Diversity, productivity, and physiology of microorganisms in the stream-moat-lake transition of Lake Bonney, Antarctica

• Main Author: Moore, Joel Grant
• Other Authors: Chairperson, Graduate Committee: John C. Priscu.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture 2007
• Subjects: Bacterial growth; Microbial ecology; Plankton; Plants; Radiation; Measurement; Bonney; East Lake; Lake Bonney; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/1898

Air temperatures exceeding 0°C in Taylor Valley, Antarctica 17-25 degree days each summer and constant solar irradiance melt glacial and lake ice to from liquid water moats at the edges of permanently ice-covered lakes. Moats are fed by glacial streams and interact with comparatively large volumes o...