This package contains data collected from microbial mat surveys (i.e., percent cover, ash-free dry mass (AFDM), and pigment concentrations – chlorophyll-a, scytonemin, and carotenoids) associated with satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values from the Lake Fryxell Basin of Taylor Valley, located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Dataset Results
2018-01-09 to 2018-01-25
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Long-term ecological field surveys from the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research program (MCM LTER) have documented the abundance and diversity of microbial mat types across ephemeral glacial meltwater streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys region of Antarctica. However, field surveys are limited and are incapable of being performed across the entirety of streams within a field season.
Date Range:
2018-12-06 to 2019-01-25
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/de796f76bc4aa7cbff001733805adf72
Dataset ID:
5501
An intensive field campaign was conducted during the 2018-2019 austral summer to assess spectral and biological characteristics of multiple microbial mat types, as well as mosses, across nine ephemeral glacial meltwater streams in the Fryxell Basin of Taylor Valley, located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys region of Antarctica.
Date Range:
2018-12-06 to 2019-01-25
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/4f8a2a5f2f4105ddbac3355b125f8815
Dataset ID:
5500