The production ecology of benthic plants in some Antarctic lakes: I. In situ production studies

• Published in: The Journal of Ecology
• Main Author: Priddle, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: British Ecological Society 1980
• Subjects: Botany; Arctic; Antarctic; Signy Island; Midwinter; Sombre Lake; Changing Lake; Moss Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524998/; https://doi.org/10.2307/2259248

(1) The vegetation of three oligotrophic lakes on Signy Island (Antarctica) is dominated by benthic algal felts and aquatic mosses, and the phytoplankton is sparse. Five seasonal factors affect underwater irradiance--daylength, the sun's elevation, ice- and snow-cover and water clarity. Calcula...