Torii, Tetsuya; Matsumoto, Genki I; Nakaya, Shyu (1988): Water chemistry of lakes from the Antarctic [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763088, Supplement to: Torii, T et al. (1988): 3.3 The chemical characteristics of Antarctic lakes and ponds, with special emphasis on the distribution of nutrients. Polarforschung, 58(2/3), 219-230, hdl:10013/epic.29618.d001
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Abstract:
This paper reviews Japanese limnological studies mainly in the McMurdo and Syowa oases, with special emphasis on the nutrient distribution. Generally, the chemical composition of the major ionic components in the coastal lakes and ponds is similar to that in seawater, while that in inland Dry Valley lakes and ponds of the McMurdo Oasis is abundant in calcium, magnesium and sulfate ions. The former can be explained by the direct influences of sea salts, while the latter is mainly attributable to the accumulation of atmospheric salts.
Most saline lakes are meromictic. Dissolved oxygen concentrations in the upper layers are saturated or supersaturated, but the bottom layers are anoxic and often hydrogen sulfide occurs. The concentrations of nutrients vary largely not only among the lakes but also with depth. Silicate-Si, which is generally abundant in all freshwater and saline lakes, may be due to erosions of soils and rocks. Nitrite-N concentrations in both freshwater and saline lakes are generally low. Nitrate-N concentrations in the oxic layers of the inland saline lakes in the McMurdo Oasis arc often high, but not high in the coastal saline lakes of the Syowa and Vestfold oases. The abundance of phosphate-P and ammonium-N in the bottom stagnant layers of saline lakes can be explained by the accumulation of microbially released nutrients due to the decomposition of organic substances. Nutrients are supplied mainly from meltstreams in the catchment areas, and are proved to play an important role in primary production.
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Median Latitude: -74.212098 * Median Longitude: 120.916385 * South-bound Latitude: -78.633300 * West-bound Longitude: 39.400000 * North-bound Latitude: -68.000000 * East-bound Longitude: 180.000000
Date/Time Start: 1965-06-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1982-12-21T00:00:00
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Ace_Lake * Latitude: -68.400000 * Longitude: 78.183300 * Date/Time: 1974-11-29T00:00:00 * Elevation: 8.7 m * Location: Ace Lake, Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica * Method/Device: Sampling lake (LAKE)
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- Torii, T; Matsumoto, GI; Nakaya, S (1988): Tab. 1: Chemical composition of freshwater lakes and ponds. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762981
- Torii, T; Matsumoto, GI; Nakaya, S (1988): Tab. 2: Chemical composition of saline lakes in the coastal region. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762982
- Torii, T; Matsumoto, GI; Nakaya, S (1988): Tab. 3: Chemical composition of saline lakes in the Dry Valley region. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762984
- Torii, T; Matsumoto, GI; Nakaya, S (1988): Tab. 4: Ranges of nutrient concentrations in Antarctic lakes and ponds. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763086
- Torii, T; Matsumoto, GI; Nakaya, S (1988): Tab. 5: Nurrient concentrations in meltstreams from the McMurdo Oasis. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763087