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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...
Autores principales: | Shain, Daniel H., Novis, Philip M., Cridge, Andrew G., Zawierucha, Krzysztof, Geneva, Anthony J., Dearden, Peter K. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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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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