Recent rapid salinity rise in three East Antarctic lakes

• Published in: Journal of Paleolimnology
• Main Authors: Hodgson, DA, Roberts, D, McMinn, A, Veryleyen, E, Corbett, C, Vyveman, W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Windmill Islands - Climate change - Palaeolimnology - Diatoms - Salinity - Pigments - Penguins; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Windmill Islands; Law Dome; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/12247/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/12247/1/Hodgson_Roberts_JOPL_2006.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-006-9010-0

Research in East Antarctica has shown several recent environmental changes that may be linked to human impacts on climate. In order to detect the influence and context of these changes on coastal aquatic ecosystems we examined lake sediment cores from three lakes in the Windmill Islands, East Antarc...