@article {4940,
	title = {McMurdo Dry Valley lake edge {\textquoteleft}moats{\textquoteright}: The ecological intersection between terrestrial and aquatic polar desert habitat},
	journal = {Antarctic Science},
	year = {2024},
	month = {04/2024},
	pages = {1 - 17},
	abstract = {<p>Aquatic ecosystems - lakes, ponds and streams - are hotspots of biodiversity in the cold and arid environment of Continental Antarctica. Environmental change is expected to increasingly alter Antarctic aquatic ecosystems and modify the physical characteristics and interactions within the habitats that they support. Here, we describe physical and biological features of the peripheral \&lsquo;moat\&rsquo; of a closed-basin Antarctic lake. These moats mediate connectivity amongst streams, lake and soils. We highlight the cyclical moat transition from a frozen winter state to an active open-water summer system, through refreeze as winter returns. Summer melting begins at the lakebed, initially creating an ice-constrained lens of liquid water in November, which swiftly progresses upwards, creating open water in December. Conversely, freezing progresses slowly from the water surface downwards, with water at 1 m bottom depth remaining liquid until May. Moats support productive, diverse benthic communities that are taxonomically distinct from those under the adjacent permanent lake ice. We show how ion ratios suggest that summer exchange occurs amongst moats, streams, soils and sub-ice lake water, perhaps facilitated by within-moat density-driven convection. Moats occupy a small but dynamic area of lake habitat, are disproportionately affected by recent lake-level rises and may thus be particularly vulnerable to hydrological change.</p>},
	keywords = {LTER-MCM, connectivity, ecosystem, ice, microbial mats, transition},
	issn = {0954-1020},
	doi = {10.1017/S0954102024000087},
	url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science/article/mcmurdo-dry-valley-lake-edge-moats-the-ecological-intersection-between-terrestrial-and-aquatic-polar-desert-habitats/31D94DD51E651603482A3AE6E8A52A57},
	author = {Stone, Michael S. and Devlin, Shawn and Ian Hawes and Kathleen A. Welch and Michael N. Gooseff and Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach and Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss and Byron Adams and John E. Barrett and John C. Priscu and Peter T. Doran}
}
@article {3716,
	title = {Mitochondrial DNA analyses reveal widespread tardigrade diversity in Antarctica},
	journal = {Invertebrate Systematics},
	volume = {29},
	year = {2015},
	month = {12/2015},
	pages = {578},
	keywords = {LTER-MCM},
	issn = {1445-5226},
	doi = {10.1071/IS14019},
	url = {http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS14019},
	author = {Velasco-Castrillon, Alejandro and McInnes, Sandra J. and Schultz, Mark B. and Arroniz-Crespo, Maria and D{\textquoteright}Haese, Cyrille A. and Gibson, John A. E. and Byron Adams and Page, Timothy J. and Austin, Andrew D. and Cooper, Steven J. B. and Stevens, Mark I.}
}
@inbook {1144,
	title = {Molecular analysis of desiccation survival in Antarctic nematodes},
	booktitle = {Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nematode Survival},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {205-232},
	publisher = {CABI International},
	organization = {CABI International},
	address = {Wallingford},
	keywords = {LTER-MCM},
	isbn = {9781845936877},
	author = {Bishwo N. Adhikari and Byron Adams}
}
@book {1145,
	title = {Molecular and physiological basis of nematode survival: Molecular analyses of desiccation survival in Antarctic nematodes.},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {205 - 232},
	publisher = {CABI},
	organization = {CABI},
	address = {Wallingford},
	keywords = {LTER-MCM},
	doi = {10.1079/9781845936877.0205},
	author = {Bishwo N. Adhikari and Byron Adams},
	editor = {Perry, R. N. and Wharton, D. A.}
}
