Arthropods of the Bleakest Barren Lands: Composition and Distribution of the Arthropod Fauna of the Northwestern Queen Elizabeth Islands

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Author: McAlpine, J. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1964
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Arctic; Isachsen; Ellef Ringnes Island; Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent96127-1; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00068036

The Northwestern Queen Elizabeth Islands, i.e., Meighen, Ellef Ringnes, Amund Ringnes, King Christian, Lougheed, Borden, Mackenzie King, and Brock, constitute the most barren part of the high arctic fell field. Within this group, the richest area is at Isachsen on Ellef Ringnes Island; there the rel...