https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0043
  22. Dabert, M., Coulson, S.J., Gwiazdowicz, D.J., Moe, B., Hanssen, S.A., Biersma, E.M., Pilskog, H.E. & Dabert, J. (2015) Differences in speciation progress in feather mites (Analgoidea) inhabiting the same host: the case of Zachvatkinia and Alloptes living on arctic and long-tailed skuas. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9856-1
  23. Pisa, S. & Biersma, E.M., Convey, P., Patiño, J., Vanderpoorten, A., Werner, O. & Ros, R.M. (2014) The cosmopolitan moss Bryum argenteum in Antarctica: recent colonisation or in situ survival? Polar Biology, 37(10), 1469-1477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1537-3
  24. Convey, P., Abbandonato, H., Bergan, F., Beumer, L.T., Biersma, E.M., Bråthen, V.S., D'Imperio, L., Jensen, C.K., Nilsen, S., Paquin, K., Stenkewitz, U., Svoen, M.E., Winkler, J., Müller, E. & Coulson, S.J. (2014) Survival of rapidly fluctuating natural low winter temperatures by High Arctic soil invertebrates. Journal of Thermal Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.07.009
  25. Coulson, S.J., Convey, P., Aakra, K., Aarvik, L., Ávila-Jiménez, M.L., Babenko, A., Biersma, E.M., Boström, S., Brittain, J.E., Carlsson, A.M., Christoffersen, K., De Smet, W.H., Ekrem, T., Fjellberg, A., Füreder, L., Gustafsson, D., Gwiazdowicz, D.J., Hansen, L.O., Holmstrup, M., Hullé, M., Kaczmarek, Ł., Kolicka, M., Kuklin, V., Lakka, H.K., Lebedeva, N., Makarova, O., Maraldo, K., Melekhina, E., Ødegaard, F., Pilskog, H.E., Simon, J.C., Sohlenius, B., Solhøy, T., Søli, G., Stur, E., Tanasevitch, A., Taskaeva, A., Velle, G., Zawierucha, K. & Zmudczyńska-Skarbek, K. (2014) The terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate biodiversity of the archipelagoes of the Barents Sea; Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 68, 440-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.10.006
  26. Gilg, O., Moe, B., Hanssen, S.A., Schmidt, N.M., Sittler, B., Hansen, J., Reneerkens, J., Sabard, B., Chastel, O., Moreau, J., Phillips, R.A., Oudman, T., Biersma, E.M., Fenstad, A.A., Lang, J. & Bollache, L. (2013) Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a high-arctic avian predator: the long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). PLoS One 8: e64614. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064614


Book Chapters:
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  1. Convey, P., Biersma, E.M., Casanova-Katny, A. & Maturana, C.S. (2020) Chapter 10: Refuges of Antarctic Biodiversity. In: "Past Antarctica" (ed. J.R. Fernandez). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817925-3.00010-0​

Dissertations:

 
  • M.Sc. Thesis (University in Bergen, Norway): Biersma, E.M. (2012) The Diversity and Ecology of Microbial Mats on Two Arctic Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Making Use of Metagenomics and Transcriptomics. (grade: A)
 
  • B.Sc. Thesis (University of Groningen, Netherlands): Biersma, E.M. (2010) Ocean Iron Fertilisation: Enrichment or back to the Iron Age? An Overview of Ocean Iron Fertilisation as a Potential Climate Mitigation Tool.
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