primary production

Plant growth in most ecosystems forms the base or “primary” component of the food web. The amount and type of plant growth in an ecosystem helps to determine the amount and kind of animals (or “secondary” productivity) that can survive there.

Stream Algae Primary Productivity

Abstract: 

As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, a systematic sampling program has been undertaken to monitor the abundance and species distribution of algal mats in glacial meltwater streams of the region. This data set includes results from light and dark incubations of algae to calculate net and gross primary productivity of algal communities from selected streams in the Taylor Valley.

LTER Core Areas: 

Dataset ID: 

17

Short name: 

strmprpr.dat

Locations: 

Transect 2 at House Creek
Transect 3 at Canada Stream
Transect 6 at Von Guerard Stream
Transect 9 at Green Creek
Transect 15 at Bohner Stream
Transect 16 at Wharton Creek

Data sources: 

strmprpr

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