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Occurrence of tardigrades and morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea
Rock pools are eroded depressions in bedrock providing temporary aquatic habitats with varying morphometric and chemical conditions. Tardigrades have adapted to many habitats with varying and extreme abiotic conditions, including desiccation, but their occurrence in rock pools have rarely been inves...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10643634/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37957290 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46697-6 |
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author | Troell, Sofia Jönsson, K. Ingemar |
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description | Rock pools are eroded depressions in bedrock providing temporary aquatic habitats with varying morphometric and chemical conditions. Tardigrades have adapted to many habitats with varying and extreme abiotic conditions, including desiccation, but their occurrence in rock pools have rarely been investigated. This study investigated the occurrence of tardigrades and the morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea in southeast Sweden. Samples of benthic material were collected from rock pools at three sites near the town Karlshamn together with measurements of pool size, pH, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen of the water. Tardigrades occurred in about one fifth of the rock pools and included five eutardigrade genera. Also rotifers and nematodes were observed in the samples. The morphometric and chemical variables varied both within and among the three sites but with few differences between rock pools with or without tardigrades. However, rock pools with tardigrades tended to be overall shallower than pools without tardigrades, indicating that more desiccating-prone rock pools may be more favourable habitats for tardigrades. The study shows that tardigrades are part of the micro-invertebrate fauna in rock pools and this habitat deserves more investigations into the occurrence of this animal group. |
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spelling | pubmed-106436342023-11-13 Occurrence of tardigrades and morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea Troell, Sofia Jönsson, K. Ingemar Sci Rep Article Rock pools are eroded depressions in bedrock providing temporary aquatic habitats with varying morphometric and chemical conditions. Tardigrades have adapted to many habitats with varying and extreme abiotic conditions, including desiccation, but their occurrence in rock pools have rarely been investigated. This study investigated the occurrence of tardigrades and the morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea in southeast Sweden. Samples of benthic material were collected from rock pools at three sites near the town Karlshamn together with measurements of pool size, pH, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen of the water. Tardigrades occurred in about one fifth of the rock pools and included five eutardigrade genera. Also rotifers and nematodes were observed in the samples. The morphometric and chemical variables varied both within and among the three sites but with few differences between rock pools with or without tardigrades. However, rock pools with tardigrades tended to be overall shallower than pools without tardigrades, indicating that more desiccating-prone rock pools may be more favourable habitats for tardigrades. The study shows that tardigrades are part of the micro-invertebrate fauna in rock pools and this habitat deserves more investigations into the occurrence of this animal group. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10643634/ /pubmed/37957290 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46697-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Troell, Sofia Jönsson, K. Ingemar Occurrence of tardigrades and morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea |
title | Occurrence of tardigrades and morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea |
title_full | Occurrence of tardigrades and morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea |
title_fullStr | Occurrence of tardigrades and morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea |
title_full_unstemmed | Occurrence of tardigrades and morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea |
title_short | Occurrence of tardigrades and morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the Baltic Sea |
title_sort | occurrence of tardigrades and morphometric and chemical conditions in rock pools by the baltic sea |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10643634/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37957290 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46697-6 |
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