Antarctic Lakes

Author : Johanna Laybourn-Parry,Jemma Wadham
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191649325

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Antarctic Lakes by Johanna Laybourn-Parry,Jemma Wadham Pdf

The Antarctic continent carries the greatest diversity of lake environments on the planet: freshwater and saline lakes, tidal freshwater epishelf lakes, lakes on ice shelves and glacier surfaces, and over three hundred subglacial lakes; extraordinary ecosystems that have been separated from the atmosphere for up to millions of years. This book provides a unique and cutting edge synthesis of Antarctic limnology, drawing together current knowledge on geomorphology, morphometry, chemistry, community structure and function. It emphasises throughout the value of these near-pristine ecosystems as barometers of climate change, showing how responsive and vulnerable they are to the indirect impacts of anthropogenic activity. Antarctic Lakes begins with an introduction to their physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, providing a basis for understanding the subsequent detailed chapters on different lake types, and ends with a chapter considering the application of new technologies to polar limnology as well as identifying future research directions. This accessible text is suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in Antarctic and polar limnology, and will also be of broad interest to researchers working in the areas of polar science, microbial ecology (and extremophiles), climatology, glaciology, and astrobiology.

Author : Johanna Laybourn-Parry,Jemma Wadham
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191649318

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Antarctic Lakes by Johanna Laybourn-Parry,Jemma Wadham Pdf

The Antarctic continent carries the greatest diversity of lake environments on the planet: freshwater and saline lakes, tidal freshwater epishelf lakes, lakes on ice shelves and glacier surfaces, and over three hundred subglacial lakes; extraordinary ecosystems that have been separated from the atmosphere for up to millions of years. This book provides a unique and cutting edge synthesis of Antarctic limnology, drawing together current knowledge on geomorphology, morphometry, chemistry, community structure and function. It emphasises throughout the value of these near-pristine ecosystems as barometers of climate change, showing how responsive and vulnerable they are to the indirect impacts of anthropogenic activity. Antarctic Lakes begins with an introduction to their physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, providing a basis for understanding the subsequent detailed chapters on different lake types, and ends with a chapter considering the application of new technologies to polar limnology as well as identifying future research directions. This accessible text is suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in Antarctic and polar limnology, and will also be of broad interest to researchers working in the areas of polar science, microbial ecology (and extremophiles), climatology, glaciology, and astrobiology.

Author : Reinhard Pienitz,Marianne S.V. Douglas,John P. Smol
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402021268

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Long-term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes by Reinhard Pienitz,Marianne S.V. Douglas,John P. Smol Pdf

Concerns about the effects of global climate change have focused attention on the vulnerability of circumpolar regions. This book offers a synthesis of the spectrum of techniques available for generating long-term environmental records from circumpolar lakes.

Author : Beau Riffenburgh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415970242

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Encyclopedia of the Antarctic by Beau Riffenburgh Pdf

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Author : Warwick F. Vincent,Johanna Laybourn-Parry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199213887

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Polar Lakes and Rivers by Warwick F. Vincent,Johanna Laybourn-Parry Pdf

This book provides an overview of the ecology of high latitude lakes, rivers and glacial environments in both the North and South polar regions. It describes each ecosystem type, the remarkable aquatic life that thrives in these extreme habitats, and the similarities and differences between Arctic and Antarctic waters.

Author : Bill Green
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015034421332

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Water, Ice & Stone by Bill Green Pdf

Bill Green goes to the lakes of Antarctica to do scientific field research, but finds in his own memories and in the beauty and brutality of a lonely, dangerous land, something of the awe and wonder that are the inspirations for scientific inquiry.

Author : Johanna Laybourn-Parry,Jemma L. Wadham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Lakes
ISBN : 0191788538

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Antarctic Lakes by Johanna Laybourn-Parry,Jemma L. Wadham Pdf

Antarctica possesses a remarkably diverse range of lakes, including freshwater and saline lakes (some as salty as the Dead Sea), tidal freshwater lakes (epishelf lakes), lakes on ice shelves and glacier surfaces, and an extraordinary network of lakes beneath the polar ice sheet, the so-called subglacial lakes. This book is the first to draw together current knowledge on the geomorphology, morphometry, chemistry, community structure, and functioning of these delicate unproductive ecosystems.

Author : William J. Green,E. Imre Friedmann
Publisher : American Geophysical Union
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : UCSD:31822016279275

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Physical and Biogeochemical Processes in Antarctic Lakes by William J. Green,E. Imre Friedmann Pdf

This collection of 10 papers presents the complex relationships between climate and lake levels, the role of permanent ice covers in regulating lake ecology and sedimentation patterns, the character and function of microbial communities, the nature and distribution of dissolved organic matter and the origin of brine composition, in lakes of the Antarctic continent.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Committee on Principles of Environmental Stewardship for the Exploration and Study of Subglacial Environments
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309106351

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Exploration of Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Committee on Principles of Environmental Stewardship for the Exploration and Study of Subglacial Environments Pdf

Antarctica is renowned for its extreme cold; yet surprisingly, radar measurements have revealed a vast network of lakes, rivers, and streams several kilometers beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Sealed from Earth's atmosphere for millions of years, they may provide vital information about microbial evolution, the past climate of the Antarctic, and the formation of ice sheets, among other things. The next stage of exploration requires direct sampling of these aquatic systems. However, if sampling is not done cautiously, the environmental integrity and scientific value of these environments could be compromised. At the request of the National Science Foundation, this National Research Council assesses what is needed to responsibly explore subglacial lakes. Exploration of Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments concludes that it is time for research on subglacial lakes to begin, and this research should be guided by internationally agreed upon protocols. The book suggests an initial protocol, which includes full characterization of the lakes by remote sensing, and minimum standards for biological and other types of contamination.

Author : Igor A. Zotikov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540377238

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The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok by Igor A. Zotikov Pdf

The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. The existence of melting ice at the bottom of the huge Vostok Lake has served as a model and inspired the team planning the Galileo space craft to gather data on the ice sheet of the Jupiterian moon Europa. The book provides interpretation of, and calculations for, stimulating factors for possible melting and a huge lake's existence at the bottom of the Martian ice sheets.

Author : Martin J. Siegert,Mahlon C. Kennicutt, II,Robert A. Bindschadler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118671481

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Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments by Martin J. Siegert,Mahlon C. Kennicutt, II,Robert A. Bindschadler Pdf

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 192. Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments is the first volume on this important and fascinating subject. With its underlying theme of bridging existing knowledge to future research, it is a benchmark in the history of subglacial lake exploration and study, containing up-to-date discussions about the history and background of subglacial aquatic environments and future exploration. The main topics addressed are identification, location, physiography, and hydrology of 387 subglacial lakes; protocols for environmental stewardship and protection of subglacial lake environments; details of three programs aiming to explore Vostok Subglacial Lake, Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, and Whillans Subglacial Lake over the next 3–5 years; assessment of technological requirements for exploration programs based on best practices for environmental stewardship and scientific success; and knowledge of subglacial lakes as habitats for microbial life and as recorders of past climate and ice sheet change. Its uniqueness, breadth, and inclusiveness will appeal to microbiologists and those interested in life in extreme environments, paleoclimatologists and those interested in sedimentary records of past changes, glaciologists striving to understand how water beneath glaciers affects their flow, and those engaged in developing technology to undertake direct measurement and sampling of extreme environments on Earth and in the solar system.

Author : Donna Roberts,Andrew McMinn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Diatoms
ISBN : UCSD:31822027770007

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Diatoms of the Saline Lakes of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica by Donna Roberts,Andrew McMinn Pdf

Diatoms are an important element of many polar marine microbial communities and particularly abundant in Antarctic lakes. However, few comprehensive studies, such as the study presented in this volume are available on Antarctic communities. The diatom floras encountered in surface sediment samples from 33 lakes of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica are presented. 67 distinct diatom species were identified in these sediments. They include cosmopolitan, Southern Ocean, endemic Antarctic and new diatoms. Each species encountered is described and illustrated; autecological information on the species is included where possible. Epilimnion water chemistry of the lakes sampled was determined to investigate their influence on diatom distribution. The studied lakes span a very large range of salinities from 0.5 to 165 permil. The authors show that salinity seems to have a strong influence on the observed diatom taxa.

Author : Massimo Gasparon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822029554805

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The Freshwater Lakes of the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica by Massimo Gasparon Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : MINN:31951T00159003N

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Antarctic Bibliography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : MINN:31951P00318721C

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Current Antarctic Literature by Anonim Pdf