The evolution and biology of Antarctic saline lakes in relation to salinity and trophy

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Laybourn-Parry, J, Henshaw, T, Quayle, WA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2002
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Austral; Highway Lake; Rookery Lake; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-002-0383-x; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49001

Five brackish to hypersaline lakes (Highway, Ace, Pendent, Williams and Rookery) in the Vestfold Hills, eastern Antarctica were investigated during the I austral summer of 1999/2000. The aims were to characterise the functional dynamics of the plankton and gain an understanding of how the different...