Limnology and biology of saline lakes in the Rauer Islands, eastern Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Hodgson, D., Vyverman, W., Sabbe, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2001
• Subjects: Hydrology; Biology and Microbiology; Chemistry; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Rauer Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19760/; http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0954102001000372

The Rauer Islands contain more than fifty shallow lakes and small ephemeral ponds. Despite their proximity to the Vestfold fills - one of the most diverse and intensively studied lake districts of eastern Antarctica -the lakes of the Rauer Islands have remained undescribed. In this study the physica...