Ecosystem Dynamics in an Extreme Environment: Hydrologic Controls on Biological Activity in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica

• Main Author: Rytel, Alexander
• Other Authors: Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University 2012
• Subjects: limnology; Antarctica; McMurdo; Fryxell; Environmental; Geochemistey; Hydrogeology; Lake Fryxell; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; polar desert
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/58832

The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica constitute a large and significantly ice free area of Antarctica at 78 degrees south latitude. The area is a polar desert but contains several lakes fed by glacial melt water from four to twelve weeks of the year. Over the past twenty years data have been gather...