Faunal microfossils: Indicators of Holocene ecological change in a saline Antarctic lake

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Newman, L, Gibson, JAE, Swadling, KM, Ritz, DA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science BV 2005
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Biogeography and Phylogeography; Ace Lake; Antarctic; Saline Lake; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; Rotifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.02.005; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/38764

The sediment record of the fauna of Ace Lake, a saline meromictic lake in the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, consists of copepod eggs, spermatophores and exoskeletal fragments, rotifer and tintinnid loricae, and foraminiferal and folliculinid tests. The relative abundance of these remains, along with o...