Quantitative relationships between benthic diatom assemblages and water chemistry in Macquarie Island lakes and their potential for reconstructing past environmental changes

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Saunders, Krystyna M., Hodgson, Dominic A., McMinn, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Island Lakes; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102008001442; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102008001442

Abstract This study is the first published survey of diatom-environment relationships on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Fifty-eight sites in 50 coastal and inland lakes were sampled for benthic diatoms and water chemistry. 208 diatom species from 34 genera were identified. Multivariate analyses ind...