Diatoms in sediments of perennially ice-covered Lake Hoare, and implications for interpreting lake history in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica

• Main Authors: Spaulding, S. A., McKnight, D. M., Stoermer, E. F., Doran, P. T.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 1997
• Subjects: Amictic lakes; Antarctica; Closed-basin lakes; Diatoms; Ice-covered lakes; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Hoare; Lake Hoare; Basin Lake; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/690; https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007931329881

Diatom assemblages in surficial sediments, sediment cores, sediment traps, and inflowing streams of perennially ice-covered Lake Hore, South Victorialand, Antarctica were examined to determine the distribution of diatom taxa, and to ascertain if diatom species composition has changed over time. Lake...