Timescales of growth response of microbial mats to environmental change in an ice-covered antarctic lake.

• Main Authors: Hawes, Ian, Sumner, Dawn Y, Andersen, Dale T, Jungblut, Anne D, Mackey, Tyler J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2013
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Antarctic; Basin Lake; Lake Vanda; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Pinnacle; Vanda; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6g37d1nr

Lake Vanda is a perennially ice-covered, closed-basin lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Laminated photosynthetic microbial mats cover the floor of the lake from below the ice cover to >40 m depth. In recent decades, the water level of Lake Vanda has been rising, creating a "natura...