Description
Green Creek, which is adjacent to Bowles Creek, has a similar gradient, but has a larger discharge. The channel is broad with low banks. The gauge on Green Creek is located in the mid-section of the stream and is a natural channel control site with minimal streambed disturbance. Stream length: 1.2 km.
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
Green Creek
- Achnanthes taylorensis
- Amphora cf. oligotraphenta
- Chamaepinnularia aliena
- Chamaepinnularia cymatopleura
- Chamaepinnularia deltaica
- Chamaepinnularia quaternaria
- Craspedostauros laevissiumus
- Craticula molestiformis
- Fistulifera pelliculosa
- Hantzschia abundans
- Hantzschia amphioxys
- Hantzschia amphioxys f. muelleri
- Hantzschia elongata
- 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 sp. #3
- 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
Green Creek, Taylor Valley.
See: Overview maps
Aerial view of Green Creek (leftmost channel) and adjacent Bowles Creek. Both are fed by melt from the Canada Glacier and flow into Lake Fryxell. 0. Photo: Michael Gooseff.
Green Creek. Stream Team members walk along the bank. 1999. Photo: LTER Web site.
