Aiken Creek

Fryxell basin, Taylor Valley      Waterbody ID: 27

 

Description

 

Environmental data

Hydrological, biological, chemical, and physical property measurements have been made for a number of McMurdo Dry Valley streams and lakes.

See: LTER Data

 

Diatom taxa found in
Aiken Creek

  • Amphora oligotraphenta
  • Chamaepinnularia cymatopleura
  • Craticula molestiformis
  • Diadesmis contenta
  • Diadesmis contenta var. parallela
  • Diadesmis perpusilla
  • Fallacia naumannii
  • Hantzschia abundans
  • Hantzschia amphioxys f. muelleri
  • Hantzschia sp. #5
  • Hantzschia subrupestris
  • Luticola austroatlantica
  • Luticola gaussii
  • Luticola mutica
  • Luticola muticopsis fo. capitata
  • Luticola muticopsis fo. evoluta
  • Luticola muticopsis fo. reducta
  • Luticola sp. #2
  • Marine diatom fragments
  • Mayamaea atomus
  • Mayamaea atomus fo. permitis
  • Mayamaea atomus var. #1
  • Muelleria peraustralis
  • Navicula cincta
  • Navicula shackletoni
  • Nitzschia westii
  • Pinnularia borealis
  • Pinnularia deltaica
  • Pinnularia quaternaria
  • Psammothidium chlidanos
  • Psammothidium germainii
  • Stauroneis latistauros
  • Stauronella constricta

Aiken Creek, Taylor Valley.

See: Overview maps