Limnological characteristics of vertical structure in the lakes of Syowa Oasis, East Antarctica

Polar Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 262-271

  Kimura, Shigeko ^a   Ban, Syuhei ^a   Imura, Satoshi ^b   Kudoh, Sakae ^b   Matsuzaki, Masahiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic lakes; Hypersaline lakes; Marine relic lakes; Physicochemical characteristics; Vertical structures

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ICE COVER; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIMNOLOGY; MELTWATER; MEROMICTIC LAKE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER COLUMN; WIND FORCING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 74449091996     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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