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Phyloflagellates and their ecology in Tasmanian polyhumic lakes

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Tasmania has many polyhumic lakes with a wealth of phytoflagellates, especially chromophytes. Dystrophic coastal lagoons, such as Lake Garcia, are rich habitats of the Chrysophyta and Dinophyta, containing a number of new or rare species. In meromictic Lake Fidler and Sulphide Pool flagellates and prokaryotes are permanently zoned in a finely structured array astride the redoxcline. In the mixolimnetic waters phytoflagellates are zoned and probably perform regular migrations. Chaoborus larvae migrate daily. In monomictic, polyhumic Lake Chisholm there is probably a permanent zonation of flagellates and prokaryotes about the long-lasting thermocline, with diel migrations of other species in the epilimnion. With its numerous new or rare species Tasmania is a phytoflagellate haven.

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Croome, R.L., Tyler, P.A. Phyloflagellates and their ecology in Tasmanian polyhumic lakes. Hydrobiologia 161, 245–253 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044115

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