
%0 Journal Article
%A Bunn, SE 
%A Edward, DHD 
%T Seasonal meromixis in three hypersaline lakes on Rottnest Island, Western Australia
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1984/04/01
%V 35
%N 2
%P 261-265
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9840261
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9840261 
%X Three of the six permanent hypersaline lakes on Rottnest Island become meromictic 'hot lakes' during winter and spring. An important factor contributing to this transient stratification is a surface input of fresh water from seepages around the lakes, which overlays the existing hypersaline layer. Heat penetrates to the monimolimnion of these clear-water lakes and is trapped by the insulating effect of the overlying less-saline water. The disappearance of the stratification at the onset of summer is thought to be due to reduced freshwater input and evaporation of the less-saline mixolimnion. 
