Fossil rotifers and the early colonization of an Antarctic Lake

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Swadling, Kerrie M., Dartnall, Herbert J G, Gibson, John A E, Saulnier-Talbot, Émilie, Vincent, Warwick F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Antarctica biogeography; Colonization; Fossil; Holocene; Lakes; Notholca; Paleoecology; Rotifers; Ace Lake; Antarctic; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/72b8334b-7930-48e8-afdf-42d349aab8d4; https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.2001.2222; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035728020&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Early Holocene sediments from a continental Antartic lake (Ace Lake, Vestfold Hills, East Antartica) contained abundant fossil rotifers of the genus Notholca. The fossil is similar to specimens of Notholca sp. present in modern-day Ace Lake and other fresh and brackish lakes of the Vestfold Hills. C...