An important part of the McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) is evaluating carbon and nitrogen budgets in perennial ice-covered lakes. This dataset addresses this core area of research and quantifies the particulate organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON) found at specific depths in lakes across the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Dataset Results
1993-10-27 to 2022-01-08
10.6073/pasta/6d6bbd2e6f348f8237f06afc603d818e
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The McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project monitors patterns of organic material transport in perennial ice-capped lakes. This data set addresses this core area of research and quantifies dissolved organic carbon concentrations at specific depths in McMurdo Dry Valley lakes.
Date Range:
1993-10-27 to 2022-01-08
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/a5d82d5d2167679c8ecff0d8ad06c0ee
Dataset ID:
60
Knowledge of the McMurdo Dry Valley (MDV) lakes is limited by winter access, a period which is most relevant in understanding the habitability of other icy worlds and critical to understanding the overall function of these lakes. Owing to the lack of winter access, data that normally require human presence are incomplete. Our goal was to conduct the first year-round investigation of the biogeophysics of these unique lakes. An important part of the McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) is evaluating carbon and nitrogen budgets in perennial ice-covered lakes.
Date Range:
2013-12-01 to 2014-12-14
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/0043c1728b4e51879970d59f2d0ce575
Dataset ID:
301