Phytoplankton in Antarctic lakes: biodiversity and main ecological features

• Published in: Hydrobiologia
• Main Authors: Izaguirre, Irina, Allende, Luz, Schiaffino, María Romina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC LAKES; DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY; EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REVIEW; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Sarmiento; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/170142

Antarctica holds a great number of inland lakes whose characteristics vary from ultra-oligotrophic to hypereutrophic, and from freshwater to hypersaline. The harsh conditions in these ecosystems (extremely low temperatures, large annual variation in solar radiation, light limitation below the ice) a...