TY - JOUR
T1 - TerrANTALife 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of known Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms
AU - Pertierra, Luis R.
AU - Varliero, Gilda
AU - Barbosa, Andrés
AU - Biersma, Elisabeth M.
AU - Convey, Peter
AU - Chown, Steven L.
AU - Cowan, Don
AU - De Los Rios, Asunción
AU - Escribano-Alvarez, Pablo
AU - Fontaneto, Diego
AU - Fraser, Ceridwen
AU - Harris, Mathew
AU - Hughes, Kevin
AU - Griffiths, Huw
AU - le Roux, Peter
AU - Liu, Xiaoyue P.
AU - Lynch, Heather
AU - Majewska, Roksana
AU - Martinez, Pablo A.
AU - Molina-Montenegro, Marco
AU - Olalla-Tarraga, Miguel A.
AU - Peck, Lloyd
AU - Quesada, Antonio
AU - Ronquillo, Cristina
AU - Ropert-Coudert, Yan
AU - Sancho, Leopoldo
AU - Terauds, Aleks
AU - Vianna, Juliana
AU - Wilmotte, Annick
AU - Hortal, Joaquín
AU - Greve, Michelle
N1 - Luis R. Pertierra, Gilda Varliero, Andrés Barbosa, Elisabeth M. Biersma, Peter Convey, Steven L. Chown, Don Cowan, Asunción De Los Rios, Pablo Escribano-Alvarez, Diego Fontaneto, Ceridwen Fraser, Mathew Harris, Kevin Hughes, Huw Griffiths, Peter le Roux, Xiaoyue P. Liu, Heather Lynch, Roksana Majewska, Pablo A. Martinez, Marco Molina-Montenegro, Miguel A. Olalla-Tarraga, Lloyd Peck, Antonio Quesada, Cristina Ronquillo, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Leopoldo Sancho, Aleks Terauds, Juliana Vianna, Annick Wilmotte, Joaquín Hortal, Michelle Greve.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - BACKGROUND: Incomplete species inventories for Antarctica represent a key challenge for comprehensive ecological research and conservation in the region. Additionally, data required to understand population dynamics, rates of evolution, spatial ranges, functional traits, physiological tolerances and species interactions, all of which are fundamental to disentangle the different functional elements of Antarctic biodiversity, are mostly missing. However, much of the fauna, flora and microbiota in the emerged ice-free land of the continent have an uncertain presence and/or unresolved status, with entire biodiversity compendia of prokaryotic groups (e.g. bacteria) being missing. All the available biodiversity information requires consolidation, cross-validation, re-assessment and steady systematic inclusion in order to create a robust catalogue of biodiversity for the continent.NEW INFORMATION: We compiled, completed and revised eukaryotic species inventories present in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in Antarctica in a new living database: terrANTALife (version 1.0). The database includes the first integration in a compendium for many groups of eukaryotic microorganisms. We also introduce a first catalogue of amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) of prokaryotic biodiversity. Available compendia and literature to date were searched for Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater species, integrated, taxonomically harmonised and curated by experts to create comprehensive checklists of Antarctic organisms. The final inventories comprises 470 animal species (including vertebrates, free-living invertebrates and parasites), 306 plants (including all Viridiplantae: embryophytes and green algae), 997 fungal species and 434 protists (sensu lato). We also provide a first account for many groups of microorganisms, including non-lichenised fungi and multiple groups of eukaryotic unicellular species (Stramenophila, Alveolata and Rhizaria (SAR), Chromists and Amoeba), jointly referred to as "protists". In addition, we identify 1753 bacterial (obtained from 348117 ASVs) and 34 archaeal genera (from 1848 ASVs), as well as, at least, 14 virus families. We formulate a basic tree of life in Antarctica with the main lineages listed in the region and their "known-accepted-species" numbers.
AB - BACKGROUND: Incomplete species inventories for Antarctica represent a key challenge for comprehensive ecological research and conservation in the region. Additionally, data required to understand population dynamics, rates of evolution, spatial ranges, functional traits, physiological tolerances and species interactions, all of which are fundamental to disentangle the different functional elements of Antarctic biodiversity, are mostly missing. However, much of the fauna, flora and microbiota in the emerged ice-free land of the continent have an uncertain presence and/or unresolved status, with entire biodiversity compendia of prokaryotic groups (e.g. bacteria) being missing. All the available biodiversity information requires consolidation, cross-validation, re-assessment and steady systematic inclusion in order to create a robust catalogue of biodiversity for the continent.NEW INFORMATION: We compiled, completed and revised eukaryotic species inventories present in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in Antarctica in a new living database: terrANTALife (version 1.0). The database includes the first integration in a compendium for many groups of eukaryotic microorganisms. We also introduce a first catalogue of amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) of prokaryotic biodiversity. Available compendia and literature to date were searched for Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater species, integrated, taxonomically harmonised and curated by experts to create comprehensive checklists of Antarctic organisms. The final inventories comprises 470 animal species (including vertebrates, free-living invertebrates and parasites), 306 plants (including all Viridiplantae: embryophytes and green algae), 997 fungal species and 434 protists (sensu lato). We also provide a first account for many groups of microorganisms, including non-lichenised fungi and multiple groups of eukaryotic unicellular species (Stramenophila, Alveolata and Rhizaria (SAR), Chromists and Amoeba), jointly referred to as "protists". In addition, we identify 1753 bacterial (obtained from 348117 ASVs) and 34 archaeal genera (from 1848 ASVs), as well as, at least, 14 virus families. We formulate a basic tree of life in Antarctica with the main lineages listed in the region and their "known-accepted-species" numbers.
U2 - 10.3897/BDJ.12.e106199
DO - 10.3897/BDJ.12.e106199
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38344169
VL - 12
JO - Biodiversity Data Journal
JF - Biodiversity Data Journal
SN - 1314-2828
M1 - e106199
ER -