Have mites (Acarina
(Arachnida) colonised Antarctica and the islands of the Southern Ocean via air currents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9220597 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P J A Pugh (Anglia Ruskin University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 239-244 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0032247403003097 |
| OpenAlex | W1883809614 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Mites (Acarina: Arachnida) have not colonised Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands by ballooning on air currents. All acarine records from Pacific and Southern Ocean aerial plankton represent dead coastal (hemi)-edaphic species or phoretics dislodged from their flying insect hosts. The few sub-Antarctic records of mites capable of ‘ballooning’ on air currents are all verified as being attributed to anthropogenic introductions
Ballooning · Biology · Edaphic · Geography · Pacific ocean · Plankton · Cryospheric studies and observations · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography · Study of Mite Species · Viral Infections and Vectors
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |