Cryophilic Tardigrada have disjunct and bipolar distribution and establish long-term stable, low-density demes

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Zawierucha K., Kasparova E. S., McInnes S., Buda J., Ambrosini R., Devetter M., Ficetola G. F., Franzetti A., Takeuchi N., Horna P., Jaromerska T. N., Ono M., Sabacka M., Janko K.
• Other Authors: Zawierucha, K, Kasparova, E, Mcinnes, S, Buda, J, Ambrosini, R, Devetter, M, Ficetola, G, Franzetti, A, Takeuchi, N, Horna, P, Jaromerska, T, Ono, M, Sabacka, M, Janko, K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2023
• Subjects: Biogeography; Cryoconite hole; Disjunct distribution; Glacier; Long-range dispersal; Tardigrada; Antarctic; Arctic; Ebba; Svalbard; Water Bears; Antarc*; glacier; Tardigrade
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10281/435721; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03170-4

Glaciers are inhabited by various cryophilic organisms ranging from single celled to multicellular, like Tardigrada (water bears). Owing to their scattered distribution, glaciers represent extremely fragmented habitats, and it remains unclear how their inhabitants survive and disperse among such iso...