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Location name: Ace Lake, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica; meromictic lake derived from marine water, major cations ratio to chloride approximately the same as seawater; isolated from anoxic, methane-saturated bottom waters, 1.9C.
Coordinates: 68.4 S 78.18 E


Samples taken at this site:
Sample Type Depth Date Sampled EnvO-Lite In situ measurements
Temperature Salinity Chlorophyll
Methanogenium frigidum Ace-2 (=SMCC459W)genome24.0 mNAmarine habitatNANANA

Environmental data:

Annual interpolated data from WOA05
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Latitude: -68.4 / Longitude: 78.18 / Depth: 0 m / Time period: Annual
ParameterValueUnit
temperature-degrees Celsius
salinity-PSU
nitrate-micromole/L
phosphate-micromole/L
oxygen_dissolved-mL/L
oxygen_saturation-mL/L
oxygen_utilization-mL/L
silicate-micromole/L

Habitat trends from WOD05
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Latitude: -68.4 / Longitude: 78.18 / Depth: 0m / Buffer: 0.5DD