Life history of the Antarctic tardigrade, Acutuncus antarcticus, under a constant laboratory environment

Polar Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1575-1581

  Tsujimoto, Megumu ^a   Suzuki, Atsushi C ^b   Imura, Satoshi ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Hatching success; Lifespan; Reproduction; Tardigrade

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HATCHING; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROORGANISM; POLAR REGION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84940960191     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1718-8     Document Type: Article

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