A survey of bdelloid rotifers from coastal ponds in Southern Norway

Giulia Lin; Michael Plewka; Erling Brekke; Øystein N. Kielland; Glenn Dunshea; Diego Fontaneto

doi:10.15468/sxte8b

A survey of bdelloid rotifers from coastal ponds in Southern Norway

Citation

Lin G, Plewka M, Brekke E, Kielland Ø N, Dunshea G, Fontaneto D (2024). A survey of bdelloid rotifers from coastal ponds in Southern Norway. Version 1.6. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/sxte8b accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

The survey is part of the research project 7-20 “Rotifers in small coastal ponds”, funded by the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Center.

We collected samples from 25 ponds. The selection of ponds followed the criteria that they had to be small, between 20 and 500 m2, situated below 50 m above sea level, isolated from other water catchments, and preferably within 1 km of nearest marine coastline.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The study in Norway, Agder county, covered the areas of Arendal, Kristiansand, Lista, Mandal and Risør.

Sampling

Samples consisted of 250 ml of water collected with a plastic bottle directly from the shores, including floating detritus, vegetation, submerged moss and sediment. In addition, samples of dry mosses were collected above the waterline.

Quality Control

DNA data was extracted from a selected number of animals to confirm species identification.

Method steps

Animals were sorted and isolated in the laboratory under a dissecting microscope. All isolated individuals were identified using a compound microscope to species level when possible, if not to genus level. The identification characters for bdelloids are only visible on active individuals and animals were processed immediately after collecting the samples. We identified the first 100 animals isolated from each sample.

Taxonomic Coverages

Rotifera; Bdelloidea

Rotifera
rank: phylum
Bdelloidea
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Europe; Norway; Agder

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Giulia Lin
originator
position: PhD student
EAWAG, Das Wasserforschungs-Institut des ETH-Bereichs
Überlandstrasse 133
Dübendorf
8600
CH
email: giulia.lin@eawag.ch
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Giulia-Lin-2
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8778-2110

Michael Plewka
originator
NA
DE
email: plingfactory@plingfactory.de
homepage: https://www.plingfactory.de/

Erling Brekke
originator
position: Rådgivende Biologer
Department of Natural History, NTNU
Akrinn, Kalvskinnet
NO
email: erling.brekke@radgivende-biologer.no

Øystein N. Kielland
originator
position: Researcher
NTNU University Museum
NO
email: Oystein.Nordeide.Kielland@vetinst.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1387-1724

Glenn Dunshea
originator
position: Researcher
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum
Trondheim
7491
glenn.dunshea@ntnu.no
NO
email: glenn.dunshea@ntnu.no
homepage: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/glenn.dunshea
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8683-0181

Diego Fontaneto
originator
position: Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA); National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
Largo Vittorio Tonolli 50 CNR-IRSA
Verbania
28922
Verbania
IT
email: diego.fontaneto@cnr.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-0353

Diego Fontaneto
metadata author
position: Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA); National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
Largo Vittorio Tonolli 50 CNR-IRSA
Verbania
28922
Verbania
IT
email: diego.fontaneto@cnr.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-0353

Diego Fontaneto
owner
position: Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA), Molecular Ecology Group (MEG),
Largo Vittorio Tonolli 50 CNR-IRSA
Verbania
28922
Verbania
IT
email: diego.fontaneto@cnr.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-0353

Diego Fontaneto
publisher
position: Researcher
National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
Piazza Marina 61
Palermo
90133
Palermo
IT
email: diego.fontaneto@cnr.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-0353

Diego Fontaneto
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA); National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
Largo Vittorio Tonolli 50 CNR-IRSA
Verbania
28922
Verbania
IT
email: diego.fontaneto@cnr.it
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Diego-Fontaneto
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-0353