Tardigrades of Alaska: distribution patterns, diversity and species richness

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Johansson, Carl, Miller, William R., Linder, Eric T., Adams, Byron J., Boreliz-Alvarado, Erika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
• Subjects: Tardigrade; Alaska; distribution; latitudinal gradient; pH; species richness; Arctic; Fairbanks; Anchorage; Bonanza; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3110; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.18793

During the summer of 2010, a biotic survey of tardigrades was conducted along a latitudinal transect in central Alaska from the Kenai Peninsula, via Fairbanks and the Arctic Circle to the coastal plain. Work was centred at the Toolik and Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Network sites and...