Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a small pond in the maritime Antarctic

• Published in: Hydrobiologia
• Main Author: Davey, Martin C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Kluwer 1993
• Subjects: Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Livingston Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517694/; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00765009

Small ponds and puddles are extremely common throughout the ice-free areas of the maritime Antarctic. The carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a typical pond on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands were investigated during summer 1991. The pond vegetation consisted of a benthic mat of cyanobacteria,...