Timescales of Growth Response of Microbial Mats to Environmental Change in an Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake
Lake Vanda is a perennially ice-covered, closed-basin lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Laminated photosynthetic microbial mats cover the floor of the lake from below the ice cover to >40 m depth. In recent decades, the water level of Lake Vanda has been rising, creating a “nat...
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MDPI AG
2013-01-01
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/2/1/151 |