Fine-scale spatial heterogeneity of invertebrates within cryoconite holes

• Published in: Aquatic Ecology
• Main Authors: Zawierucha, Krzysztof, Buda, Jakub, Fontaneto, Diego, Ambrosini, Roberto, Franzetti, Andrea, Wierzgoń, Mariusz, Bogdziewicz, Michał
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Extreme habitats; Polar and alpine ecosystems; Random distribution; Rotifera; Supraglacial environments; Tardigrada; Arctic; Antarctic; Norway; Longyearbreen; Ecology Glacier; Blåisen; Antarc*; glacier
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/8821; 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...