The distribution of microplankton in the McMurdo Dry valley lakes, Antarctica: response to ecosystem legacy or present-day climatic controls

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Roberts, EC, Priscu, JC, Wolf, C, Lyons, WB, Laybourn-Parry, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2004
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Bonney; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Fryxell; Lake Joyce; Lake Miers; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-003-0582-0; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/48997

Plankton abundance and biomass were investigated in five lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Lakes Bonney, Fryxell, Joyce, Hoare and Miers. Despite plankton communities being dominated by organisms <100 n in length, there were striking differences between the lakes, including large vari...