Title: Anoxia tolerance in high Arctic terrestrial microarthropods
Abstract:Abstract. 1. Ten Arctic species of Collembola and two species of cryptostigmatic mites survived anoxia at 5 °C over periods ranging from 1 to 36 days. 2. Highly active, surface‐dwelling collembolans s...Abstract. 1. Ten Arctic species of Collembola and two species of cryptostigmatic mites survived anoxia at 5 °C over periods ranging from 1 to 36 days. 2. Highly active, surface‐dwelling collembolans such as Isotoma anglicana , Isotoma tschernovi , and Sminthurides malmgreni were the most susceptible to anoxia. Mites and Collembola living deeper in the soil or in wet habitats, such as Camisia anomia and Hypogastrura viatica , were most tolerant. Tolerance, however, appears more closely linked to taxonomic relatedness than to ecological groupings per se , although the two may coincide. 3. Implications for life‐history strategies, including metabolic cold adaptation in its broadest sense, are discussed.Read More
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-07-16
Language: en
Type: article
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