Antarctic Lacustrine Copepods: Scattered Remnants of an Ancient Fauna and Recent Marine Invaders

• Main Authors: Swadling, KM, Gibson, JAE
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Nova Science Publishers 2014
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Population Ecology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Boeckella; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Copepods
• Online Access: https://www.novapublishers.com; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/88993

The Antarctic continent is home to myriad lakes, ranging from freshwater to hypersaline environments. These lakes provide habitat for low trophic level organisms and are often dominated by bacteria and protists. However, in some of the lakes copepods and other invertebrates have managed to thrive. A...