Physicochemical and biological dynamics in a coastal Antarctic lake as it transitions from frozen to open water

• Main Authors: Dieser, Markus, Foreman, Christine M., Jaros, C., Lisle, John T., Greenwood, Mark C., Laybourn-Parry, Johanna, Miller, P. L., Chin, Yu-Ping, McKnight, Diane M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Cape Royds; Pony Lake; Royds; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/12446

Pony Lake, at Cape Royds, Antarctica, is a shallow, eutrophic, coastal lake that freezes solid in the winter. Changes in Pony Lake's physicochemical parameters and microbial community were studied during the transition from ice to open water. Due to rising water temperatures, the progressive me...