Annual plankton dynamics in an Antarctic saline lake

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: Bell, EM, Laybourn-Parry, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1999
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Austral; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Ace Lake; Saline Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica; Rotifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00396.x; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49077

1. The plankton dynamics of Ace Lake, a saline, meromictic basin in the Vestfold Hills, eastern Antarctica was studied between December 1995 and February 1997. 2. The lake supported two distinct plankton communities; an aerobic microbial community in the upper oxygenated mixolimnion and an anaerobic...