@article{0093ee67a5a443418a5b82b48e7b5bcd,
title = "Meiofaunal richness in highly acidic hot springs in Unzen-Amakusa National Park, Japan, including the first rediscovery attempt for mesotardigrada",
abstract = "Extreme environments sometimes support surprisingly high meiofaunal diversity. We sampled runoff from the acidic hot springs of Unzen, Japan. This is the type locality of Thermozodium esakiiRahm, 1937, the only tardigrade in the class Mesotardigrada, which remains contentious in the absence of corroboration or supporting specimens. Our sampling revealed at least three species of arthropods, four rotifers, and five nematodes living in the hot (ca. 40°C) and acidic (ca. pH 2.5) water, but no tardigrades.",
keywords = "Arthropod, Extreme environments, Low pH, Meiofauna, Nematode, Rotifer, Tardigrade",
author = "Suzuki, {Atsushi C.} and Hiroshi Kagoshima and Glen Chilton and Grothman, {Gary T.} and Carl Johansson and Megumu Tsujimoto",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to Mr. Munetoshi Kato, owner of the Yumoto Hotel, and Mr. and Mrs. Takahashi of the Kaseya Caf{\'e} in Unzen for information about Enryaku-yu, and for their hospitality. Dr. Hirokuni Noda (Tokyo Women's Medical University) provided information concerning earlier putative rediscovery attempts. Dr. Wataru Abe (Dokkyo Medical University) helped in mite identification, and Dr. Diego Fontaneto (National Research Council of Italy) advised us on rotifer taxonomy. Dr. Oscar Lisi (University of Catania) provided information on Carphania, and Dr. Roberto Guidetti helped us to find a literature. The staff of Yamabiko Kaikan and the Park Rangersin Unzen-Amakusa National Park graciously supported our work. Permission directives were issued by the Nagasaki Prefecture Shimabara Development and Promotion Bureau (23-270), the Nagasaki Prefecture Natural Environment Division (23-506), and the Unzen City Board of Education (23-747). This study was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research No. 15K060906 and No. 23247012 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Zoological Society of Japan.",
year = "2017",
month = feb,
doi = "10.2108/zs160108",
language = "English",
volume = "34",
pages = "11--17",
journal = "Zoological Science",
issn = "0289-0003",
publisher = "Zoological Society of Japan",
number = "1",
}