Analysis of Long Term Photosynthetically Active Radiation Data from McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes to Identify Turbidity Stratification Patterns

• Main Author: Pedersen, Stephen
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University 2015
• Subjects: Antarctica; Long term ecological research; polar; microbiology; ecology; mcmurdo; Bonney; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Hoare; Taylor Valley; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/9020

The current study focused on four perennially ice covered, meromictic, fresh water lakes in the Taylor Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valley region: West and East Lobe Bonney, Fryxell, and Hoare. Data from these lakes have been collected annually for more than 25 years, and are cataloged in the McMurdo D...