Vertical stratification and stability of biogeochemical processes in the deep saline waters of Lake Vanda, Antarctica

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Schutte, Charles A., Samarkin, Vladimir A., Peters, Brian, Madigan, Michael T., Bowles, Marshall, Morgan‐Kiss, Rachael, Casciotti, Karen, Joye, Samantha
• Other Authors: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Austral; Lake Vanda; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Vanda; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11327; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Flno.11327; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lno.11327; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/lno.11327; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/lno.11327; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lno.11327

Abstract Lake Vanda is a permanently ice‐covered lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Its bottom waters remain stratified year‐round because of a strong salinity‐driven density gradient. We have assessed spatial patterns in and relationships between major biogeochemical processes in the wa...