@article {3718, title = {Patterns of hydrologic connectivity in the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica: a synthesis of 20 years of hydrologic data}, journal = {Hydrological Processes}, volume = {30}, year = {2016}, month = {04/2016}, pages = {2958-2975}, chapter = {2958}, abstract = {

Streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) of Antarctica moderate an important hydrologic and biogeochemical connection between upland alpine glaciers, valley-bottom soils, and lowland closed-basin lakes. Moreover, MDV streams are simple but dynamic systems ideal for studying interacting hydrologic and ecological dynamics. This work synthesizes 20\ years of hydrologic data, collected as part of the MDVs Long-Term Ecological Research project, to assess spatial and temporal dynamics of hydrologic connectivity between glaciers, streams, and lakes. Long-term records of stream discharge (Q), specific electrical conductance (EC), and water temperature (T) from 18 streams were analysed in order to quantify the magnitude, duration, and frequency of hydrologic connections over daily, annual, and inter-annual timescales. At a daily timescale, we observe predictable diurnal variations in Q, EC, and T. At an annual timescale, we observe longer streams to be more intermittent, warmer, and have higher median EC values, compared to shorter streams. Longer streams also behave chemostatically with respect to EC, whereas shorter streams are more strongly characterized by dilution. Inter-annually, we observe significant variability in annual runoff volumes, likely because of climatic variability over the 20 record years considered. Hydrologic connections at all timescales are vital to stream ecosystem structure and function. This synthesis of hydrologic connectivity in the MDVs provides a useful end-member template for assessing hydrologic connectivity in more structurally complex temperate watersheds.\ 

}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, doi = {10.1002/hyp.10818}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.10818}, author = {Wlostowski, Adam and Michael N. Gooseff and Diane M. McKnight and Chris Jaros and W. Berry Lyons} } @article {3205, title = {Patterns and processes of salt efflorescences in the McMurdo region, Antarctica}, journal = {Artic, Antarctic and Alpine Research}, year = {2015}, abstract = {

Evaporite salts are abundant around the McMurdo region, Antarctica (~78\°S) due to very low precipitation, low relative humidity, and limited overland flow. Hygroscopic salts in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) are preferentially formed in locations where liquid water is present in the austral summer, including along ephemeral streams, ice-covered lake boundaries, or shallow groundwater tracks. In this study, we collected salts from the Miers, Garwood, and Taylor Valleys on the Antarctic continent, as well as around McMurdo Station on Ross Island in close proximity to water sources with the goal of understanding salt geochemistry in relationship to the hydrology of the area. Halite is ubiquitous; sodium is the major cation (ranging from 70\%\–90\% of cations by meq kg\−1\ sediment) and chloride is the major anion (\>50\%) in nearly all samples. However, a wide variety of salt phases and morphologies are tentatively identified through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) work. We present new data that identifies trona (Na3(CO3)(HCO3)\·2H2O), tentative gaylussite (Na2Ca(CO3)2\·5H2O), and tentative glauberite (Na2Ca(SO4)2) in the MDV, of which the later one has not been documented previously. Our work allows for the evaluation of processes that influence brine evolution on a local scale, consequently informing assumptions underlying large-scale processes (such as paleoclimate) in the MDV. Hydrological modeling conducted in FREZCHEM and PHREEQC suggests that a model based on aerosol deposition alone in low elevations on the valley floor inadequately characterizes salt distributions found on the surfaces of the soil because it does not account for other hydrologic inputs/outputs. Implications for the salt distributions include their use as tracers for paleolake levels, geochemical tracers of ephemeral water tracks or \“wet patches\” in the soil, indicators of chemical weathering products, and potential delineators of ecological communities.

}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, url = {http://aaarjournal.org/doi/abs/10.1657/AAAR0014-024}, author = {Bisson, K. M. and Kathleen A. Welch and Sue Welch and Sheets, J. M. and W. Berry Lyons and Joseph S. Levy and Andrew G Fountain} } @article {3712, title = {Potential for real-time understanding of coupled hydrologic and biogeochemical processes in stream ecosystems: Future integration of telemetered data with process models for glacial meltwater streams}, journal = {Water Resources Research}, volume = {51}, year = {2015}, month = {08/2015}, pages = {6725 - 6738}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, doi = {10.1002/2015WR017618}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2015WR017618http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002\%2F2015WR017618}, author = {Diane M. McKnight and Cozzetto, K and Cullis, James D.S. and Michael N. Gooseff and Chris Jaros and Koch, J. and W. Berry Lyons and Neupauer, R. M. and Wlostowski, Adam} } @article {1107, title = {Perchlorate and chlorate biogeochemistry in ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica}, journal = {Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta}, volume = {98}, year = {2012}, month = {12/2012}, pages = {19 - 30}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, doi = {10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.014}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001670371200511X}, author = {W. Andrew Jackson and Alfonso F. Davila and Nubia Estrada and W. Berry Lyons and John D. Coates and John C. Priscu} } @article {1174, title = {Physiochemical properties influencing biomass abundance and primary production in Lake Hoare, Antarctica}, journal = {Ecological Modelling}, year = {2010}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, doi = {LTER}, author = {Herbei, Radu and W. Berry Lyons and Johanna Laybourn-Parry and Christopher B. Gardner and John C. Priscu and Diane M. McKnight} } @article {1191, title = {Particulate organic and dissolved inorganic carbon stable isotopic compositions in Taylor Valley lakes, Antarctica: the effect of legacy}, journal = {Hydrobiologia}, volume = {632}, year = {2009}, pages = {139-156}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, doi = {LTER}, author = {Knoepfle, J and Peter T. Doran and Kenig, Fabien and W. Berry Lyons and Galchenko, V} } @inbook {1273, title = {Pedogenic carbonate distribution within glacial till in Taylor Valley, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica}, booktitle = {Paleoenvironmental Record and Applications of Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates}, year = {2006}, pages = {89-103}, publisher = {Geological Society of America}, organization = {Geological Society of America}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, doi = {10.1130/2006.2416(06)}, author = {Foley, K and W. Berry Lyons and John E. Barrett and Ross A. Virginia} } @mastersthesis {1316, title = {Pedogenic Carbonate Distribution within Glacial Till in Taylor Valley, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica}, volume = {M.S.}, year = {2005}, school = {The Ohio State University}, type = {masters}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, doi = {LTER}, author = {Foley, K} } @article {1305, title = {Perturbation of hydrochemical conditions in natural microcosms entombed within Antarctic ice}, journal = {Ice and Climate News}, volume = {6}, year = {2005}, pages = {22-23}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, author = {Martyn Tranter and Andrew G Fountain and Christian H. Fritsen and W. Berry Lyons and John C. Priscu and Stratham, P and Kathleen A. Welch} } @inbook {1339, title = {Paleolimnology of extreme cold terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments.}, booktitle = {Long-Term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes}, year = {2004}, pages = {475-507}, publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers}, organization = {Kluwer Academic Publishers}, address = {Dordrecht, The Netherlands}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, isbn = {978-1-4020-2125-1}, author = {Peter T. Doran and John C. Priscu and W. Berry Lyons and Powell, R and Robert J. Poreda and Dale T. Andersen} } @inbook {1340, title = {Paleolimnology of Ice-covered Environments}, booktitle = {Long-term environmental change in Arctic and Antarctic lakes}, year = {2004}, pages = {475-507}, publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers}, organization = {Kluwer Academic Publishers}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, author = {Peter T. Doran and John C. Priscu and W. Berry Lyons and Powell, R and Robert J. Poreda}, editor = {Pienitz, R and Douglas, Marianne S. V. and John Smol} } @mastersthesis {1372, title = {Phosphorus in Taylor Valley, Antarctica: the connection between landscape age and nutrient limitation in aquatic ecosystem components}, volume = {M.S.}, year = {2003}, school = {The Ohio State University}, type = {masters}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, doi = {LTER}, author = {Gudding, J} } @article {1447, title = {Physical controls on the Taylor Valley Ecosystem, Antarctica}, journal = {BioScience}, volume = {49}, year = {1999}, month = {12/1999}, pages = {961-972}, type = {Journal}, keywords = {LTER-MCM, Water availability}, author = {Andrew G Fountain and W. Berry Lyons and Melody B. Burkins and Gayle L. Dana and Peter T. Doran and Karen J. Lewis and Diane M. McKnight and Daryl L. Moorhead and Andrew N. Parsons and John C. Priscu and Diana H. Wall and Robert A. Wharton Jr. and Ross A. Virginia} } @article {1626, title = {Paleolimnology of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica}, journal = {Journal of Paleolimnology}, volume = {10}, year = {1994}, pages = {85-114}, keywords = {LTER-MCM}, doi = {10.1007/BF00682507}, author = {Peter T. Doran and Robert A. Wharton Jr. and W. Berry Lyons} }