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Iodine distribution in an antarctic meromictic saline lake

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Biology of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 34))

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Water samples collected from a range of depths in Ace Lake in the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica were analysed for iodine species by a polarographic method. Contrary to thermodynamic prediction, iodide was the predominant species in oxic surface waters. Total dissolved iodine was closely correlated with bacterial density down the water column. This observation and other data are used to postulate a scheme for the biological mediation of iodine distribution in the lake.

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  1. E. C. V. Butler

    Present address: Division of Oceanography, CSIRO Marine Laboratories, GPO Box 1538, 7001, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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  1. Marine Chemistry Laboratory, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, 3052, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    E. C. V. Butler & J. D. Smith

  2. Department of Science, Antarctic Division, 7050, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia

    H. R. Burton

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  1. University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

    J. M. Ferris

  2. Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia

    H. R. Burton  & G. W. Johnstone  & 

  3. Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    I. A. E. Bayly

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Butler, E.C.V., Burton, H.R., Smith, J.D. (1988). Iodine distribution in an antarctic meromictic saline lake. In: Ferris, J.M., Burton, H.R., Johnstone, G.W., Bayly, I.A.E. (eds) Biology of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3089-6_9

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