Subglacial lakes

David Pearce

doi:10.1079/9781845938147.0122

Subglacial lakes

David Pearce

Applied Sciences Department

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This chapter describes the geographic range, history and distribution of subglacial lakes. The extreme characteristics as well as the predicted diversity and community composition of life in subglacial lakes are discussed. Further, a number of existing studies in subglacial lakes along with the methods employed in the studies, are also presented. Finally, the chapter introduces the potentials of subglacial lake extremophiles in biotechnology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Life at extremes: environments, organisms and strategies for survival
Editors	E. M. Bell
Publisher	CABI
Pages	122-137
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9781845938147
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845938147.0122
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2012

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