Ecological studies of aquatic moss pillars in Antarctic lakes 2. Temperature and light environment at the moss habitat

• Main Authors: Sakae Kudoh, Kentaro Watanabe, Satoshi Imura
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research/National Institute of Polar Research/National Institute of Polar Research 2003
• Subjects: moss pillars; growth environment; water quality; bottom temperature; PAR; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Kuwai Ike; Pillar; Queen Maud Land; Skarvsnes; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar bioscience
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=6196; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00006196/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=6196&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

To understand the environmental conditions, which control the growth of moss pillars in lake bottoms, water temperature and light in the moss pillar habitat in lake Kuwai Ike in Skarvsnes, Soya Coast, East Antarctica, were continuously measured for about one year, February 1999 to Jannuary 2000. Lim...