Carbon Transformations in a Perennially Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake

Priscu describes the physical, chemical, and biological conditions in Lake Bonney, a prominent lake within the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Using this framework, he discusses microbial transformations of organic carbon within the water column.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Bioscience 1999-12, Vol.49 (12), p.997-1008
Hauptverfasser:	Priscu, John C., Wolf, Craig F., Takacs, Cristina D., Fritsen, Christian H., Laybourn-Parry, Johanna, Roberts, Emily C., Sattler, Birgit, Lyons, W. Berry
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antarctica Antarctica, Victoria Land, McMurdo Dry Valleys Carbon Climate Dissolved organic carbon Ecosystems Food webs Freshwater Geology Lakes Lentic systems Microbiology Organic carbon Organic Chemistry Organic foods Oxygen Photosynthetically active radiation Physics Phytoplankton Primary productivity Respiration Special Section on the McMurdo Dry Valleys Viruses Water Water column
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Zusammenfassung:	Priscu describes the physical, chemical, and biological conditions in Lake Bonney, a prominent lake within the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Using this framework, he discusses microbial transformations of organic carbon within the water column.
ISSN:	0006-3568 1525-3244
DOI:	10.1525/bisi.1999.49.12.997