Metabolic Response of Plectus murrayi to Changing Climate and Lengthening Summers

Due to the effects of climate change, summers are lengthening every year in the McMurdo dry valleys of Antarctica. Plectus murrayi, a hardy nematode that inhabits these soils, shows increased metabolic activity as a result of temperature, reaching its peak metabolic activity at 40°C. Furthermore, CO...

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Main Authors: Robinson, Colin, Adams, Byron
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Virtual SON 2020 2020
Subjects:
Ecology
FOS Biological sciences
60202 Community Ecology excl. Invasive Species Ecology
Climate Science
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13369769.v1
https://virtualson2020.figshare.com/articles/poster/Metabolic_Response_of_Plectus_murrayi_to_Changing_Climate_and_Lengthening_Summers/13369769/1
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Summary:Due to the effects of climate change, summers are lengthening every year in the McMurdo dry valleys of Antarctica. Plectus murrayi, a hardy nematode that inhabits these soils, shows increased metabolic activity as a result of temperature, reaching its peak metabolic activity at 40°C. Furthermore, CO2 produced by these nematodes is significant and an increase due to heightened metabolic activity could release a detrimental carbon reservoir.

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