Not so free range? Oviposition microhabitat and egg clustering affects Eretmoptera murphyi (Diptera: Chironomidae) reproductive success

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Bartlett, Jesamine, Convey, Pete, Hayward, Scott A. L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
• Subjects: Original Paper; Antarctic; Signy Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6383618/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2420-4

Understanding the physiology of non-native species in Antarctica is key to elucidating their ability to colonise an area, and how they may respond to changes in climate. Eretmoptera murphyi is a chironomid midge introduced to Signy Island (Maritime Antarctic) from South Georgia (Sub-Antarctic) where...