Timescales of growth response of microbial mats to environmental change in an ice-covered antarctic lake.
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...
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eScholarship, University of California
2013
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Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6g37d1nr |