Preliminary investigation of effects of copper on a terrestrial population of the antarctic rotifer Philodina sp.

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: McCarthy, Jordan S., Wallace, Stephanie M., Brown, Kathryn E., King, Catherine K., Nielsen, Uffe N. (R17023), Allinson, Graeme, Reichman, Susie M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: U.K., Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: XXXXXX - Unknown; Antarctic; Casey Station; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Rotifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134413; https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:69417

Terrestrial microinvertebrates in Antarctica are potentially exposed to contaminants due to the concentration of human activity on ice-free areas of the continent. As such, knowledge of the response of Antarctic microinvertebrates to contaminants is important to determine the extent of anthropogenic...