The Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry of Cryoconite Holes from McMurdo Dry Valley Glaciers, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Porazinska, Dorota L., Fountain, Andrew G., Nylen, Thomas H., Tranter, Martyn, Virginia, Ross A., Wall, Diana H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 2004
• Subjects: Glaciers > Antarctica > McMurdo Dry Valleys; Meltwater > Antarctica > McMurdo Dry Valleys; Ecology > Antarctica > McMurdo Dry Valleys; Biotic communities > Antarctica; Environmental Sciences; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Acutuncus antarcticus; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/geog_fac/12; https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2004)036[0084:TBABOC]2.0.CO;2; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/context/geog_fac/article/1011/viewcontent/biodiversity_and_biogeochemistry_of_cryoconite.pdf

Once thought of as inert, ice has been increasingly recognized as a habitat suitable for life. The landscape of the MCMurdo Dry Valleys (MCM) of Antarctica is dominated by glaciers, and glacier melt is the primary water source for life in soils, streams, and lakes. The glaciers, despite their cold a...