A LIMNOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN THE AREA OF McMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA1

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Armitage, Kenneth B., House, Hugh B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1962
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bonney; Lake Bonney; Lake Vanda; McMurdo Sound; The Antarctic; Two Ponds; Vanda; Victoria Land; Wright Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1962.7.1.0036; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1962.7.1.0036; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1962.7.1.0036

During the Antarctic summer of 1960–61, limnological data were collected from a series of meltwater ponds and permanently ice‐covered lakes in the area of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (77°51′ S, 166°37′ E). All ponds were basic and more saline than typical fresh‐water lakes. Primary production, measure...