Decadal timescale variability in ecosystem properties in the ponds of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Hawes, Ian, Howard-Williams, Clive, Sorrell, Brian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Victoria Land; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102013000576; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102013000576

Abstract Meltwater ponds are important biodiversity elements in continental Antarctica. Many occupy closed basins and are vulnerable to changes in the balance between water accrual, through melting of ice and snow, and water loss by ablation and evaporation. We use a two-decade long record of ponds...