Seabirds modify trophic groups, while altitude promotes xeric-tolerant species of Tardigrada in the high Arctic tundra (Svalbard archipelago)

• Published in: Acta Oecologica
• Main Authors: Zawierucha, Krzysztof, Zmudczynska-Skarbek, Katarzyna, Guil, Noemí, Bogdziewicz, Michal
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Microbivores; Herbivores; Polar and alpine regions; Tardigrades; Trophic networks; Tundra; Arctic; Guano; Hornsund; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Climate change; Tardigrade
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/247979; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2019.05.007; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003339

In the Arctic, especially in the coastal mountainous areas, gradual changes in elevation above sea level and allochthonous nutrients delivered by seabirds modify environmental conditions. Increasing elevation affects temperature whereas allochthonous nutrients delivered by seabirds to the terrestria...