Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1361-1367

  Tsujimoto, Megumu ^a   McInnes, Sandra J ^b   Convey, Peter ^b,c   Imura, Satoshi ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Distribution pattern; Freshwater lakes; Mosses; Species diversity; Tardigrades

Indexed keywords

ACUTUNCUS ANTARCTICUS; BRYOPHYTA; ECHINISCUS; HEBESUNCUS; PSEUDECHINISCUS; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84905219681     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1516-8     Document Type: Article

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