Breaching of a perennial snow dam below Lake Hyoga Ike in the Langhovde region of the Sôya Coast, East Antarctica: Probable effect of disturbance events on the distribution and colonization of flora within/around the lake

• Main Authors: Sakae Kudoh, Yukiko Tanabe, Takeshi Inoue, Satoshi Imura, Hiroshi Kanda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2009
• Subjects: geo; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Langhovde; Sôya Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00009488; https://doaj.org/article/ada40788cbc148bdb07cc596fb3f7a30

The distribution and colonization of flora in Antarctica may be limited by disturbance events, including flooding. Recently, we observed a large hole in the perennial snow dam below Lake Hyoga Ike (temporary name), located in the Langhovde region on the Sôya Coast in East Antarctica. This phenomenon...