A nematode in the mist: Scottnema lindsayae is the only soil metazoan in remote Antarctic deserts, at greater densities with altitude

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Krzysztof Zawierucha, Craig J. Marshall, David Wharton, Karel Janko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: Altitudinal gradient; Antarctica; ecosystem variability; orographic clouds; Darwin Glacier; soil moisture; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Antarctic; Antarc*; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3494; https://doaj.org/article/22bc1b2d402b491a9f99dfd1b5b61e6a

A decrease in biodiversity and density of terrestrial organisms with increasing altitude and latitude is a well-known ecogeographical pattern. However, studies of these trends are often taxonomically-biased toward well-known organisms and especially those with relatively large bodies, and environmen...