New insights into the origins of crustaceans of Antarctic lakes

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Gibson, JAE, Bayly, IAE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Univ Press 2007
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Biogeography and Phylogeography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Amery; Signy Island; Larsemann Hills; Boeckella; Lake Reid; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102007000235; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49795

New evidence regarding the origins of the Crustacea of Antarctic lakes is reviewed. Palaeolimnological data indicates that the cladoceran Daphniopsis studeri has been present in Lake Reid, Larsemann Hills, for over 120 000 yr. This is the first direct evidence of a continental lacustrine refugium du...