Extreme supersaturation of nitrous oxide in a poorly ventilated Antarctic lake

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Prisu, John C., Downes, Malcolm T., McKay, Christopher P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Oceanography; Arctic; Antarctic; Arctic Lake; Bonney; Lake Bonney; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1996.41.7.1544; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1996.41.7.1544; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1996.41.7.1544; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1996.41.7.1544

Lake Bonney, a permanently ice‐covered Ant‐ arctic lake, has a middepth maximum N 2 O concentration of 41.6 µ M N (> 580,000% saturation with respect to the global average mixing ratio of N 2 O) in its east lobe, representing the highest level yet reported for a natural aquatic system. Atmosp...