Cold-Temperature Adaptation in Nematodes from the Victoria Land Coast, Antarctica

• Main Author: Raymond, Melianie Rosemary
• Other Authors: Wharton, David, Marshall, Craig
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2011
• Subjects: Nematode; Antarctica; Cold tolerance; Freezing tolerance; Victoria Land; Antarctic; Cape Hallett; Hallett; Ross Island; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; The Antarctic; Wharton; Antarc*; antarcticus; Eudorylaimus antarcticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1804

The invertebrates that inhabit Antarctica’s terrestrial ice-free areas are a unique resource for the study of adaptations to extreme conditions and illustrate the limits to which physiology can be stretched by evolution to allow life to continue. Perhaps the most exciting result of past studies of t...