The diatom flora and limnology of lakes in the Amery Oasis, East Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Cremer, Holger, Gore, Damian, Hultzsch, Nadja, Melles, Martin, Wagner, Bernd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Amery; Antarctic; Beaver Lake; East Antarctica; Radok Lake; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/0cd71984-dee0-4f23-9db0-09861bd2acbb; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-004-0624-2; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=4544286331&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The diatom flora of three lakes in the ice-free Amery Oasis, East Antarctica, was studied. Two of the lakes are meltwater reservoirs, Terrasovoje Lake (31 m depth) and Radok Lake (362 m depth), while Beaver Lake (> 435 m depth) is an epishelf lake. The lakes can be characterized as cold, ultra-ol...