Evidence for a lacustrine faunal refuge in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, during the Last Glacial Maximum

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: Cromer, Louise, Gibson, John A.E., Swadling, Kerrie M., Hodgson, Dominic A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell 2006
• Subjects: Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Lake Reid; Larsemann Hills; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Rotifer
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/41/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01490.x

Aim There is no previous direct evidence for the occurrence of lacustrine refuges for invertebrate fauna in Antarctica spanning the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). In the absence of verified LGM lacustrine refuges many species are believed to result from Holocene dispersal from sub-Antarctic islands and...