Heatwole H. & Miller W.R.
(2019):
Structure of micrometazoan assemblages in the Larsemann Hills, Antarctica,
Polar Biology,
42: 1837–1848
Assemblages of terrestrial biotas in Antarctica have low species-diversity, taxonomic breadth, and number of trophic links and may provide insights not only into adaptation to extreme environments, but also into an understanding of community structure and dynamics not readily achieved by studying more complex, less tractable, systems. To this end, we collected core-samples of soils and the Bryosystem in the Larsemann Hills, Antarctica, and extracted their contained micrometazoans (tardigrades, rotifers, …
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