ROMAN, Matěj, Linda NEDBALOVÁ, Tyler J KOHLER, Juan M LIRIO, Silvia H CORIA, Jiří KOPÁČEK, Paula VIGNONI, Kateřina KOPALOVÁ, Karina L LECOMTE, Josef ELSTER and Daniel NÝVLT. Lacustrine systems of Clearwater Mesa (James Ross Island, northeastern Antarctic Peninsula): geomorphological setting and limnological characterization. Antarctic Science. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2019, vol. 31, No 4, p. 169-188. ISSN 0954-1020. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102019000178.
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Original name Lacustrine systems of Clearwater Mesa (James Ross Island, northeastern Antarctic Peninsula): geomorphological setting and limnological characterization
Authors ROMAN, Matěj (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Linda NEDBALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Tyler J KOHLER (840 United States of America), Juan M LIRIO, Silvia H CORIA, Jiří KOPÁČEK (203 Czech Republic), Paula VIGNONI, Kateřina KOPALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Karina L LECOMTE, Josef ELSTER and Daniel NÝVLT (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Antarctic Science, NEW YORK, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2019, 0954-1020.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10508 Physical geography
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 1.417
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110339
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102019000178
UT WoS 000478614300001
Keywords (in Czech) deglaciace; hydrologie; vznik jezer; klasifikace jezer; vývoj povrchu; hydrochemismus
Keywords in English deglaciation; hydrology; lake origin; lake typology; landscape evolution; water chemistry
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Abstract
Lentic freshwater habitats are important centres of biodiversity within the infrequent ice-free oases across Antarctica. Given imminent climate changes, it is crucial to catalogue these habitats in order to provide baseline data for future monitoring and biological surveys. The lacustrine systems of Clearwater Mesa, a previously unexplored part of James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula, are described here. We conducted basic geomorphological and limnological surveys over three Antarctic summers 2009–16 to characterize landscape evolution, infer the origin of lake basins and assess the variability in their water chemistry. Stable shallow lakes, formed in depressions between lava tumuli following the last deglaciation, were found to dominate the volcanic mesa, although several peripheral lakes in ice-proximal settings appear to have formed recently as a result of post-Neoglacial ice recession. We found large heterogeneity in conductivity from 10 to 7000 microS cm-1, despite the lithologically uniform substrate. This variability was shown to be related to lake type, basin type open vs closed, meltwater source and proximity to the coast. Inter-annual differences were attributed to changes in sea spray influx and snow accumulation driven by variable weather conditions. Overall, the ion composition of lakes suggested that sea spray was the dominant source of ions, followed by the weathering of bedrock.
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EF16_013/0001708, research and development projectName: ECOPOLARIS - Změny ve struktuře a funkci součástí terestrických polárních ekosystémů (CzechPolar2)
LM2015078, research and development projectName: Česká polární výzkumná infrastruktura (Acronym: CzechPolar2)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
MUNI/A/1251/2017, interní kód MUName: Integrovaný výzkum environmentálních změn v krajinné sféře Země III
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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