2003-2004 USAP Field Season
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2003-2004 USAP Field Season |
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Biology & Medicine
B-420-M
Dr. Polly Penhale
Program Manager
NSF/OPP
98-10219
Station:
McMurdo Station
RPSC POC:
Jessie Crain
Research Site(s):
Taylor Valley, Wright Valley, McMurdo Station, Lake Hoare, Lake Fryxell, Lake Bonney, Lake Joyce, Lake Miers
Dates in Antarctica:
Mid October to mid February
McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert
Dr. W. Berry Lyons
Ohio State University
Byrd Polar Research Center
lyons.142@osu.edu
http://huey.colorado.edu
McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert
Deploying Team Members:
Carol E. Landis
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Kathleen A. Welch
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Rebecca Witherow
Research Objectives:
Chemistry of streams, lakes, and glaciers component of McMurdo LTER. The group is responsible for monitoring the inorganic geochemistry of waters collected from glaciers, streams and lakes of the dry valleys. This year the group will address questions about the concentrations and fluxes of phosphorus in various components of the ecosystem. They will coordinate with another project of the principal investigator (GO-074-O) to examine the nature of chemical weathering in the Dry Valleys.