2004. Impact of episodic warming events on the physical, chemical and biological relationships of lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Christine M. Foreman, Craig F. Wolf, John C. Priscu
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; lakes; stoichiometry; nutrients; climate change; Austral; Bonney; East Lake; Fryxell; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.533.4043; http://mcm-dvlakesmo.montana.edu/images/Data/publications/ForemanEtAl2004Warming.pdf

Antarctica were investigated to determine the impact of a significant air temperature warming event that occurred during the austral summer of 2001–2002. The warming in the valleys caused an increase in glacial run-off, record stream discharge, an increase in lake levels, and thinning of the permane...