Recent benthic Ostracoda from Hornsund, south Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago

Abstract: This paper includes a check−list of Recent Svalbard marine ostracods based on published sources and on diploma theses as well as some new studies. This is the first study of this group of crustaceans from Hornsund. A total of 41 species belonging to 12 families were collected at 55 samplin...

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Main Author: Agnieszka Mackiewicz
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.540.8700
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Summary:Abstract: This paper includes a check−list of Recent Svalbard marine ostracods based on published sources and on diploma theses as well as some new studies. This is the first study of this group of crustaceans from Hornsund. A total of 41 species belonging to 12 families were collected at 55 sampling stations from dredged sediments. Seven species are reported for the first time from the Svalbard Archipelago. Polycope orbicularis Sars is the most abundant species in the present fauna. Species compositions of Hornsund and the Liefde− fjorden are seen to have the highest similarity (S = 50.6).