Nitrate-rich inland waters of the Ross Ice Shelf region, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Warwick F Vincent', Clive Howard-Williams2
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Darwin Glacier; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Sound; Pyramid; Pyramid Trough; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1075.4454; http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/warwickvincent/PDFfiles/88.pdf

Abstract: Nutrient and major ion concentrations were measured in surface water samples from lakes, ponds and streams at sites 30-320 km south of McMurdo Sound: the Darwin Glacier region (79.7-8O.O0S), Pyramid Trough in the southern Dry Valleys (78.2"S), and the McMurdo Ice Shelf ablation zone (...