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Native Terrestrial Invertebrate Fauna from the Northern Antarctic Peninsula 86 (1) · April 2014 pp. 1–14 Supplementary Material Native terrestrial invertebrate fauna from the northern Antarctic Peninsula: new records, state of current knowledge and ecological preferences – Summary of a German federal study David J. Russell1*, Karin Hohberg1, Mikhail Potapov2, Alexander Bruckner3, Volker Otte1 and Axel Christian 1 Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Postfach 300 154, 02806 Görlitz, Germany 2 Moscow Pedagogical State University, Mnevniki Street, 123308 Moscow, Russia 3 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria * Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] Received 27 February 2014 | Accepted 8 March 2014 Published online at www.soil-organisms.de 1 April 2014 | Printed version 15 April 2014 Supplementary Material Table S1. Average values of the substrate parameters of the investigated sites measured in the individual study years. For a statistical analysis and further information, see Russell et al. (2013). Vegetation cover is given as an average of all plots of the categories: 1 = cover up to 25 %, 2 = 25–50 %, 3 = 50–<100 %, 4 = 100 %. For the specific plant societies, see Russell et al. (2013). ‘Organic Material (%)’ represents the mass loss at ignition (500°C for 2 hours). Organic Material Substrate Texture (%) (%) tot org C Jahr cover Vegetation (°C) Temperature Soil (%) Soil Moisture pH Organic Material (%) N Site C/N Coarse Gravel (%) Medium Gravel (%) Fine Gravel (%) Coarse Sand (%) Medium Sand (%) Fine Sand (%) Clay/Silt (%) Arctowski Station 2010 2.9 5.50 38.53 5.0 12.07 0.59 6.16 10.43 11.82 23.27 13.12 15.27 26.92 5.59 4.00 Biologenbucht 2010 3.4 4.20 30.68 5.4 8.38 0.23 2.32 10.98 0 9.95 9.72 16.79 27.59 24.64 11.31 Punta Cristian 2010 2.8 3.80 20.76 4.4 8.26 0.27 2.49 9.21 0 13.12 18.71 23.45 19.45 16.19 9.08 Punta Cristian II 2010 2.9 4.67 14.90 4.6 0.11 1.12 10.18 0 8.13 28.01 50.03 10.32 2.02 1.49 Ardley Island 2011 3.9 9.80 46.18 insufficient soil substrate available for measurement Halfmoon Island 2010 1.9 3.55 21.49 3.8 9.71 0.70 4.68 6.65 24.27 29.61 12.42 11.29 8.72 7.34 6.36 Halfmoon Island 2011 1.5 2.00 11.36 3.3 6.73 0.55 3.30 6.00 13.18 20.24 27.80 16.97 10.70 6.48 4.63 Hannah Point 2011 3.1 3.93 18.11 2.9 4.15 0.30 1.51 4.96 0.00 13.28 6.61 12.78 42.19 21.93 3.21 Whalers Bay 2010 0.9 10.64 14.00 4.6 0.87 0.05 0.34 8.17 0.64 11.98 22.63 21.02 21.11 13.84 8.77 Whalers Bay 2011 0.3 7.88 14.60 4.9 0.50 0.04 0.13 3.81 0.31 11.44 19.40 25.40 21.62 16.46 5.37 Telefon Bay 2011 0 8.97 14.38 6.3 0.39 0.14 0.11 3.26 0.78 8.17 25.18 22.97 12.86 17.09 12.94 Neko Harbour 2010 0 6.98 14.04 6.1 3.27 0.26 1.43 5.10 7.06 19.13 14.07 30.93 17.83 5.26 5.73 Neko Harbour 2011 0 9.12 8.04 7.1 3.74 0.42 2.17 4.14 7.98 10.77 42.59 13.70 23.01 1.22 0.74 Petermann Island 2010 0 5.29 11.62 6.1 1.87 0.14 0.78 5.69 2.44 33.32 22.49 13.09 27.07 1.24 0.36 Devil Island 2010 0 8.77 17.57 5.9 4.19 0.22 0.73 5.18 0.99 11.29 14.82 18.28 42.18 8.30 4.14 Paulet Island 2011 1.3 2.10 18.53 5.6 19.67 1.53 7.85 4.92 25.44 46.17 6.45 8.36 6.13 4.70 2.75 © Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz · 2014 ISSN 1864-6417 2 Tables S2-S6. Spearmann rank correlations between general community parameters as well as densities of the identified soil-animal species and abiotic habitat factors as well as the vegetation cover of the various study sites. Only highly significant correlation coefficients (P < 0.001) are shown; negative correlations in red. Sampling date and latitude represent proxies for “locality”. Zoological data used for the analyses: densities in individuals per 100 cm3 substrate and species richness in number of species per sample. Table S2. Collembola. (%) (%) tot org C Sampling Date Latitude Vegetation Cover Soil Temperature (°C) Soil Moisture (%) Soil-pH Organic Matter (%) N 2010 C/N-Ratio Coarse Gravel Medium Gravel Fine Gravel Coarse Sand Medium Sand Fine Sand Silt/Clay Total Densities 0.416 0.554 0.556 0.260 0.472 -0.266 Species Richness 0.353 0.616 0.521 0.341 0.335 0.480 Archisotoma brucei -0.282 0.280 0.279 -0.257 Cryptopygus antarcticus 0.553 0.457 0.288 0.307 Cryptopygus badasa 0.641 0.512 0.606 -0.405 0.421 0.261 0.542 Folsomotoma octooculata 0.314 0.304 0.432 -0.359 0.260 -0.287 Friesea grisea 0.547 0.399 0.420 0.452 0.273 0.416 0.361 -0.272 Friesea woyciechowskii 0.284 Hypogastrura viatica -0.520 -0.349 -0.360 0.532 -0.510 -0.410 -0.481 -0.317 Mucrosomia caeacus 0.288 -0.275 -0.285 -0.287 Tullbergia mixta 0.378 0.432 0.515 -0.297 0.301 0.438 2011 SOIL ORGANISMS 86 Total Densities 0.289 0.439 0.499 -0.296 -0.287 Species Richness 0.326 0.479 0.479 -0.352 -0.288 0.293 Cryptopygus antarcticus 0.343 0.395 -0.318 0.324 0.280 -0.315 0.304 David J.Russelletal. David Cryptopygus badasa 0.398 0.408 0.309 0.365 Folsomotoma octooculata 0.439 0.438 0.363 0.426 Friesea grisea 0.302 0.400 0.339 -0.373 -0.298 0.362 0.337 (1) 2014 Hypogastrura viatica -0.397 Tullbergia mixta 0.397 0.389 0.317 0.410 SOIL ORGANISMS 86 recordsofAntarcticsoilfauna New Table S3. Actinedida (Acari). (%) (%) tot org C Sampling Date Latitude Vegetation Cover Soil Temperature (°C) Soil Moisture (%) Soil-pH Organic Matter (%) N 2010 C/N-Ratio Coarse Gravel Medium Gravel Fine Gravel Coarse Sand Medium Sand Fine Sand Silt/Clay (1) Total Densities 0.594 0.627 0.622 -0.358 0.310 0.521 0.355 0.596 2014 Species Richness 0.603 0.568 0.596 -0.320 0.283 -0.274 0.503 0.325 0.531 Apotriophtydeus scotia -0.287 Bakerdania antarcticus 0.317 0.282 Ereynetes macquariensis 0.440 0.341 0.311 0.318 0.322 -0.259 -0.276 Eupodes exiguus 0.416 0.455 0.338 -0.288 0.471 0.327 0.437 Nanorchestes berryi 0.556 0.449 0.523 -0.386 0.510 0.545 Stereotydeus villosus 0.318 Tarsonemidae 0.272 2011 Total Densities 0.262 0.310 0.396 0.300 -0.291 -0.331 Species Richness 0.259 0.364 0.256 -0.281 -0.317 Coccotydaeolus krantzii -0.307 -0.33 Ereynetes macquariensis 0.311 0.306 0.323 Nanorchestes berryi 0.455 0.441 0.400 0.405 3 4 Table S4. Oribatida (Acari). (%) (%) tot org C Sampling Date Latitude Vegetation Cover Soil Temperature (°C) Soil Moisture (%) Soil-pH Organic Matter (%) N 2010 C/N-Ratio Coarse Gravel Medium Gravel Fine Gravel Coarse Sand Medium Sand Fine Sand Silt/Clay Total Densities 0.316 0.366 0.357 0.367 Species Richness 0.256 0.327 0.333 0.323 0.346 Alaskozetes antarcticus 0.263 A. antarcticus + nymphs 0.330 0.32 0.326 0.341 -0.269 2011 Total Densities 0.397 0.448 -0.515 -0.600 0.477 0.432 0.466 0.421 Species Richness 0.404 0.453 -0.510 -0.606 0.472 0.423 0.459 0.420 Alaskozetes antarcticus 0.328 A. antarcticus + nymphs 0.408 0.299 0.463 -0.542 -0.621 0.482 0.448 0.477 0.428 Table S5. Gamasina (Acari). (%) (%) org tot SOIL ORGANISMS 86 C Sampling Date Latitude Vegetation Cover Soil Temperature (°C) Soil Moisture (%) Soil-pH Organic Matter (%) N 2010 C/N-Ratio Coarse Gravel Medium Gravel Fine Gravel Coarse Sand Medium Sand Fine Sand Silt/Clay Total Densities 0.446 0.422 0.466 0.388 0.262 0.276 Species Richness 0.438 0.401 0.457 0.272 0.408 0.266 Hydrogamasellus racovitzai 0.414 0.382 0.450 0.371 J.Russelletal. David 2011 Total Densities 0.304 0.363 0.317 (1) 2014 Species Richness 0.306 0.362 0.314 Hydrogamasellus racovitzai 0.357 0.402 0.310 Table S6.Nematoda. SOIL ORGANISMS 86 recordsofAntarcticsoilfauna New (%) (%) tot org C Sampling Date Latitude Vegetation Cover Soil Temperature (°C) Soil Moisture (%) Soil-pH Organic Matter (%) N 2010 C/N-Ratio Coarse Gravel Medium Gravel Fine Gravel Coarse Sand Medium Sand Fine Sand Silt/Clay Total Densities 0.380 0.794 0.679 0.588 0.566 0.431 0.592 0.309 (1) Species Richness 0.502 0.759 0.708 -0.554 0.430 -0.273 0.577 0.382 0.592 -0.276 -0.266 0.471 0.344 2014 Acrobeloides arctowskii 0.271 0.292 0.296 Aphelenchoides haguei 0.395 0.392 -0.294 0.296 0.285 0.270 Aphelenchoides helicosoma -0.359 Ceratoplectus armatus 0.353 0.398 0.330 0.279 -0.352 0.289 0.532 0.373 Coomansus gerlachei -0.351 -0.286 0.336 0.344 0.357 0.288 -0.263 Ditylenchus parcevivens 0.299 0.280 -0.338 0.340 Eudorylaimus coniceps 0.327 0.427 -0.390 0.307 0.305 -0.289 0.352 Eudorylaimus paradoxus 0.367 0.403 -0.400 0.289 0.373 -0.297 -0.298 0.491 0.349 Eudorylaimus pseudocarteri 0.329 0.290 -0.312 0.315 0.326 Eumonhystera sp.
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