Sources of solutes and carbon cycling in perennially ice-covered Lake Untersee, Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Marsh, Nicole B., Lacelle, Denis, Faucher, Benoit, Cotroneo, Sarina, Jasperse, Liam, Clark, Ian D., Andersen, Dale T.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Tawani Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Untersee; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69116-6; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69116-6.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69116-6

Abstract Perennially ice-covered lakes that host benthic microbial ecosystems are present in many regions of Antarctica. Lake Untersee is an ultra-oligotrophic lake that is substantially different from any other lakes on the continent as it does not develop a seasonal moat and therefore shares simil...