Changes in soil nematode populations indicate an annual life cycle at Cape Hallett, Antarctica

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 375-386

  Yeates, Gregor W ^a   Scott, Matthew B ^b   Chown, Steven L ^c   Sinclair, Brent J ^d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Nematoda; Penguin colony; Reproduction; Seasonality; Water

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SOIL FAUNA; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE HALLETT; EAST ANTARCTICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; PANAGROLAIMUS DAVIDI; PLECTUS ANTARCTICUS; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 68049136132     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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