Cold-hardiness in the Antarctic tick, Ixodes uriae.

• Main Authors: Lee, Richard E., Baust, John G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Anvers; Anvers Island; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5865

Ixodes uriae White (Ixodidae, Acarina) is the predominant tick on the Antarctic peninsula.This species has a circumpolar distribution in both hemispheres and is associated with or known to parasitize 48 species of seabirds. Large colonies of 1,000 or more individuals of all life stages were found be...