High Levels of Microplastics in the Arctic Sea Ice Alga Melosira arctica, a Vector to Ice-Associated and Benthic Food Webs
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c08010
Abstract: Plastic pollution has become ubiquitous with very high quantities detected even in ecosystems as remote as Arctic sea ice and deep-sea sediments. Ice algae growing underneath sea ice are released upon melting and can form… read more here.
Keywords: arctic sea; ice; sea ice; sea ... See more keywords
Antifreeze protein complements cryoprotective dehydration in the freeze-avoiding springtail Megaphorura arctica
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60060-z
Abstract: The springtail, Megaphorura arctica, is freeze-avoiding and survives sub-zero temperatures by cryoprotective dehydration. At the onset of dehydration there is some supercooling of body fluids, and the danger of inoculative freezing, which would be lethal.… read more here.
Keywords: antifreeze; arctica; megaphorura arctica; freeze avoiding ... See more keywords