Algal and Moss Biomass in Reactivated Channel

As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry
Valleys of Antarctica, water was diverted to a relict stream channel in order to reactivate
the streamflow. The purpose of this experiment was to quantify the time scales of response to
the arrival of water after many years of dessication. This table contains data showing the
chlorophyll, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen concentrations of algal communities and some
mosses from the relict channel. The data constitutes the reactivated channel's algal and moss
biomass data, along with measurements of the amount of carbon and nitrogen associated with
algal mats for construction of nutrient budgets.