Cremer, Holger; Gore, Damian B; Hultzsch, Nadja; Melles, Martin; Wagner, Bernd (2004): Water chemistry and diatom occurrences in sediments of Terrasovoje, Radok and Beaver Lake, Amery Oasis, East Antarctica [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847363, Supplement to: Cremer, H et al. (2004): The diatom flora and limnology of lakes in the Amery Oasis, East Antarctica. Polar Biology, 27(9), 513-531, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-004-0624-2
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Abstract:
The diatom flora of three lakes in the ice-free Amery Oasis, East Antarctica, was studied. Two of the lakes are meltwater reservoirs, Terrasovoje Lake (31 m depth) and Radok Lake (362 m depth), while Beaver Lake (>435 m depth) is an epishelf lake. The lakes can be characterized as cold, ultra-oligotrophic and alkaline, displaying moderate (Radok and Terrasovoje lakes) to high (Beaver Lake) conductivities. There was no diatom phytoplankton present in any of the three lakes. While 34 benthic diatom taxa were identified from modern and Holocene sediments of Terrasovoje and Radok lakes, a 30-cm long sediment core recovered in Beaver Lake was barren. Five species (Luticola muticopsis, Muelleria peraustralis, Pinnularia cymatopleura, Psammothidium metakryophilum, P. stauroneioides) are endemic to the Antarctic region. All identified taxa are photographically documented and brief notes on their taxonomy, biogeography and ecology are provided. The most abundant diatom taxa are Amphora veneta, Craticula cf. molesta, Diadesmis spp, M. peraustralis and Stauroneis anceps. This is the first report on the diatom flora in lakes of the Amery Oasis.
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Wagner, Bernd (2007): Hydrological and geochemical observations of a water profile at location Lz1007. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.611099
Wagner, Bernd; Cremer, Holger; Hultzsch, Nadja; Gore, Damian B; Melles, Martin (2007): (Table 1) Hydrological and geochemical observations of a water profile at location Lz1005. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.611232
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German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 5472008: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas
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Median Latitude: -70.651620 * Median Longitude: 68.049345 * South-bound Latitude: -70.848250 * West-bound Longitude: 68.025660 * North-bound Latitude: -70.555400 * East-bound Longitude: 68.197670
Date/Time Start: 2001-12-28T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-02-08T00:00:00
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- Cremer, H; Gore, DB; Hultzsch, N et al. (2004): (Table 3) Identified diatoms in sediments of Terrasovoje, Radok and Beaver lakes, Amery Oasis, East Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847362
- Cremer, H; Gore, DB; Hultzsch, N et al. (2004): (Table 2) Water chemistry of Terrasovoje, Radok and Beaver lakes, Amery Oasis, East Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847361
- Cremer, H; Gore, DB; Hultzsch, N et al. (2007): Relative abundance of diatoms of sediment core Lz1005. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.611316