<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stone, Michael S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Devlin, Shawn</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ian Hawes</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kathleen A. Welch</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Michael N. Gooseff</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Byron Adams</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">John E. Barrett</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">John C. Priscu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peter T. Doran</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McMurdo Dry Valley lake edge ‘moats’: The ecological intersection between terrestrial and aquatic polar desert habitat</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antarctic Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">connectivity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ecosystem</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">microbial mats</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">transition</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">04/2024</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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</style></url></web-urls></urls><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1 - 17</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;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 &amp;lsquo;moat&amp;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.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Velasco-Castrillon, Alejandro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McInnes, Sandra J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schultz, Mark B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arroniz-Crespo, Maria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">D'Haese, Cyrille A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gibson, John A. E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Byron Adams</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Page, Timothy J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Austin, Andrew D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cooper, Steven J. B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stevens, Mark I.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mitochondrial DNA analyses reveal widespread tardigrade diversity in Antarctica</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Invertebrate Systematics</style></secondary-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Invert. Systematics</style></short-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12/2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS14019</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">29</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">578</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>5</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bishwo N. Adhikari</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Byron Adams</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular analysis of desiccation survival in Antarctic nematodes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nematode Survival</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CABI International</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wallingford</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">205-232</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9781845936877</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>6</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bishwo N. Adhikari</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Byron Adams</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Perry, R. N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wharton, D. A.</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular and physiological basis of nematode survival: Molecular analyses of desiccation survival in Antarctic nematodes.</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CABI</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wallingford</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">205 - 232</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language></record></records></xml>