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Also, the extent of the threat that E. murphyi, as an invasive species, can pose to B. antarctica has been not directly addressed.", "east": -63.964, "geometry": ["POINT(-64.0155 -64.78)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Belgica Antarctica; Cryosphere", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": -64.766, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems", "persons": "Sousa Lima, Cleverson; Aquilino, Monica; Kawarasaki, Yuta; Pavinato, Vitor; Gantz, Josiah D.; Devlin, Jack; Michel, Andrew; Hayward, Scott; Teets, Nicholas", "project_titles": "NSFGEO-NERC: Mechanisms of Adaptation to Terrestrial Antarctica through Comparative Physiology and Genomics of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Insects", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010203", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "NSFGEO-NERC: Mechanisms of Adaptation to Terrestrial Antarctica through Comparative Physiology and Genomics of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Insects"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -64.794, "title": "Stress tolerance in Belgica antarctica and Eretmoptera murphyi", "uid": "601871", "west": -64.067}, {"awards": "1850988 Teets, Nicholas", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-64.0162 -64.7992)"], "date_created": "Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset contains survival data for larvae of Belgica antarctica exposed to varying levels of cold, heat, desiccation, and salinity for 24 h. 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Many animals rely on acclimation to enhance their stress tolerance to face unfavorable conditions. Some animals can also rely on their phenotypic plasticity to respond to these unfavorable conditions without the need to slowly experience increasing levels of stress to enhance their stress tolerance (i.e., acclimate). Belgica antarctica can rely on both types of strategies, but since they evolved to live in a habitat with such dramatic environmental changes as Antarctica, they are very sensitive to any type of stress (e.g., a sudden drop in temperature, or a bout of high-speed wind). Studying the extent to which B. antarctica rely on each of these strategies to survive and how environmental variation can shape this species\u2019 biology across distinct populations (i.e., that might experience distinct selective pressures) is important to help us better understand how polyextremophiles adapt and evolve while inhabiting extreme environments. 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Larvae were collected from Cape Rasmussen, Cape Evensen, and Dream Island, after which they were returned to the US for experiments. For cold tolerance, larvae were exposed to -14 or -15\u00b0C for 24 h, and survival was assessed 24 later. For dehydration tolerance, larvae were exposed to 75% RH for 72 h, and survival was checked after 24 h of rehydration. The dataset reports the numbers of live and dead larvae from each island and experimental conditions. 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The midges were exposed to -5C for 24h and recovered for 15 days. Samples were taken immediately after thaw, 1, 3, 7, and 15 days of recovery for biochemical assays and RNA-sequencing, \r\n\r\nDataset \"survival\" shows survival rate between frozen and control\r\nDatasets \"carb results\", \"lipid results\", and \"protein results\" show changes in energy reserves between frozen and control\r\nDataset \"KEGG results\" show pathways elicited by differential gene expression between frozen and control", "east": -60.6161, "geometry": ["POINT(-62.4914335 -64.0443585)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Belgica Antarctica; Palmer Station", "locations": "Palmer Station; Antarctica", "north": -62.68104, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems", "persons": "Lecheta, Melise; Devlin, Jack; Teets, Nicholas; Sousa Lima, Cleverson", "project_titles": "NSFGEO-NERC: Mechanisms of Adaptation to Terrestrial Antarctica through Comparative Physiology and Genomics of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Insects", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010203", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "NSFGEO-NERC: Mechanisms of Adaptation to Terrestrial Antarctica through Comparative Physiology and Genomics of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Insects"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -65.407677, "title": "Long-term recovery from freezing in Belgica antarctica", "uid": "601698", "west": -64.366767}, {"awards": "1850988 Teets, Nicholas", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-64.366767 -62.681,-63.991703599999994 -62.681,-63.6166402 -62.681,-63.2415768 -62.681,-62.866513399999995 -62.681,-62.49145 -62.681,-62.1163866 -62.681,-61.7413232 -62.681,-61.366259799999995 -62.681,-60.9911964 -62.681,-60.616133 -62.681,-60.616133 -62.9536677,-60.616133 -63.226335399999996,-60.616133 -63.4990031,-60.616133 -63.7716708,-60.616133 -64.04433850000001,-60.616133 -64.31700620000001,-60.616133 -64.58967390000001,-60.616133 -64.86234160000001,-60.616133 -65.13500930000001,-60.616133 -65.407677,-60.9911964 -65.407677,-61.366259799999995 -65.407677,-61.7413232 -65.407677,-62.1163866 -65.407677,-62.49145 -65.407677,-62.866513399999995 -65.407677,-63.2415768 -65.407677,-63.6166402 -65.407677,-63.991703599999994 -65.407677,-64.366767 -65.407677,-64.366767 -65.13500930000001,-64.366767 -64.86234160000001,-64.366767 -64.58967390000001,-64.366767 -64.31700620000001,-64.366767 -64.04433850000001,-64.366767 -63.7716708,-64.366767 -63.4990031,-64.366767 -63.226335399999996,-64.366767 -62.9536677,-64.366767 -62.681))"], "date_created": "Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Antarctic winters are challenging for terrestrial invertebrates, and species that\r\nlive there have specialised adaptations to conserve energy and protect against\r\ncold injury in the winter. However, rapidly occurring climate change in these\r\nregions will increase the unpredictability of winter conditions, and there is\r\ncurrently a dearth of knowledge on how the highly adapted invertebrates of\r\nAntarctica will respond to changes in winter temperatures.\r\n2. We evaluated the response of larvae of the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica,\r\nto simulated winters at three ecologically relevant mean temperature scenarios:\r\nwarm (\u22121\u00b0C), normal (\u22123\u00b0C) and cold (\u22125\u00b0C). Within each scenario, larvae were\r\nplaced into three distinct habitat types in which they are commonly observed\r\n(decaying organic matter, living moss, and Prasiola crispa algae). Following the\r\nsimulated overwintering period, a range of physiological outcomes were measured,\r\nnamely survival, locomotor activity, tissue damage, energy store levels and\r\nmolecular stress responses.\r\n3. Survival, energy stores and locomotor activity were significantly lower following\r\nthe Warm overwintering environment than at lower temperatures, but tissue\r\ndamage and heat shock protein expression (a proxy for protein damage) did not\r\nsignificantly differ between the three temperatures. Survival was also significantly\r\nlower in larvae overwintered in Prasiola crispa algae, although the underlying\r\nmechanism is unclear. Heat shock proteins were expressed least in larvae\r\noverwintering in living moss, suggesting it is less stressful to overwinter in this\r\nsubstrate, perhaps due to a more defined structure affording less direct contact\r\nwith ice.\r\n4. Our results demonstrate that a realistic 2\u00b0C increase in winter microhabitat temperature\r\nreduces survival and causes energy deficits that have implications for subsequent\r\ndevelopment and reproduction. While our Warm winter scenario was close tothe range of observed overwintering temperatures for this species, warmer winters\r\nare expected to become more common in response to climate change. Conversely,\r\nif climate change reduces the length of winter, some of the negative consequences\r\nof winter warming may be attenuated, so it will be important to consider this factor\r\nin future studies. Nonetheless, our results indicate that winter warming could\r\nnegatively impact cold-adapted insects such as the Antarctic midge.", "east": -60.616133, "geometry": ["POINT(-62.49145 -64.04433850000001)"], "keywords": "Antarctica", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": -62.681, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems", "persons": "Devlin, Jack; Unfried, Laura; McCabe, Eleanor; Gantz, Josiah D.; Kawarasaki, Yuta; Elnitsky, Michael; Hotaling, Scott; Michel, Andrew; Convey, Peter; Hayward, Scott; Teets, Nicholas", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -65.407677, "title": "Simulated winter warming negatively impacts survival of Antarctica\u0027s only endemic insect", "uid": "601694", "west": -64.366767}, {"awards": "1850988 Teets, Nicholas", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-64.366767 -62.68104,-63.991703599999994 -62.68104,-63.6166402 -62.68104,-63.2415768 -62.68104,-62.866513399999995 -62.68104,-62.49145 -62.68104,-62.1163866 -62.68104,-61.7413232 -62.68104,-61.366259799999995 -62.68104,-60.9911964 -62.68104,-60.616133 -62.68104,-60.616133 -62.953703700000005,-60.616133 -63.2263674,-60.616133 -63.4990311,-60.616133 -63.771694800000006,-60.616133 -64.0443585,-60.616133 -64.31702220000001,-60.616133 -64.5896859,-60.616133 -64.8623496,-60.616133 -65.13501330000001,-60.616133 -65.407677,-60.9911964 -65.407677,-61.366259799999995 -65.407677,-61.7413232 -65.407677,-62.1163866 -65.407677,-62.49145 -65.407677,-62.866513399999995 -65.407677,-63.2415768 -65.407677,-63.6166402 -65.407677,-63.991703599999994 -65.407677,-64.366767 -65.407677,-64.366767 -65.13501330000001,-64.366767 -64.8623496,-64.366767 -64.5896859,-64.366767 -64.31702220000001,-64.366767 -64.0443585,-64.366767 -63.771694800000006,-64.366767 -63.4990311,-64.366767 -63.2263674,-64.366767 -62.953703700000005,-64.366767 -62.68104))"], "date_created": "Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The file associated with this submission contains information about the collection of Belgica antarctica individuals realized during the 2022/2023 Antarctica summer season. Each entry on the table describes the collection locations, how many sites are within each location, how many individuals were collected in each site, the collection dates, the life stage, and the species.", "east": -60.616133, "geometry": ["POINT(-62.49145 -64.0443585)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Antarctic Peninsula; Belgica Antarctica; Biota; Sample Location", "locations": "Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica", "north": -62.68104, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems", "persons": "Pavinato, Vitor; Gantz, Joseph; Kawarasaki, Yuta; Devlin, Jack; Teets, Nicholas; Michel, Andrew; Peter, Convey; Sousa Lima, Cleverson", "project_titles": "NSFGEO-NERC: Mechanisms of Adaptation to Terrestrial Antarctica through Comparative Physiology and Genomics of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Insects", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010203", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "NSFGEO-NERC: Mechanisms of Adaptation to Terrestrial Antarctica through Comparative Physiology and Genomics of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Insects"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -65.407677, "title": "Information on 2023 collection sites for Belgica antarctica", "uid": "601687", "west": -64.366767}]

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