The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
We report the first detailed study of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of the Byers Peninsula SSSI, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Fourteen micro-arthropod taxa (10 Acari, four Collembola) and two Diptera are recorded, including the first record of the mite Edwardzetes dentifer from th...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:517329 2023-05-15T13:49:34+02:00 The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands Richard, K.J. Convey, Peter Block, William 1994-06 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517329/ https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240257 unknown Springer Richard, K.J.; Convey, Peter orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Block, William. 1994 The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Polar Biology, 14 (6). 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240257 <https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240257> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1994 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240257 2023-02-04T19:45:06Z We report the first detailed study of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of the Byers Peninsula SSSI, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Fourteen micro-arthropod taxa (10 Acari, four Collembola) and two Diptera are recorded, including the first record of the mite Edwardzetes dentifer from the maritime Antarctic. The first record of the midge Belgica antarctica from neighbouring Snow Island is also given. Population composition and density were described in samples from a wide range of terrestrial and freshwater habitats. There was no strong relationship between habitat and microarthropod species occurrence, although comparison of completely vegetated and more stony sites revealed greater population densities at the vegetated sites, and different species proportions at each. Some individual samples contained a wide range of species with none achieving numerical dominance, whilst others from superficially similar sites were dominated by one species. Dipterans were limited to a small number of lakes, streams and seepage areas, where they were sometimes abundant. Population density data and species occurrence are compared with previously published studies from the maritime Antarctic and elsewhere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Belgica antarctica Livingston Island Polar Biology Snow Island South Shetland Islands Mite Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic South Shetland Islands Livingston Island ENVELOPE(-60.500,-60.500,-62.600,-62.600) Byers ENVELOPE(-60.283,-60.283,-63.900,-63.900) Byers peninsula ENVELOPE(-61.066,-61.066,-62.633,-62.633) Snow Island ENVELOPE(-61.383,-61.383,-62.776,-62.776) Polar Biology 14 6 |
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We report the first detailed study of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of the Byers Peninsula SSSI, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Fourteen micro-arthropod taxa (10 Acari, four Collembola) and two Diptera are recorded, including the first record of the mite Edwardzetes dentifer from the maritime Antarctic. The first record of the midge Belgica antarctica from neighbouring Snow Island is also given. Population composition and density were described in samples from a wide range of terrestrial and freshwater habitats. There was no strong relationship between habitat and microarthropod species occurrence, although comparison of completely vegetated and more stony sites revealed greater population densities at the vegetated sites, and different species proportions at each. Some individual samples contained a wide range of species with none achieving numerical dominance, whilst others from superficially similar sites were dominated by one species. Dipterans were limited to a small number of lakes, streams and seepage areas, where they were sometimes abundant. Population density data and species occurrence are compared with previously published studies from the maritime Antarctic and elsewhere. |
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Richard, K.J. Convey, Peter Block, William The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands |
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Richard, K.J. Convey, Peter Block, William |
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The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands |
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The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands |
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The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands |
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The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands |
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The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands |
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terrestrial arthropod fauna of the byers peninsula, livingston island, south shetland islands |
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ENVELOPE(-60.500,-60.500,-62.600,-62.600) ENVELOPE(-60.283,-60.283,-63.900,-63.900) ENVELOPE(-61.066,-61.066,-62.633,-62.633) ENVELOPE(-61.383,-61.383,-62.776,-62.776) |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Belgica antarctica Livingston Island Polar Biology Snow Island South Shetland Islands Mite |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Belgica antarctica Livingston Island Polar Biology Snow Island South Shetland Islands Mite |
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Richard, K.J.; Convey, Peter orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Block, William. 1994 The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Polar Biology, 14 (6). 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240257 <https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240257> |
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