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Hydrologic and Landscape Controls on Organic Matter Dynamics in the Streams of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Hydrologic and Landscape Controls on Organic Matter Dynamics in the Streams of the McMurdo...
Hydrologic and Landscape Controls on Organic Matter Dynamics in the Streams of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202104722
ISBN  
9798291574591
DDC  
551
저자명  
Wright, Anna Thrane.
서명/저자  
Hydrologic and Landscape Controls on Organic Matter Dynamics in the Streams of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
발행사항  
[Sl] : University of Colorado at Boulder, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
237 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-02, Section: B.
주기사항  
Advisor: Gooseff, Michael.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado at Boulder, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약Lotic systems are not simply passive pipes, but are active sites of biogeochemical cycling, playing a crucial role in the global carbon budget. In high latitude systems, understanding organic matter dynamics is especially important for understanding how these regions may respond to future climate and environmental change. In the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) of Antarctica, the intermittent streams offer a unique opportunity to study the role of autochthonous carbon in driving in-stream biogeochemical processes, even in the absence of substantial allochthonous inputs or continuous flow.The goal of my research is to explore how landscape and hydrologic connectivity shape organic matter cycling in MDVs streams, creating hotspots of biogeochemical activity within a barren desert landscape. I first challenged the long-held assumption that snow does not contribute to MDVs streamflow. Using remote sensing, satellite imagery, and field measurements, I found that snowmelt can account for 12-25% of annual streamflow and delivers nutrients that may fuel early-season algal productivity. Next, I quantified the organic matter budget of MDVs streams and found a distinct imbalance between inputs and outputs - with aeolian inputs averaging just 0.03 g/m2/year, while organic matter exports average 25 g/m2/year. This imbalance of inputs to outputs to the system emphasizes the substantial organic matter processing that is occurring within these streams, which I quantify by measuring gross primary production and ecosystem respiration, or GPP and ER. MDVs streams were found to often be net autotrophic, with GPP and ER comparable to other intermittent streams globally and greater than other areas of the MDVs landscape. Finally, while the initial chapters of this work clarify these streams as critical zones of organic matter processing across the MDVs landscape, I found that they are disproportionately left out of Antarctic protected area designations, leaving them vulnerable to future environmental change and human disturbance.Altogether, this research highlights the important role of hydrology and landscape connectivity in driving organic matter processing in polar desert streams. More broadly, this work emphasizes that while the productivity of many streams is attributed to the allochthonous inputs from the surrounding landscape, even isolated, intermittent, low-input systems can be dynamic components of ecosystem carbon cycling.
일반주제명  
Hydrologic sciences
일반주제명  
Biogeochemistry
일반주제명  
Ecology
일반주제명  
Microbiology
일반주제명  
Aquatic sciences
키워드  
Antarctica
키워드  
Autochthonous carbon
키워드  
Organic matter
키워드  
Antarctic polar desert
키워드  
Biogeochemical cycling
기타저자  
University of Colorado at Boulder Environmental Studies
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-02B.
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