Invertebrate biodiversity in cold groundwater fissures in Iceland

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Ólafsdóttir, Jónína H., Þorbjörnsson, Jóhann G., Kristjánsson, Bjarni K., Ólafsson, Jón S.
• Other Authors: National Geographic Society, Icelandic Centre for Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Silfra; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5213; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.5213; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.5213; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.5213

Abstract Iceland has an abundance of fissures that are parallel to the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge where bedrock cracks as a result of continental rifting. Some fissures penetrate the aquifer and expose the groundwater within the bedrock, becoming springs. As such, groundwater fissures have uniform and const...