Evidence of strong small-scale population structure in the Antarctic freshwater copepod Boeckella poppei in lakes on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Maturana, Claudia S., Segovia, Nicolás, González Wevar, Claudio, Díaz, Angie, Rosenfeld, Sebastián, Poulin, Elie, Jackson, Jennifer A., Convey, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Long-distance dispersal; Terrestrial life; East Antarctica; Glacial refugia; Larsemann hills; Victoria land; Resting eggs; Colonization; Biogeography; Evolution; Antarctic; Boeckella; Larsemann Hills; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11435; http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/177802

Environmental conditions were particularly severe during the Last Glacial Maximum, altering the distribution of the Southern Hemisphere biota, particularly at higher latitudes. The copepodBoeckella poppeiis the only macroscopic continental invertebrate species known to be distributed today across th...