Decadal timescale variability in ecosystem properties in the ponds of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 219-230

  Hawes, Ian ^a   Howard Williams, Clive ^b   Sorrell, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; conductivity; nutrients; pH; pond ecosystems; temporal change

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LIMNOLOGY; MELTWATER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PH; POND; CLIMATE EFFECT; ICE SHELF;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF;

EID: 84899086116     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102013000576     Document Type: Article

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