Vertical Profile of Photosynthetic Active Radiation in McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes

As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, lakes were monitored for photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) levels. This data set exemplifies the vertical profile of underwater PAR profiles in perennial ice covered lakes and ambient PAR measur...

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Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: McMurdo Dry Valleys LTERByrd Polar Research Center 108 Scott Hall1090 Carmack RdColumbusColumbusOH43210-1002USA(614) 292-4697 2011
Subjects:
photosynthetic active radiation
light
extinction coefficient
lake
limnology
Antarctica
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Bonney
Fryxell
Hoare
Lake Bonney
Lake Fryxell
Lake Hoare
Bonney Lake
East Lake
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.14635
http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.0046.2/xml
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Summary:As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, lakes were monitored for photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) levels. This data set exemplifies the vertical profile of underwater PAR profiles in perennial ice covered lakes and ambient PAR measured at the air-ice interface. Profile data can be used to calculate extinction coefficients for the water column and ice layer.

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