Metabolic responses of Plectus murrayi across a temperature gradient, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, 2016-2017

• Main Authors: Robinson, Colin, Hansen, Lee, Xue, Summer, Adams, Byron
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/4973e62f9a46674024e41c4f0a3769e9; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-mcm.265.1

Populations of Plectus murrayi, a mesophilic nematode, have been increasing in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica over the past three decades. In contrast, most other Antarctic nematode species, including Scottnema lindsayae, have experienced constant population declines over the same time period d...