Life on the edge: the plankton and chemistry of Beaver Lake, an ultra-oligotrophic epishelf lake, Antarctica

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: Laybourn-Parry, Johanna, Quayle, Wendy C., Henshaw, Tracey, Ruddell, Andrew, Marchant, Harvey J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell 2001
• Subjects: Hydrology; Antarctic; Austral; Boeckella; Beaver Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19814/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00741.x/pdf

1. Beaver Lake, a large epishelf lake in eastern Antarctica was sampled on two occasions during the austral summer of 2000. Two sites, one 1 km offshore and another 6 km offshore were sampled at intervals to depths of 40 and 110 m, respectively. 2. The lake is an end member of ultra-oligotrophic lak...