Have mites (Acarina: Arachnida) colonised Antarctica and the islands of the Southern Ocean via air currents?

Polar Record

Volumn 39, Issue 210, 2003, Pages 239-244

  Pugh, P J A ^a,b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Publication Primadonnas   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COLONIZATION; MITE;

ACARI; ACARINA; ARACHNIDA; INSECTA;

EID: 0043032793     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0032247403003097     Document Type: Article

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