Diversity and Colonization of the Terestrial Invertebrate Fauna at Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica

The knowledge about Antarctic invertebrate fauna in general and East Antarctic in particular specially on the limnology bio-ecology, faunal diversity, species richness, distribution pattern of invertebrate fauna is still fragmentory (Somme, 1985). The fresh water lakes of the Antarctic continent representing a biological integration of an entire drainage area, are particularly attractive ecological unit for basic study (Priddle and Heywood, 1980).