Fine-scale spatial heterogeneity of invertebrates within cryoconite holes

• Published in: Aquatic Ecology
• Main Authors: Zawierucha K., Buda J., Fontaneto D., Ambrosini R., Franzetti A., Wierzgon M., Bogdziewicz M.
• Other Authors: Zawierucha, K, Buda, J, Fontaneto, D, Ambrosini, R, Franzetti, A, Wierzgon, M, Bogdziewicz, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2019
• Subjects: Extreme habitat; Polar and alpine ecosystem; Random distribution; Rotifera; Supraglacial environment; Tardigrada; Antarctic; Arctic; Ecology Glacier; Longyearbreen; Norway; Antarc*; glacier
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/253939; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-019-09681-9

Cryoconite holes (water-filled reservoirs) are considered ecologically simple ecosystems but represent biological hotspots of biodiversity on glaciers. In order to check for fine-scale spatial distribution of metazoans on the bottom of the holes, in this study, we analysed three groups of grazing in...