Studies on Antarctic soil invertebrates: Preliminary data on rotifers (Rotatoria), with notes on other taxa from Edmonson Point (Northern Victoria Land, Continental Antarctic)

0368211 - ÚŽFG 2012 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Smykla, J. - Porazinska, D. L. - Iakovenko, N. - Janko, Karel - Weiner, M. W. - Niedbala, W. - Drewnik, M.
Studies on Antarctic soil invertebrates: Preliminary data on rotifers (Rotatoria), with notes on other taxa from Edmonson Point (Northern Victoria Land, Continental Antarctic).
Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. Roč. 74, 1-2 (2010), s. 135-140. ISSN 1211-376X
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Keywords : soil zoology * ecology * soil biodiverzity
Subject RIV: EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology

This work reports preliminary data on the biology and chemistry of soil habitats at Edmonson Point, Wood Bay, Northern Victoria Land, Ross Sea Sector of the Continental Antarctic. Forty-one soil samples were collected from 5 different soil habitats during summer in 2003/04 and 2004/05. Altogether 19 species of soil invertebrates were identified including 9 Rotifera, 4 Nematoda, 5 Oribatida and 1 springtail (Collembola). In general, soil invertebrate communities were dominated by rotifers with nematodes and tardigrades significantly less numerous. Abundances of all invertebrates varied and ranged from 0 to 7,760, 2,312 and 1,824 individuals per 100 g of soil for rotifers, nematodes and tardigrades, respectively. There were no invertebrates in 22% of the soil samples, the majority of which were soils from active and relic penguin rookeries.
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