Life on the edge: the plankton and chemistry of Beaver Lake, an ultra‐oligotrophic epishelf lake, Antarctica

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: Laybourn‐Parry, Johanna, Quayle, Wendy C., Henshaw, Tracey, Ruddell, Andrew, Marchant, Harvey J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Boeckella; Beaver Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00741.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2427.2001.00741.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00741.x

1. Beaver Lake, a large epishelf lake in eastern Antarctica was sampled on two occasions during the austral summer of 2000. Two sites, one 1 km offshore and another 6 km offshore were sampled at intervals to depths of 40 and 110 m, respectively. 2. The lake is an end member of ultra‐oligotrophic lak...