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Home Cyanobacterial mat on the shores of Lake Fryxell in the McMurdo Dry Valley region of Antarctica

Cyanobacterial mat on the shores of Lake Fryxell in the McMurdo Dry Valley region of Antarctica

submitted by Suzanne on March 15, 2010
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Tags: Antarctica , biofilm , biomat , cyanobacteria , DryValley , McMurdo
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Author(s): Scott Craig, USFWS Maine Fisheries Resource Office
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The cyanobacterial mat is on the shores of Lake Fryxell in Taylor Valley- the McMurdo Dry Valley region of Antarctica. These organisms actively grow only a few weeks a year during December and January. Photo taken by Scott Craig and contributed by Dr. Laurie Connell.
 
 

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