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Microbiology of an isolated alpine lake (Lake Waiau, Hawaii)

Author:
Dillon, Raymond D.
Title:
Microbiology of an isolated alpine lake (Lake Waiau, Hawaii)
Periodical:
National Geographic Society, Research Reports
Year:
1979
Pages:
97-100
Subject:
Lake Waiau Diatoms Lake Waiau
Summary:
Undoubtedly one of the highest lakes in the Unites States is Lake Waiau lies 13,020 feet above sea level near the summit plateau of an inactive volcano known as Mauna Kea. This body of water occupies a shallow crater that was once a breached cinder cone that was deepened by glaciation. As an extension of the ongoing research on isolated melt-water lakes in Antarctica and elsewhere as related to the ecology and biogeography of Protozoa and their community structure, the objective of this investigation was to study the microbiology of an this isolated alpine volcanic lake. Determining the diatom diversity and noting the interactions between populations of primary producers as they affected by herbivorous zooplankton were also objectives.
Label:
Lake Waiau
Date:
1979
Collection:
Periodicals