High-Arctic gamasid mites (Acari, Mesostigmata): community composition on Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Stephen J. Coulson, Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: Mites; Acari; Mesostigmata; Arctoseius; Zercon; Spitsbergen; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Svalbard; Norway; Adventdalen; Arctic Archipelago; Dryas octopetala; Polar Research; Tundra; Mite
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.8311; https://doaj.org/article/b88a9fe633ac4fb19b76430cc2cc1635

This study investigates assemblages of mesostigmatid mites on Spitsbergen, in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. Soil samples were collected from three areas with differing vegetational communities in Adventdalen. The greatest gamasid mite density and species diversity was observed at the l...