Total organic carbon in pond waters from the Labyrinth of southern Victoria Land in the Antarctic
Total organic carbon (TOC) in 10 freshwater and saline ponds in the Labyrinth (77°33′S, 160°50′E) of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, was preliminary studied to clarify their distribution and sources. The TOC concentrations ranged from 0.78 to 23.1mgC/l. The high TOC concentrations were found onl...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7aa3a2f3ec0b47d784cbc13adf3264c0 2023-05-15T13:31:06+02:00 Total organic carbon in pond waters from the Labyrinth of southern Victoria Land in the Antarctic Genki I. Matsumoto Kunihiko Watanuki Tetsuya Torii 1987-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15094/00008557 https://doaj.org/article/7aa3a2f3ec0b47d784cbc13adf3264c0 EN JA eng jpn National Institute of Polar Research https://doi.org/10.15094/00008557 https://doaj.org/toc/0085-7289 https://doaj.org/toc/2432-079X doi:10.15094/00008557 0085-7289 2432-079X https://doaj.org/article/7aa3a2f3ec0b47d784cbc13adf3264c0 Antarctic Record, Vol 31, Iss 3, Pp 171-176 (1987) Geography (General) G1-922 article 1987 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15094/00008557 2022-12-31T12:19:56Z Total organic carbon (TOC) in 10 freshwater and saline ponds in the Labyrinth (77°33′S, 160°50′E) of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, was preliminary studied to clarify their distribution and sources. The TOC concentrations ranged from 0.78 to 23.1mgC/l. The high TOC concentrations were found only in saline pond waters. The correlation coefficient between electric conductivity and TOC value was considerably high (0.82). This result can be explained as follows : Organic substances supplied from snow and glacial meltwaters are first concentrated in the residual pond waters by freezing out. Also in situ photosynthetic activity produces organic substances, but certain labile organic constituents may be degraded by microbial activity. Further, repeating freezing and evaporation of pond waters work to concentrate relatively refractory organic substances in the pond bottom waters, together with dissolved inorganic salts over a long period of time. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Victoria Land Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic The Antarctic Victoria Land Labyrinth ENVELOPE(160.833,160.833,-77.550,-77.550) |
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Total organic carbon (TOC) in 10 freshwater and saline ponds in the Labyrinth (77°33′S, 160°50′E) of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, was preliminary studied to clarify their distribution and sources. The TOC concentrations ranged from 0.78 to 23.1mgC/l. The high TOC concentrations were found only in saline pond waters. The correlation coefficient between electric conductivity and TOC value was considerably high (0.82). This result can be explained as follows : Organic substances supplied from snow and glacial meltwaters are first concentrated in the residual pond waters by freezing out. Also in situ photosynthetic activity produces organic substances, but certain labile organic constituents may be degraded by microbial activity. Further, repeating freezing and evaporation of pond waters work to concentrate relatively refractory organic substances in the pond bottom waters, together with dissolved inorganic salts over a long period of time. |
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Genki I. Matsumoto Kunihiko Watanuki Tetsuya Torii |
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Genki I. Matsumoto Kunihiko Watanuki Tetsuya Torii |
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Total organic carbon in pond waters from the Labyrinth of southern Victoria Land in the Antarctic |
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Total organic carbon in pond waters from the Labyrinth of southern Victoria Land in the Antarctic |
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Total organic carbon in pond waters from the Labyrinth of southern Victoria Land in the Antarctic |
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Total organic carbon in pond waters from the Labyrinth of southern Victoria Land in the Antarctic |
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Total organic carbon in pond waters from the Labyrinth of southern Victoria Land in the Antarctic |
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total organic carbon in pond waters from the labyrinth of southern victoria land in the antarctic |
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