說明
The Arctic has a diverse terrestrial microarthropod fauna which overwinters in situ in soil and vegetation. This fauna is involved in key ecosystem process, for example decomposition and pollination, and has tolerance to the Arctic’s winter conditions. However, the Arctic is undergoing rapid change. Svalbard is experiencing warming rates up to four times the global average as well as alterations in precipitation (quantity and form; snow or rain) and wind direction. These will modify the conditions experienced by the overwintering fauna. Since laboratory experiments often fail to capture the diversity of environmental stressors, we employed a manipulation experiment to use the naturally accumulating snow pack to moderate soil winter soil temperatures, combined with an extended incubator treatment, to map the duration limits of naturally induced cold tolerance. We demonstrate that the Collembola fauna can tolerate temperatures of -25°C but that, in areas devoid of snow accumulation and when soil temperatures dip below -30°C there is significant mortality. Furthermore, we demonstrate that exposure to a further extended 12 month period at -6°C, as a simple model of a situation where snow cover is not lost during the short Arctic summer, results in additional mortality with relatively few Collembola surviving. By contrast, while oribatid mites displayed similar survival over a natural winter as the Collembola, they were highly resistant to the extended exposure at -6°C, with no additional mortality occurring. We also documented survival amongst other invertebrate groups, including Nematocera and Brachycera larvae, Hemiptera (A. svalbardicum), Coleoptera (I. flagellum), and Araneae (Linyphiidae). We conclude that snow depth and winter air temperatures interact to regulate soil microarthropod populations over local scales and the functioning of the Arctic soil ecosystem. Moreover, the environmental changes currently being observed in polar regions will continue to modify this fauna and its local and micro-scale distribution.
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Interactions between winter temperatures and duration of exposure may structure Arctic microarthropod communities Stephen James Coulson, Peter Convey, Sil Schuuring, Simone Iris Lang Journal of Thermal Biology
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此資料的發布者及權利單位為 The University Centre in Svalbard。 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
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此資源已向GBIF註冊,並指定以下之GBIF UUID: 9bf3a189-b38c-4999-a7b3-f926b51769f8。 The University Centre in Svalbard 發佈此資源,並經由GBIF Norway同意向GBIF註冊成為資料發佈者。
關鍵字
Polar; Snow; Climate change; Soil; Invertebrate
聯絡資訊
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地理涵蓋範圍
Svalbard
界定座標範圍 | 緯度南界 經度西界 [-90, -180], 緯度北界 經度東界 [90, 180] |
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取樣方法
Sampling 10*10cm soil cores through the organic soil, c. 5 to 10cm.
研究範圍 | Dryas octopetala tundra at the entrance to Endalen, Svalbard. |
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方法步驟描述:
- See paper: Interactions between winter temperatures and duration of exposure may structure Arctic microarthropod communities Stephen James Coulson, Peter Convey, Sil Schuuring, Simone Iris Lang. Journal of Thermal Biology
收藏資料
蒐藏名稱 | UNIS invertebrate collection |
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標本保存方法 | Alcohol |
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額外的詮釋資料
目的 | The study was conducted to demonstrate the effect of snow cover on the survival of soil microarthropods to natural winter conditions. |
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維護說明 | This was a one-off study and the data set will not be extended further. |
替代的識別碼 | https://ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=invert_cold_survival |