Fossil Rotifers and the Early Colonization of an Antarctic Lake

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Swadling, Kerrie M., Dartnall, Herbert J. G., Gibson, John A. E., Saulnier-Talbot, Émilie, Vincent, Warwick F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2001
• Subjects: Ace Lake; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.2001.2222; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589401922227?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589401922227?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400028520

Abstract Early Holocene sediments from a continental Antarctic lake (Ace Lake, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica) contained abundant fossil rotifers of the genus Notholca . The fossil is similar to specimens of Notholca sp. present in modern-day Ace Lake and other fresh and brackish lakes of the Vestf...