Particulate Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Concentrations in McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: McMurdo Dry Valleys LTERByrd Polar Research Center 108 Scott Hall1090 Carmack RdColumbusColumbusOH43210-1002USA(614) 292-4697 2011
• Subjects: lake; limnology; carbon; nitrogen; particulate organic carbon; particulate organic nitrogen; Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Bonney; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; Lake Hoare; Lake Joyce; Lake Miers; Fryxell Lake; Bonney Lake; East Lake; Hoare Lake; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.14810; http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.0057.6/xml

An important part of the McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) is evaluating carbon and nitrogen budgets in perennial ice-covered lakes. This data set addresses this core area of research and quantifies the particulate carbon and nitrogen found at specific depths in McMurdo Dry Valley lakes.