McKay Creek

Chad basin, Taylor Valley      Waterbody ID: 31

 

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
McKay Creek

  • Achnanthes taylorensis
  • Chamaepinnularia deltaica
  • Chamaepinnularia quaternaria
  • Craticula molestiformis
  • Fistulifera pelliculosa
  • Hantzschia amphioxys
  • Humidophila arcuata
  • Humidophila arcuata var. parallela
  • Humidophila australis
  • Luticola austroatlantica
  • Luticola gaussii
  • Luticola mcknightiae
  • Luticola mutica
  • Luticola muticopsis
  • Mayamaea atomus
  • Mayamaea atomus fo. permitis
  • Microcostatus naumannii
  • Muelleria meridionalis
  • Muelleria peraustralis
  • Muelleria supra
  • Navicula gregaria
  • Navicula shackletoni
  • Nitzschia australocommutata
  • Nitzschia westiorum
  • Psammothidium papilio
  • Stauroneis latistauros

See: Overview maps