Spatial distribution of freshwater crustaceans in Antarctic and Subantarctic lakes

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Díaz, Angie, Maturana, Claudia S., Boyero González, María Luz, De Los Ríos Escalante, Patricio, Tonin, Alan M., Correa Araneda, Francisco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature 2019
• Subjects: ecological data; biodiversity; climate; zooplankton; ecosystems; anomopoda; islands; scales; fauna; Antarctic; Inach; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10810/43176; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44290-4

Antarctic and Subantarctic lakes are unique ecosystems with relatively simple food webs, which are likely to be strongly affected by climate warming. While Antarctic freshwater invertebrates are adapted to extreme environmental conditions, little is known about the factors determining their current...