Five animal phyla in glacier ice reveal unprecedented biodiversity in New Zealand's Southern Alps

Glacier ice is an extreme environment in which most animals cannot survive. Here we report the colonization of high elevation, climate-threatened glaciers along New Zealand’s southwestern coast by species of Arthropoda, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes, Rotifera and Tardigrada. Based on DNA barcoding and h...

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Autores principales: Shain, Daniel H., Novis, Philip M., Cridge, Andrew G., Zawierucha, Krzysztof, Geneva, Anthony J., Dearden, Peter K.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7887191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33594128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83256-3
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description Glacier ice is an extreme environment in which most animals cannot survive. Here we report the colonization of high elevation, climate-threatened glaciers along New Zealand’s southwestern coast by species of Arthropoda, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes, Rotifera and Tardigrada. Based on DNA barcoding and haplotype-inferred evidence for deep genetic variability, at least 12 undescribed species are reported, some of which have persisted in this niche habitat throughout the Pleistocene. These findings identify not only an atypical biodiversity hotspot but also highlight the adaptive plasticity of microinvertebrate Animalia.
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spelling pubmed-78871912021-02-18 Five animal phyla in glacier ice reveal unprecedented biodiversity in New Zealand's Southern Alps Shain, Daniel H. Novis, Philip M. Cridge, Andrew G. Zawierucha, Krzysztof Geneva, Anthony J. Dearden, Peter K. Sci Rep Article Glacier ice is an extreme environment in which most animals cannot survive. Here we report the colonization of high elevation, climate-threatened glaciers along New Zealand’s southwestern coast by species of Arthropoda, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes, Rotifera and Tardigrada. Based on DNA barcoding and haplotype-inferred evidence for deep genetic variability, at least 12 undescribed species are reported, some of which have persisted in this niche habitat throughout the Pleistocene. These findings identify not only an atypical biodiversity hotspot but also highlight the adaptive plasticity of microinvertebrate Animalia. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7887191/ /pubmed/33594128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83256-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 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/.
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