Faunistic analysis of freshwater zooplankton in small rock pools of Maritime Antarctica
Small water bodies like the rock pools are used as a model system for evolutionary and environmental studies with a growing interest. The zooplankton in the rock pools is a most interesting and promising research object. Although the first papers on Antarctic rock pools were published early in the X...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1530c05336ef4e5593ce8778950ec44f 2023-05-15T13:33:26+02:00 Faunistic analysis of freshwater zooplankton in small rock pools of Maritime Antarctica M. Nabokin 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.1.2022.694 https://doaj.org/article/1530c05336ef4e5593ce8778950ec44f EN UK eng ukr State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center https://doaj.org/toc/1727-7485 https://doaj.org/toc/2415-3087 doi:10.33275/1727-7485.1.2022.694 1727-7485 2415-3087 https://doaj.org/article/1530c05336ef4e5593ce8778950ec44f Український антарктичний журнал, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 113-124 (2022) : crustacea meso- and macro- zooplankton rotifera Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 Geophysics. Cosmic physics QC801-809 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.1.2022.694 2022-12-30T20:49:18Z Small water bodies like the rock pools are used as a model system for evolutionary and environmental studies with a growing interest. The zooplankton in the rock pools is a most interesting and promising research object. Although the first papers on Antarctic rock pools were published early in the XX century, these water bodies have been not investigated in detail and comprehensively. The paper aims to review and systematize the knowledge on the diversity of the freshwater zooplankton of the Maritime Antarctica, South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands. These organisms include meso- and macro- zooplankton (0.2—20 mm) living in the water and unable to propel themselves against a current, 69 taxa in total. The most diverse of them are 52 taxa of rotifers with 4 taxa identified to the subspecies, 44 — to species, and 4 — to genus level. Crustaceans include 16 taxa (14 identified to the species, 1 — to genus, and 1 — to order); 9 taxa belong to branchiopods, 3 — to ostracods, and 4 — to copepods. One insect species, Parochlus steinenii, is present in the plankton at the larval stage. Summarizing these results, the rock pools of the fairly well studied South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands (41 and 46 taxa, respectively) exhibit diversity of living organisms similar to the comparable waterbodies from other parts of the world, while the rest of the region has a much lower diversity (11 taxa). However, this discrepancy is presumably a research artifact because so far, only a few special studies have been done in the Maritime Antarctica. For example, at the Argentine Islands three identified taxa only (2 crustaceans and 1 rotifer) are known with a number of rotifers awaiting identification. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Argentine Islands South Orkney Islands South Shetland Islands Copepods Rotifer Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Argentine Argentine Islands ENVELOPE(-64.273,-64.273,-65.246,-65.246) Small Rock ENVELOPE(-45.592,-45.592,-60.702,-60.702) South Orkney Islands ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) South Shetland Islands Ukrainian Antarctic Journal 20 1(24) 113 124 |
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Small water bodies like the rock pools are used as a model system for evolutionary and environmental studies with a growing interest. The zooplankton in the rock pools is a most interesting and promising research object. Although the first papers on Antarctic rock pools were published early in the XX century, these water bodies have been not investigated in detail and comprehensively. The paper aims to review and systematize the knowledge on the diversity of the freshwater zooplankton of the Maritime Antarctica, South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands. These organisms include meso- and macro- zooplankton (0.2—20 mm) living in the water and unable to propel themselves against a current, 69 taxa in total. The most diverse of them are 52 taxa of rotifers with 4 taxa identified to the subspecies, 44 — to species, and 4 — to genus level. Crustaceans include 16 taxa (14 identified to the species, 1 — to genus, and 1 — to order); 9 taxa belong to branchiopods, 3 — to ostracods, and 4 — to copepods. One insect species, Parochlus steinenii, is present in the plankton at the larval stage. Summarizing these results, the rock pools of the fairly well studied South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands (41 and 46 taxa, respectively) exhibit diversity of living organisms similar to the comparable waterbodies from other parts of the world, while the rest of the region has a much lower diversity (11 taxa). However, this discrepancy is presumably a research artifact because so far, only a few special studies have been done in the Maritime Antarctica. For example, at the Argentine Islands three identified taxa only (2 crustaceans and 1 rotifer) are known with a number of rotifers awaiting identification. |
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Faunistic analysis of freshwater zooplankton in small rock pools of Maritime Antarctica |
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Faunistic analysis of freshwater zooplankton in small rock pools of Maritime Antarctica |
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Faunistic analysis of freshwater zooplankton in small rock pools of Maritime Antarctica |
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Faunistic analysis of freshwater zooplankton in small rock pools of Maritime Antarctica |
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faunistic analysis of freshwater zooplankton in small rock pools of maritime antarctica |
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