Diel flow pulses drive particulate organic matter transport from microbial mats in a glacial meltwater stream in the McMurdo Dry Valleys

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-97

  Cullis, James D S ^a   Stanish, Lee F ^a   McKnight, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic flow regime; particulate organic matter; stream ecosystems

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC FLOWS; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; SUPPLY LIMITATIONS; TRANSPORT DYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLOCKS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYSTERESIS; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FLOODS;

ABUNDANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MELTWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POROUS MEDIUM; REGROWTH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 84896698568     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014061     Document Type: Article

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