PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN AN EXTREME SHADE ENVIRONMENT: BENTHIC MICROBIAL MATS FROM LAKE HOARE, A PERMANENTLY ICE‐COVERED ANTARCTIC LAKE

• Published in: Journal of Phycology
• Main Authors: Hawes, Ian, Schwarz, Anne‐Maree
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; Hoare; Lake Hoare; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3530448.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1529-8817.1999.3530448.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3530448.x

We investigated the composition of benthic microbial mats in permanently ice‐covered Lake Hoare, Antarctica, and their irradiance vs. photosynthetic oxygen exchange relationships. Mats could be subdivided into three distinct depth zones: a seasonally ice‐free “moat” zone and two under‐ice zones. The...