The plankton community of a young, eutrophic Antarctic saline lake

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Bell, EM, Laybourn-Parry, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1999
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Austral; Rookery Lake; Saline Lake; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050417; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49003

A shallow, saline lake (Rookery Lake) close to the sea and surrounded by a penguin rookery was investigated during the austral spring and summer of 1996/1997. The proximity to the sea means that the lake is likely to have been formed recently during isostatic uplift. Inputs of carbon and nutrients f...