Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.
Tardigrades are important members of the simple terrestrial ecosystems in the extreme environments in Antarctica. This study provides a baseline description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern within the terrestrial and lake environments of the coastal regions around Syowa Stati...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:504558 2023-05-15T13:03:40+02:00 Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Tsujimoto, Megumu McInnes, Sandra J. Convey, Peter Imura, Satoshi 2014-09 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504558/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504558/1/Tsujimoto%20et%20al.%20revised.pdf en eng https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504558/1/Tsujimoto%20et%20al.%20revised.pdf Tsujimoto, Megumu; McInnes, Sandra J. orcid:0000-0003-3403-9379 Convey, Peter orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Imura, Satoshi. 2014 Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Polar Biology, 37 (9). 1361-1367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1516-8 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1516-8> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2014 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1516-8 2023-02-04T19:38:31Z Tardigrades are important members of the simple terrestrial ecosystems in the extreme environments in Antarctica. This study provides a baseline description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern within the terrestrial and lake environments of the coastal regions around Syowa Station and the neighbouring inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land. We combined data obtained from new and previously described collections and updated data available in the existing literature. We recorded five tardigrade species, three of which (Echiniscus pseudowendti Dastych 1984, Hebesuncus ryani Dastych and Harris 1994, Pseudechiniscus sp.) have not previously been reported from the area, increasing the total recorded tardigrade diversity for this region of continental Antarctica to ten species. The results of our study indicate that tardigrades have been and are major components of the lake environment community in continental Antarctica, with Acutuncus antarcticus (Richters 1904) the most common and dominant species. Our data confirm that the tardigrade species diversity in the vicinity of Syowa Station is very low and suggest potential relationships between individual tardigrade species and terrestrial moss species and depth in freshwater ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Acutuncus antarcticus Antarc* Antarctica antarcticus Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica Polar Biology Tardigrade Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive East Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Syowa Station Sør-Rondane ENVELOPE(25.000,25.000,-72.000,-72.000) Sør Rondane Mountains ENVELOPE(25.000,25.000,-72.000,-72.000) Polar Biology 37 9 1361 1367 |
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Tardigrades are important members of the simple terrestrial ecosystems in the extreme environments in Antarctica. This study provides a baseline description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern within the terrestrial and lake environments of the coastal regions around Syowa Station and the neighbouring inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land. We combined data obtained from new and previously described collections and updated data available in the existing literature. We recorded five tardigrade species, three of which (Echiniscus pseudowendti Dastych 1984, Hebesuncus ryani Dastych and Harris 1994, Pseudechiniscus sp.) have not previously been reported from the area, increasing the total recorded tardigrade diversity for this region of continental Antarctica to ten species. The results of our study indicate that tardigrades have been and are major components of the lake environment community in continental Antarctica, with Acutuncus antarcticus (Richters 1904) the most common and dominant species. Our data confirm that the tardigrade species diversity in the vicinity of Syowa Station is very low and suggest potential relationships between individual tardigrade species and terrestrial moss species and depth in freshwater ecosystems. |
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Tsujimoto, Megumu McInnes, Sandra J. Convey, Peter Imura, Satoshi Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. |
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Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. |
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Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. |
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Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. |
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Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. |
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Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. |
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preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal syowa station and inland sør rondane mountains, dronning maud land, east antarctica. |
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ENVELOPE(25.000,25.000,-72.000,-72.000) ENVELOPE(25.000,25.000,-72.000,-72.000) |
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East Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Syowa Station Sør-Rondane Sør Rondane Mountains |
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Acutuncus antarcticus Antarc* Antarctica antarcticus Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica Polar Biology Tardigrade |
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Acutuncus antarcticus Antarc* Antarctica antarcticus Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica Polar Biology Tardigrade |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504558/1/Tsujimoto%20et%20al.%20revised.pdf Tsujimoto, Megumu; McInnes, Sandra J. orcid:0000-0003-3403-9379 Convey, Peter orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Imura, Satoshi. 2014 Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Polar Biology, 37 (9). 1361-1367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1516-8 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1516-8> |
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