http://www.pavilionlake.com/blog/science-reports/how-to-drive-an-underwater-sports-car-in-reverse/ Exciting Science and Exploration in Pavilion Lake Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.pavilionlake.com/blog/science-reports/how-to-drive-an-underwater-sports-car-in-reverse/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Allyson Brady Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:42:28 +0000 http://www.pavilionlake.com/blog/?p=320#comment-49 Glad you enjoyed it Liz! Great question, we are very interested in any physical, chemical or biological changes that might occurred recently or in the past including lake water level changes. Certainly more shallow regions such as the bioherms could have been exposed at one point if water levels were lower and this may have influenced the development of the microbialites. The challenge is in trying to separate out the effects of individual parameters such as water level from others such as light or temperature changes. The mapping of microbialite morphologies with DeepWorker should help us to answer some of these questions. Glad you enjoyed it Liz! Great question, we are very interested in any physical, chemical or biological changes that might occurred recently or in the past including lake water level changes. Certainly more shallow regions such as the bioherms could have been exposed at one point if water levels were lower and this may have influenced the development of the microbialites. The challenge is in trying to separate out the effects of individual parameters such as water level from others such as light or temperature changes. The mapping of microbialite morphologies with DeepWorker should help us to answer some of these questions.

]]> http://www.pavilionlake.com/blog/science-reports/how-to-drive-an-underwater-sports-car-in-reverse/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Liz Foster Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:03:10 +0000 http://www.pavilionlake.com/blog/?p=320#comment-47 Fantastic and exciting! Thank you for the look over your shoulder as you're exploring. I love seeing my taxes spent on research. Any thoughts on the effects of short- and long-term variations in water level on the morphology of the bioherms? Fantastic and exciting! Thank you for the look over your shoulder as you’re exploring. I love seeing my taxes spent on research. Any thoughts on the effects of short- and long-term variations in water level on the morphology of the bioherms?

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