Environmental physiology measurements for three species of Antarctic springtails (Collembola) collected at Cape Hallett. The dataset includes supercooling points, thermal tolerance, desiccation resistance, and osmolality data, with additional detailed assays for the species Isotoma klovstadi. The data was contributed by the organization SCIOPS and last updated in January 2003.
Use Cases
- Modeling cold tolerance limits in arthropods based on supercooling point measurements.
- Analyzing osmoregulatory ability and desiccation recovery in Antarctic invertebrates.
- Comparing thermal minima and maxima across three Collembola species.
- Investigating fine-scale spatial variation in physiological traits within a species.
Strengths
- Focuses on three distinct species of Antarctic springtails, enabling comparative analysis.
- Includes multiple physiological assays such as supercooling points, thermal limits, and desiccation tolerance.
Limitations
- Last updated 2003-01-27 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS
- Collection Method
- Direct physiological measurements of collected specimens.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- 2003-01-27 23:59:59.999000
- Geography
- Cape Hallett, Antarctica