Climate and soil characteristics and soil arthropod abundance on Anchorage, Signy and Falkland Islands

• Main Authors: Bokhorst, Stef, Huiskes, Ad H L, Convey, Peter, van Bodegom, PM, Aerts, Raf
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2008
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Anchorage Island; Antarc*; Antarctic; antarcticus; Cryptopygus antarcticus; International Polar Year; Signy Island; Tundra; Mite
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.807698; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807698

Over a 2-year study, we investigated the effect of environmental change on the diversity and abundance of soil arthropod communities (Acari and Collembola) in the Maritime Antarctic and the Falkland Islands. Open Top Chambers (OTCs), as used extensively in the framework of the northern boreal Intern...