Global Collembola on Deception Island

Greenslade, Penelope; Potapov, Mikhail; Russell, David; Convey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903. 2012 Global Collembola on Deception Island. Journal of Insect Science, 12, 111. 16, pp.

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Abstract/Summary

Three new non-indigenous springtail species are recorded in recent collections made on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, maritime Antarctic: Deuteraphorura (Deuteraphorura) cebennaria (Gisin) (Collembola: Onychiuridae), Mesaphorura macrochaeta Rusek (Tullbergiidae), and Proisotoma minuta Axelson (Isotomidae). One of these, D. (D.) cebennaria, is described. Additionally, two new indigenous species, Mesaphorura macrochaeta Rusek and Proisotoma minuta Axelson, are also recorded. The total number of Collembola species now known from the island is 14, comprised of eight native species and six non-indigenous species. This number of non-indigenous species recorded at Deception Island compares with only a single non-indigenous springtail recorded at any other maritime or continental Antarctic location. The reason underlying this high level of occurrence of non-indigenous species on Deception Island is likely to be a combination of the island’s high level of human visitation and the presence of relatively benign terrestrial habitats associated with areas of geothermal activity. Two of the new records represent species recently assessed as being of the highest risk to become invaders in the less extreme environments of the subantarctic, thereby emphasising the importance and urgency of adopting and applying effective biosecurity measures to protect the unique and vulnerable ecosystems of this region. Also documented are the impacts on the soil fauna of the island from human trampling, which drastically reduced densities of both native and non-indigenous species to 1% of the abundance typical of non-trampled sites.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Ecosystems
ISSN:	1536-2442
Additional Keywords:	human-mediation, invasive species, non-indigenous species, springtails, tourist impacts
Date made live:	16 Oct 2012 14:28 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20003

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Ecosystems

ISSN:

1536-2442

Additional Keywords:

human-mediation, invasive species, non-indigenous species, springtails, tourist impacts

Date made live:

16 Oct 2012 14:28 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20003