What animals can live in cryoconite holes? A faunal review

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 159-169

  Zawierucha, K ^a   Kolicka, M ^a   Takeuchi, N ^b   Kaczmarek, L ^a,c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL AMAZÓNICA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Annelida; Arthropoda; Biodiversity; Climate change; Cryoconite; Extreme habitats; Extremophiles; Glaciers melting; Invertebrates; Nematoda; Rotifera; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; ARTHROPOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FAUNISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIER; NEMATODE;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84923363540     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12195     Document Type: Article

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