The importance of long-term surveys on species introductions in Maritime Antarctica: first detection of Ceratophysella succinea (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Enríquez, Natalia, Pertierra, Luis, Tejedo, Pablo, Benayas, Javier, Greenslade, Penelope, Luciáñez, María
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Biological monitoring; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; Ecosystems; Life Sciences; Microbiology; Oceanography; Plant Sciences; Short Note; Zoology; 31 Biological sciences; Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/187724; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02490-8

Biological invasions are one of the major threats to Antarctic native biodiversity and to ecosystems integrity. Regional environmental change and increasing human activity in Maritime Antarctica facilitates the introduction, establishment and colonisation of an increasing number of non-indigenous sp...