The non-marine invertebrate fauna of Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic): a baseline for a comprehensive biodiversity database

A small collection of samples from terrestrial and fresh-water habitats on Deception Island in the Maritime Antarctic South Shetland archipelago yielded 14 invertebrate taxa, including four species, which are new to the island. The database of the total Deception fauna contains 57 invertebrate taxa....

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Downie, R.H., Convey, P., McInnes, S.J., Pugh, P.J.A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press 2000
Subjects:
Antarctic
Deception Island
Antarc*
Polar Record
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20503/
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400016788
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Summary:A small collection of samples from terrestrial and fresh-water habitats on Deception Island in the Maritime Antarctic South Shetland archipelago yielded 14 invertebrate taxa, including four species, which are new to the island. The database of the total Deception fauna contains 57 invertebrate taxa. These, like the flora, show evidence of posteruption colonisation by Antarctic and South American immigrant species, and historic human impact. This baseline inventory allows future monitoring of natural and anthropogenic changes to invertebrate fauna of Deception Island

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