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Diversity gradients of rotifer species richness in Antarctica

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We gathered taxonomic information regarding the occurrence of rotifers in Antarctica and Subantarctica, producing a database of more than 1100 records from all 93 papers published on the region since the start of research expeditions in the far South. From this literature review, we outline a history of rotifer research in Antarctica. Then, using the database, we address specific questions on biogeographic patterns in species richness in rotifers in Antarctica and Subantarctica. We highlight a complex scenario of differences between areas and latitudinal gradients, differentially affected by problems in sampling bias. The number of species of monogonont rotifers seems to decrease with increasing absolute latitudes, whereas the number of species of bdelloid rotifers generally increases with increasing absolute latitudes.

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DF worked for this project as a co-PI under the Grant 2013-AZ1.13 from the Programma Nazionale Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) of the Italian government. NI was supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences grant number KJB600450903.

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  3. Department of Invertebrate Fauna and Systematics, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

    Nataliia Iakovenko

  4. Ecosystem Management Research Group (ECOBE), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Willem H. De Smet

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Fontaneto, D., Iakovenko, N. & De Smet, W.H. Diversity gradients of rotifer species richness in Antarctica. Hydrobiologia 761, 235–248 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2258-5

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