Extremely high abundances of Prasiola crispa-associated micrometazoans in East Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Lukashanets, Dzmitry A., Hihiniak, Yury H., Miamin, Vladislav Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2022
• Subjects: Bdelloids; rotifers; tardigrades; algae; nematodes; Antarctic oases; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Haswell Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research; Rotifer; Tardigrade
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/7781; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v41.7781

To elucidate poorly known aspects of the microscopic metazoan distribution in ice-free parts of the Antarctic, we examined samples of the multicellular terrestrial algaPrasiola crispa, collected over the last decade in different parts of continental East Antarctica and Haswell Island. We found that...