Escape of Algae from Frozen Lakes and Ponds
Pieces of algal mats are pulled from bottoms of shallow ponds in Antarctica by melting ice in spring. Heat absorbed from the sun by the mats causes the mats to melt the overlying ice and they move to the surface. Once on the surface they dry and are blown away.
| Published in: | Ecology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1965
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1936350 http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.2307%2F1936350 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.2307%2F1936350 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2307/1936350 |
| Summary: | Pieces of algal mats are pulled from bottoms of shallow ponds in Antarctica by melting ice in spring. Heat absorbed from the sun by the mats causes the mats to melt the overlying ice and they move to the surface. Once on the surface they dry and are blown away. |
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