A Preliminary Account of the Tardigrades of Newfoundland

Bateman, L.; Collins, Michael

doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00029

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“…Table 1. Nine species of tardigrades new to Alberta and where previously recorded in Canada (adapted with permission from Bateman and Collins 2001). Distribution patterns as noted by Ramazzotti and Maucci (1983) and McInnes (1994).…”

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Water-bears from the Rocky Mountains: A First Look at Alberta's Tardigrade Fauna

Boeckner

Proctor

2005

Can Field Nat

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There is no information in the published literature regarding Alberta’s terrestrial water-bear (Tardigrada) fauna. We surveyed across an elevational gradient (1100 – 1800 ft) on Black Cat Mountain in the Alberta Rocky Mountain range. Ten taxa were identified from 902 specimens, all of which are new records for Alberta and one species is new for Canada: Macrobiotus cf. islandicus Richters, 1904. There was no clear relationship between elevation and tardigrade distribution, possibly owing to patchiness of these animals in the field and lack of adequate replication at each elevation.

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“…Locations: BC, British Columbia; L, Labrador; NB, New Brunswick; NF, Insular Newfoundland; NWT, Northwest Territories; ON, Ontario; PQ, Province du Quebec. Recorded by: A, Argue (1971Argue ( , 1972Argue ( , 1974; B&C, Bateman and Collins (2001);B, Boeckner et. al.…”

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Water-bears from the Rocky Mountains: A First Look at Alberta's Tardigrade Fauna

Boeckner

Proctor

2005

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“…In a preliminary survey of the tardigrades of the island of Newfoundland, very few eggs were found in moss and lichen samples, and no macrobiotid eggs were found (Bateman and Collins 2001). However, a more recent investigation of tardigrades in Labrador, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, yielded interesting results (Boeckner et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…The temperatures during August in Labrador correspond more closely with those found in early October on the island (Environment Canada 2011). The most probable explanation, then, for the lack of eggs in the previous Newfoundland study (Bateman and Collins 2001) might be the time of sampling (between June and August), which was too early to collect eggs laid later, in the fall.…”

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The Timing of Egg-laying in Macrobiotid Species (Tardigrada) on the Island of Newfoundland

Brake¹,

Collins²

2016

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Brake, Kyla K., and Michael A. J. Collins. 2016. The timing of egg-laying in macrobiotid species (Tardigrada) on the island of Newfoundland. Canadian Field-Naturalist 130(1): 34-37.Previous sampling of lichens and mosses on the island of Newfoundland has not located any macrobiotid (family Macrobiotidae) eggs, which are often crucial to the positive identification of adults of this family, particularly Macrobiotus and Minibiotus species. Because recent studies have established that egg-laying in macrobiotid species in the more northerly Labrador part of the province occurs in late summer and early fall, it was hypothesized that egg-laying on the more southerly island of Newfoundland would take place later in the year. In this study, conducted on the Burin Peninsula from September to December 2005, moss samples were taken every 2 weeks and macrobiotid adults and eggs were extracted. The eggs of 3 species of Macrobiotus and 1 species of Minibiotus were recovered later in the fall after the first frost.

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“…However, some investigators have surveyed the tardigrade fauna of larger regions. These include southern Greenland (Maucci 1996), New Brunswick (Argue 1971(Argue , 1972(Argue , 1974, Newfoundland (Bateman & Collins 2001), Labrador (Boeckner et al 2006), Vancouver Island (Kathman 1990a;Kathman & Dastych 1990), the Appalachians (Riggin 1962(Riggin , 1964Bartels & Nelson 2006), Florida (Meyer 2006a), Oklahoma (Beasley 1978), Missouri (Hidalgo & Coombs 1985), Illinois (Puglia 1964), New Mexico (Beasley 1988), the American Pacific coast states (Schuster & Grigarick 1965), and Sonora (Schuster 1971).…”

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confidence: 99%