Distribution and diversity of soil microfauna from East Antarctica: Assessing the link between biotic and abiotic factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Velasco Castrillón, Alejandro ^a   Schultz, Mark B ^b   Colombo, Federica ^c   Gibson, John A E ^d   Davies, Kerrie A ^a   Austin, Andrew D ^a   Stevens, Mark I ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BDELLOID; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOCHEMISTRY; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; MITE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; ROTIFERA; SALINITY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROFAUNA; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TARDIGRADA; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOTA; ECOTYPE; SOIL;

EID: 84893187742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087529     Document Type: Article

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