Life on the edge: the plankton and chemistry of Beaver Lake, an ultra-oligotrophic epishelf lake, Antarctica

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: Laybourn-Parry, J, Quayle, W, Henshaw, T, Ruddell, A, Marchant, HJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2001
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Austral; Beaver Lake; Boeckella; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00741.x; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49069

1. Beaver Lake, a large epishelf lake in eastern Antarctica was sampled on two occasions during the austral summer of 2000. Two sites, one 1 km offshore and another 6 km offshore were sampled at intervals to depths of 40 and 110 m, respectively. 2. The lake is an end member of ultra-oligotrophic lak...