Viruses in the plankton of freshwater and saline Antarctic lakes

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: Laybourn-Parry, J, Hofer, J, Sommaruga, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2001
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Ace Lake; Antarctic; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00749.x; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49068

1. Virus-like particle (VLP) abundances in nine freshwater to saline lakes in the Vestfold Hills, Eastern Antarctica (68S) were determined in December 1999. In the ultra-oligotrophic to oligotrophic freshwater lakes, VLP abundances ranged from 1.01 to 3.28106 mL-1 in the top 6 m of the water column....