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Biological Studies of Meromictic Lakes

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Limnology in Australia

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 61))

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Lake Fidler and Sulphide Pool are small, dystrophic, meromictic lakes adjacent to the Gordon River in south-west Tasmania. Partitioning between upper and lower waters is distinct in both lakes, and there is a finely structured stratification of micro-organisms about a particularly abrupt redoxcline at around 3 m depth in Lake Fidler and 2 m in Sulphide Pool. Recent biological studies of the lakes are detailed, and the findings are discussed with reference to those from other meromictic lakes around the world.

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Croome, R.L. (1986). Biological Studies of Meromictic Lakes. In: De Deckker, P., Williams, W.D. (eds) Limnology in Australia. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4820-4_5

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