Temperature (latitude) and nutrient (seabird guano) effects on limno-terrestrial Tardigrada (Testechiniscus spitsbergensis and Pilatobius recamieri) body size

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Krzysztof Zawierucha, Paweł Podkowa, Martyna Marciniak, Piotr Gąsiorek, Katarzyna Zmudczyńska-Skarbek, Karel Janko, Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Bergmann’s rule; body length; ectotherms; latitudinal patterns; temperature gradient; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Svalbard; Guano; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2018.1492297; https://doaj.org/article/6fe46c30bec44804b3b1bd95366bdd1e

Surveys of terrestrial microinvertebrate morphometry, especially spatial patterns of body size at wider geographical scales, including the polar regions, are very scarce. In this study, we focused on Tardigrada, common limno-terrestrial microinvertebrates. Considering Bergmann’s rule, originally for...