Antarctic Ecosystems The freshwater lakes of Signy Island and their fauna

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1967
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Graham Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1967.0024; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1967.0024

Prior to 1962 work on freshwater within the British Sector of the Antarctic had been confined to the collection of specimens and their subsequent taxonomic evaluation. Collections were made by such expeditions as the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902- 04, the various Discover y Investigati...