Summer–winter transitions in Antarctic ponds: III. Chemical changes

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Webster-Brown, Jenny, Hawes, Ian, Safi, Karl, Sorrell, Brian, Wilson, Nathaniel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2011
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102011000721; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102011000721

Abstract Observations were made of water column chemistry in four Na-Cl dominated ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf from the end of January to early April in 2008. During that time the ponds went from ice-free to predominantly frozen, with only a small volume of residual hypoxic, saline liquid trapped...