Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Tsujimoto, Megumu, McInnes, Sandra J., Convey, Peter, Imura, Satoshi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; Syowa Station; Sør-Rondane; Sør Rondane Mountains; Acutuncus antarcticus; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Polar Biology; Tardigrade
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504558/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504558/1/Tsujimoto%20et%20al.%20revised.pdf

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...