Do cryoconite holes have the potential to be significant sources of C, N, and P to downstream depauperate ecosystems of Taylor Valley, Antarctica?

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Bagshaw, Elizabeth, Tranter, Martyn, Fountain, Andrew G., Welch, Kathleen, Basagic, Hassan J., Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research 2013
• Subjects: Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Antarctica; Arctic
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/63000/; https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-45.4.440

Nutrient recycling occurs in hydrologically isolated cryoconite holes on the glaciers of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Biogeochemical processes enrich the cryoconite holes with solute and nutrients compared to the source sediment and glacier ice. The position of the glacier within the landsca...