Salinity, depth and the structure and composition of microbial mats in continental Antarctic lakes

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: Sabbe, Koen, Hodgson, Dominic A., Verleyen, Elie, Taton, Arnaud, Wilmotte, Annick, Vanhoutte, Koenraad, Vyverman, Wim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bølingen; Bølingen Islands; East Antarctica; Larsemann Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01186.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2427.2004.01186.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01186.x

Summary 1. Lakes and ponds in the Larsemann Hills and Bølingen Islands (East‐Antarctica) were characterised by cyanobacteria‐dominated, benthic microbial mats. A 56‐lake dataset representing the limnological diversity among the more than 150 lakes and ponds in the region was developed to identify an...