McMurdo LTER Publications
Ecological stoichiometry drives the evolution of soil nematode life history traits. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2023;177:108891. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108891.
The ecology of pulse events: insights from an extreme climatic event in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosphere. 2012;3(2):art17. doi:10.1890/ES11-00325.1.
Effect of slow desiccation and freezing on gene transcription and stress survival of an Antarctic nematode. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2010;213(11):1803 - 1812. doi:10.1242/jeb.032268.
. Effects of Human Trampling on Populations of Soil Fauna in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 2008;22(6):1544-1551. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01034.x.
Elevational constraints on the composition and genomic attributes of microbial communities in Antarctic soils. . mSystems. 2022;7(1):e01330-21. doi:10.1128/msystems.01330-21.
Environmental DNA sequencing primers for eutardigrades and bdelloid rotifers. BMC Ecology. 2009;9(1):25. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-9-25.
Experimentally increased snow accumulation alters soil moisture and animal community structure in a polar desert. Polar Biology. 2010;33(7):897 - 907. doi:10.1007/s00300-010-0766-3.
Genetic diversity among populations of Antarctic springtails (Collembola) within the Mackay Glacier ecotone 1. Genome. 2016;59(9):762 - 770. doi:10.1139/gen-2015-0194.
Genetic diversity of soil invertebrates corroborates timing estimates for past collapses of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020. doi:10.1073/pnas.2007925117.
Genome analysis of Plectus murrayi, a nematode from continental Antarctica. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 2021. doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkaa045.
. Geochemistry of aeolian material from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Insights into Southern Hemisphere dust sources. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2020;547. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116460.
A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Scientific Data. 2020;7(1). doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0437-3.
High levels of intraspecific genetic divergences revealed for Antarctic springtails: evidence for small-scale isolation during Pleistocene glaciation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2016;119(1):166 - 178. doi:10.1111/bij.12796.
. The hydroecology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2019. doi:10.1029/2019JG005153.
The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes. BioScience. 2016;66(10):848 - 863. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw110.
Impact of diurnal freeze–thaw cycles on the soil nematode Scottnema lindsayae in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2016;39(4):583 - 592. doi:10.1007/s00300-015-1809-6.
. Latitudinal distribution and mitochondrial DNA (COI) variability of Stereotydeus spp. (Acari: Prostigmata) in Victoria Land and the central Transantarctic Mountains. Antarctic Science. 2010;22(06):749 - 756. doi:10.1017/S0954102010000659.
. The Life Cycle of the Antarctic Nematode Plectus murrayi Under Laboratory Conditions. Journal of nematology. 2013;45(1):39-42. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3625130/.
. Long-term experimental warming reduces soil nematode populations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2009;41:2052-2060. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.009.
. McMurdo Dry Valley lake edge ‘moats’: The ecological intersection between terrestrial and aquatic polar desert habitat. Antarctic Science. 2024:1 - 17. doi:10.1017/S0954102024000087.
Mitochondrial DNA analyses reveal widespread tardigrade diversity in Antarctica. Invertebrate Systematics. 2015;29(6):578. doi:10.1071/IS14019.
Nematode communities of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2011;23(04):349 - 357. doi:10.1017/S0954102011000174.
. Nematodes in a polar desert reveal the relative role of biotic interactions in the coexistence of soil animals. Communications Biology. 2019;2(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0260-y.
Observed trends of soil fauna in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: early signs of shifts predicted under climate change. Ecology. 2018;99(2):312 - 321. doi:10.1002/ecy.2090.
. Provisional checklist of terrestrial heterotrophic protists from Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2019. doi:10.1017/S0954102019000361.
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