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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-424-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):
Taylor Valley, Dry Valleys, McMurdo Station
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Dates in Antarctica:
Mid December to mid February
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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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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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Deploying Team Members:
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Byron J. Adams
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Emma J. Broos
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David Hopkins
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Johnson Nkem
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Diana H. Wall
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Research Objectives:
This project is one of two soil productivity components of McMurdo LTER. The group will continue to maintain (through application of water and nutrients), monitor (soil moisture and temperature) and sample (soils) in our various long-term experimental plots near Lakes Fryxell, Hoare and Bonney. The overall goal is to determine the impacts of natural factors and those associated with potential climate change on the abundance, distribution, and diversity of soil biota.
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