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

  • Achnanthes taylorensis
  • Amphora cf. oligotraphenta
  • Chamaepinnularia cymatopleura
  • Chamaepinnularia cymatopleura var. #3
  • Chamaepinnularia deltaica
  • Chamaepinnularia quaternaria
  • Craspedostauros laevissiumus
  • Craticula molestiformis
  • Fistulifera pelliculosa
  • Hantzschia abundans
  • Hantzschia amphioxys
  • Hantzschia amphioxys f. muelleri
  • Hantzschia hyperaustralis
  • Humidophila arcuata
  • Humidophila arcuata var. parallela
  • Humidophila australis
  • Luticola austroatlantica
  • Luticola bradyi
  • Luticola dolia
  • Luticola elegans
  • Luticola gaussii
  • Luticola laeta
  • Luticola mcknightiae
  • Luticola murrayi
  • Luticola mutica
  • Luticola muticopsis
  • Luticola permuticopsis
  • Luticola sp. #2
  • Luticola spainiae
  • Marine diatom fragments
  • Mayamaea atomus
  • Mayamaea atomus fo. permitis
  • Mayamaea atomus var. #1
  • Microcostatus naumannii
  • Muelleria meridionalis
  • Muelleria peraustralis
  • Muelleria supra
  • Navicula gregaria
  • Navicula seibigiana
  • Navicula shackletoni
  • Nitzschia australocommutata
  • Nitzschia westiorum
  • Pinnularia borealis
  • Psammothidium germainii
  • Psammothidium papilio
  • Sabbea adminensis
  • Stauroneis latistauros

Aiken Creek, Taylor Valley.

See: Overview maps