Environmental conditions during freezing, and response of microbial mats in ponds of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Hawes, I., Smith, R., Howard-Williams, C., Schwarz, A-M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1999
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; McMurdo Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102099000267; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102099000267

Environmental conditions, both external to and within three shallow ponds of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, were measured over an annual cycle between January 1997 and January 1998. We combined this with a study of the response of the benthic microbial mat communities to the transition from summer condition...