Data from: Resurrection ecology in Artemia

Resurrection Ecology (RE) is a very powerful approach to address a wide range of question in ecology and evolution. This approach rests on using appropriate model systems, and only few are known to be available. In this paper, we show that Artemia has multiple attractive features (short generation time, cyst bank and collections, well documented phylogeography and ecology) for a good RE model. We show in detail with a case study how cysts can be recovered from sediments to document the history and dynamics of a biological invasion. We finally discuss with precise examples the many RE possibilities with this model system: adaptation to climate change, to pollution, to parasites, to invaders and evolution of reproductive systems.

复活生态学（Resurrection Ecology, RE）是一种可用于解决生态学与进化生物学领域各类研究问题的强有力研究方法。该研究路径依赖于合适的模式生物系统，但目前已知可用的此类系统寥寥无几。本文证实，卤虫（Artemia）具备多项适配复活生态学研究模式系统的优良特性：世代周期短、拥有休眠卵库及相关采集样本，且其系统地理学与生态学背景均已有充分研究。本文通过一则具体案例研究，详细阐释了如何从沉积物中复苏休眠卵，以此记录生物入侵的历史与动态过程。最后，本文结合具体实例，探讨了利用该模式系统开展复活生态学研究的诸多方向：包括对气候变化、污染、寄生虫、入侵物种的适应性研究，以及生殖系统演化研究。