Quantitative relationships between benthic diatom assemblages and water chemistry in Macquarie Island lakes and their potential for reconstructing past environmental changes

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Saunders, KM, Hodgson, DA, McMinn, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: climate change; limnology; management; palaeolimnology; sub-Antarctic; transfer function; Antarctic; Island Lakes; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/12242/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/12242/1/Saunders_Macquarie09.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102008001442

This study is the first published survey of diatom-environment relationships on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Fifty-eight sites in 50 coastal and inland lakes were sampled for benthic diatoms and water chemistry. 208 diatom species from 34 genera were identified. Multivariate analyses indicated th...