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2003-2004 USAP
Field Season
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Biology & Medicine
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Dr. Polly Penhale
Program Manager
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B-422-M
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NSF/OPP
98-10219
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Station:
McMurdo Station
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RPSC POC:
Jessie Crain
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Research Site(s):
Dry Valleys, McMurdo Station
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Dates in Antarctica:
Mid October to late December
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McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert
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Helicopter putting in the field team at Lake Vida when the temperature was -48 C.
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Deploying Team Members:
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Kerry McKenna
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Jill Mikucki
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John C. Priscu
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Alexandre Tsapin
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Christine Foreman
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Research Objectives:
This project is the lake pelagic and benthic productivity and microbial food webs component of McMurdo LTER. The group will continue measurements of biological, chemical, and physical limnological properties of Dry Valley lakes, with special emphasis on LTER core research areas. They will also measure other parameters relevant to modeling the Taylor Valley Lake Ecosystems.
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