Persistent effects of a discrete warming event on a polar desert ecosystem

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Barrett, J. E., Virginia, R. A., Wall, D. H., Doran, P. T., Fountain, A. G., Welch, K. A., Lyons, W. B.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic dry valleys; Climate change; Extreme climate event; Nematodes; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Eudorylaimus antarcticus; Ice; permafrost; polar desert
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/645; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01641.x

A discrete warming event (December 21, 2001-January 12, 2002) in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, enhanced glacier melt, stream flow, and melting of permafrost. Effects of this warming included a rapid rise in lake levels and widespread increases in soil water availability resulting from melting...