TWO ANTARCTIC DESERT LAKES1
The optical and biological properties of ice‐covered Lakes Vanda and Bonney, Antarctica, were observed during two austral summers. The lakes arc among the clearest known, with extinction coefficients as low as 0.031 for blue light in Lake Vanda and 0.069 for green light in Lake Bonney. Temperature a...
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crwiley:10.4319/lo.1967.12.2.0295 2024-04-28T07:56:06+00:00 TWO ANTARCTIC DESERT LAKES1 Goldman, Charles R. Mason, David T. Hobbie, John E. 1967 http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1967.12.2.0295 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1967.12.2.0295 https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1967.12.2.0295 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Limnology and Oceanography volume 12, issue 2, page 295-310 ISSN 0024-3590 1939-5590 Aquatic Science Oceanography journal-article 1967 crwiley https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1967.12.2.0295 2024-04-08T06:52:31Z The optical and biological properties of ice‐covered Lakes Vanda and Bonney, Antarctica, were observed during two austral summers. The lakes arc among the clearest known, with extinction coefficients as low as 0.031 for blue light in Lake Vanda and 0.069 for green light in Lake Bonney. Temperature and conductivity measurements in a shallow lake on Cape Evans, Antarctica, suggest a simple freezing‐out process as the possible origin of the monimolimnionic salt concentration in Lake Vanda. The lakes have a variety of living organisms but low standing crops and production rates. Many of the organisms are facultatively heterotrophic and may use dissolved organic substances for maintenance in the dark half of the year. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Wiley Online Library Limnology and Oceanography 12 2 295 310 |
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The optical and biological properties of ice‐covered Lakes Vanda and Bonney, Antarctica, were observed during two austral summers. The lakes arc among the clearest known, with extinction coefficients as low as 0.031 for blue light in Lake Vanda and 0.069 for green light in Lake Bonney. Temperature and conductivity measurements in a shallow lake on Cape Evans, Antarctica, suggest a simple freezing‐out process as the possible origin of the monimolimnionic salt concentration in Lake Vanda. The lakes have a variety of living organisms but low standing crops and production rates. Many of the organisms are facultatively heterotrophic and may use dissolved organic substances for maintenance in the dark half of the year. |
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