Ecological studies of aquatic moss pillars in Antarctic lakes 1. Macro structure and carbon, nitrogen and Chlorophyll a contents

• Main Authors: Sakae Kudoh, Yasutaka Tsuchiya, Eri Ayukawa, Satoshi Imura, Hiroshi Kanda
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research/Shimoda Marine Research Center, Tsukuba University/The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, National Institute of Polar Research/National Institute of Polar Research/National Institute of Polar Research 2003
• Subjects: moss pillars; structure; C/N content; chlorophyll a; Antarctic lake; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Pillar; Skarvsnes; The Pillar; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar bioscience
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=6195; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00006195/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=6195&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Structures of a typical 'moss pillar' submerged in Antarctic lakes were investigated to analyze the sizes, age distribution, and composition such as shoot density, dry weight, carbon, nitrogen and chlorophyll a using a sample collected from lake B-4 Ike in the Skarvsnes region, East Antarc...