Description
Harnish Creek Tributary (Relict Channel) drains the source glacier for the Von Guerard stream in the Kukri Hills. Water quality is monitored just upstream of its confluence with Harnish Creek (at the F11 gauge).
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 Tributary
- Achnanthes taylorensis
- Amphora cf. oligotraphenta
- Chamaepinnularia cymatopleura
- 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 gaussii
- Luticola laeta
- Luticola mcknightiae
- Luticola murrayi
- Luticola mutica
- Luticola muticopsis
- Luticola permuticopsis
- Luticola sp. #2
- Luticola sp. #3
- Marine diatom fragments
- Mayamaea atomus
- Mayamaea atomus fo. permitis
- Mayamaea atomus var. #1
- Muelleria meridionalis
- Muelleria peraustralis
- Navicula gregaria
- Navicula seibigiana
- Navicula shackletoni
- Nitzschia australocommutata
- Nitzschia westiorum
- Pinnularia borealis
- Psammothidium germainii
- Psammothidium papilio
- Stauroneis latistauros
Harnish Creek Tributary, Taylor Valley.
See: Overview maps
Karen Cozetto and Justin Joslin observing diverted flow, Harnish Creek Tributary 2004. Photo: Chris Jaros.
