Using indigenous microinvertebrates to assess the environmental impacts of soil pollution in Antarctica

• Main Author: McCarthy, Jordan Stanley
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctica; microinvertebrate; rotifer; tardigrade; soil; legacy pollution; metals; copper; nickel; Antarctic; McCarthy; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Rotifer; Tardigrade
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/326451

© 2022 Jordan Stanley McCarthy Modern humans have had a continuing presence in Antarctica since at least the 1800s, and this presence has come with an environmental footprint. Since the introduction of the Madrid protocol in the 1990s, the Antarctic Treaty has ensured the protection of the environme...