Diversity and distribution of tardigrades in soils of Edmonson Point (Northern Victoria Land, continental Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Smykla, Jerzy, Iakovenko, Nataliia, Devetter, Miloslav, Kaczmarek, Łukasz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2012
• Subjects: Tardigrada; Metazoa; biodiversity; soil biota; soil properties; Antarctic soils; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Victoria Land; Guano; Edmonson Point; Water Bears; Acutuncus antarcticus; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Tardigrade
• Online Access: http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12815

This work contributes to the knowledge on distribution, diversity and ecology of the Antarctic soil biota. Different soil habitats from several ice-free coastal sites were sampled along the Victoria Land across 7° of latitude from 71° to 78°S during five austral summer seasons between 2003/04 and 20...