Comments on: Help Build an Arctic Food Web

By: A few reasons to study Arctic entomology | Arthropod Ecology

A few reasons to study Arctic entomology | Arthropod Ecology — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:08:28 +0000

[...] research opportunity – our laboratory is working on this, and I am trying to put together an Arctic food-web from an arthropod perspective. My PhD student Crystal Ernst is also thinking a lot about how high Arctic food webs are [...]

By: Life History of Arctic Wolf Spiders: Part 1 | Arthropod Ecology

Life History of Arctic Wolf Spiders: Part 1 | Arthropod Ecology — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:41:28 +0000

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By: Chris Buddle

Chris Buddle — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:13:01 +0000

Hi Mike – absolutely these will be included in the final food web, and they are key examples of integrators b/w terrestrial & aquatic habitats – and of course the blackflies are key pests of vertebrates, too! Thanks for the comment.

By: Mike McD

Mike McD — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:15:58 +0000

Not had much more than a very brief scan read – too busy preping for some job interviews, but doesn’t seem that you’ve included the freshwater inverts to your webs. Many of them e.g. Simulidae Plecoptera etc have their early life stages in freshwater environments – even being temporary members of the lotic meiofauna community before heading off in to the blue yonder of the Arctic sky!

By: Help Build an Arctic Food Web | Northern Biodiversity Program

Help Build an Arctic Food Web | Northern Biodiversity Program — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:10:08 +0000

[...] on behalf of Dr. Chris Buddle (the original post can be found here, at the Arthropod Ecology blog) [...]