Taxonomy, systematics and ecology of the phylum Tardigrada ...

• Main Author: Marley, Nigel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Plymouth University 2014
• Subjects: Tardigrada; systematics; ecology; Arctic; Canada; Fuller; Sutcliffe
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.24382/1942; https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/3109

This thesis is based on published papers, however there have been issues encountered with copyright permissions, therefore a fuller version may be submitted in the future. ... : I conducted a series of research programmes on various aspects of Tardigrada biology. The published results of which are hereby presented as part fulfilment of my submission for a PhD by publications at Plymouth University. In this thesis my research publications are grouped into four chapters: Ecology & Faunistics, Alpha Taxonomy, Freshwater Fauna – a taxonomic challenge, and Superfamilies. In the first, I highlight my early papers which dealt with the faunistic surveys as I trained in systematics and taxonomy of the phylum. Amongst the key findings reported were the protozoan symphoriant, Pyxidium tardigradum van der Land, 1966, Marley and Wright (1994); a new addition to the reported fauna of the United Kingdom, Greaves & Marley(1996); and my first work on international samples from Arctic Canada, Sutcliffe et al.(2000). In the second chapter, Alpha Taxonomy, I have included five papers. The first, Marley and Wright (1996), illustrates my work with one of the Royal Museums of Scotland’s ...