Bacterioplakton dynamics in stratified lakes of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica during the transition to polar night

• Main Author: Vick, Trista Juliana
• Other Authors: Chairperson, Graduate Committee: John C. Priscu.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture 2010
• Subjects: Bacteria; Limnology; Seasons; Austral; Bonney; Fryxell; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica; polar night
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/2477

Limnological research on the lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MCM), Antarctica, is typically carried out during the austral spring-summer (October January) when logistical support is readily available; the current study marks the first sampling effort during the summer-fall transition (January-Apri...