Description
Harnish Creek is a continuously gauged stream at the F7 gauge. Stream length: 5.1 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
Harnish Creek
- Achnanthes taylorensis
- Hantzschia abundans
- Hantzschia amphioxys
- Hantzschia amphioxys f. muelleri
- Humidophila arcuata var. parallela
- Luticola austroatlantica
- Luticola dolia
- Luticola laeta
- Luticola mcknightiae
- Luticola mutica
- Luticola muticopsis
- Luticola permuticopsis
- Mayamaea atomus
- Mayamaea atomus var. #1
- Muelleria meridionalis
- Muelleria peraustralis
- Navicula shackletoni
- Nitzschia australocommutata
- Stauroneis latistauros
Harnish Creek, Taylor Valley.
See: Overview maps
Early snowmelt in Harnish Creek. 2001. Photo: Justin Joslin.
Chris Jaros measuring high flow, Harnish Creek. 2001. Photo: Lee Turner.
Upper reaches of Harnish Creek. 2001. Photo: Chris Jaros.
Chris Jaros measuring high flow, Harnish Creek. 2002. Photo: Lee Turner.