Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard
Although Svalbard archipelago is considered as a natural laboratory for the environmental studies in the High Arctic, the knowledge on the transport and diversity of bioaerosols (aeroplankton) in the atmosphere is poorly recognized. To improve our knowledge about the aeroplankton over the Svalbard,...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f327860528e0448391e78792cbd2df8b 2023-12-10T09:45:07+01:00 Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard Łukasz Grewling Ronald Laniecki Mikołaj Jastrzębski Julia Borkowska Zofia Marek Katarzyna Kondrat Zofia Nowak Michał Zacharyasiewicz Marcelina Małecka Barbara Valle Beata Messyasz Krzysztof Zawierucha 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2023.146740 https://doaj.org/article/f327860528e0448391e78792cbd2df8b EN eng Polish Academy of Sciences https://journals.pan.pl/Content/128562/PDF/Accepted_Grewling.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/0138-0338 https://doaj.org/toc/2081-8262 0138-0338 2081-8262 https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2023.146740 https://doaj.org/article/f327860528e0448391e78792cbd2df8b Polish Polar Research, Vol vol. 44, Iss No 4, Pp 365-384 (2023) arctic spitsbergen bioareosols alien species long-range transport Geology QE1-996.5 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2023.146740 2023-11-12T01:39:09Z Although Svalbard archipelago is considered as a natural laboratory for the environmental studies in the High Arctic, the knowledge on the transport and diversity of bioaerosols (aeroplankton) in the atmosphere is poorly recognized. To improve our knowledge about the aeroplankton over the Svalbard, we conducted a short-term study in the central part of the archipelago with a special focus on two important, but understudied in this region, airborne components: pollen grains and invertebrates. Aerobiological traps, three impact-type samplers and 12 pitfall-type water traps, were operated for a week of July 2022 at three sites located near Longyearbyen, the largest settlement of Svalbard. These sites, that is, Platåfjellet, Longyearbreen Glacier, and glacier valley, varied in the local sources of biological material and altitude. In total, 11 pollen taxa were isolated from pollen impactors. Most of them (68%) belonged to non-native plants, for example, Alnus sp., Betula sp., Picea abies, or Pinus sylvestris-type pollen. In pitfall-type water traps, we found invertebrates representing Acari (Prostigmata, Endeostigmata and Oribatida), Collembola ( Agrenia bidenticulata), Tardigrada (Eutardigrada) and Rotifera (Bdelloidea). The most taxa-rich site, both for pollen and invertebrates, was Platåfjellet, characterized by open landscape dominated by small cryptogams, mainly lichens and mosses, and sparse patches of vascular plants. Even though our sampling was short-term, we found diverse taxa belonged to native and alien species, indicating that both local and long-range transport shape aeroplankton composition and seeding of Arctic habitats. Long-term aerobiological monitoring in diverse ecosystems of Svalbard is needed to understand spatio-temporal influence of aeroplankton on ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic glacier Longyearbreen Longyearbyen Polar Research Svalbard Spitsbergen Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Longyearbreen ENVELOPE(15.517,15.517,78.183,78.183) Longyearbyen Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Polish Polar Research |
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arctic spitsbergen bioareosols alien species long-range transport Geology QE1-996.5 Łukasz Grewling Ronald Laniecki Mikołaj Jastrzębski Julia Borkowska Zofia Marek Katarzyna Kondrat Zofia Nowak Michał Zacharyasiewicz Marcelina Małecka Barbara Valle Beata Messyasz Krzysztof Zawierucha Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard |
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Although Svalbard archipelago is considered as a natural laboratory for the environmental studies in the High Arctic, the knowledge on the transport and diversity of bioaerosols (aeroplankton) in the atmosphere is poorly recognized. To improve our knowledge about the aeroplankton over the Svalbard, we conducted a short-term study in the central part of the archipelago with a special focus on two important, but understudied in this region, airborne components: pollen grains and invertebrates. Aerobiological traps, three impact-type samplers and 12 pitfall-type water traps, were operated for a week of July 2022 at three sites located near Longyearbyen, the largest settlement of Svalbard. These sites, that is, Platåfjellet, Longyearbreen Glacier, and glacier valley, varied in the local sources of biological material and altitude. In total, 11 pollen taxa were isolated from pollen impactors. Most of them (68%) belonged to non-native plants, for example, Alnus sp., Betula sp., Picea abies, or Pinus sylvestris-type pollen. In pitfall-type water traps, we found invertebrates representing Acari (Prostigmata, Endeostigmata and Oribatida), Collembola ( Agrenia bidenticulata), Tardigrada (Eutardigrada) and Rotifera (Bdelloidea). The most taxa-rich site, both for pollen and invertebrates, was Platåfjellet, characterized by open landscape dominated by small cryptogams, mainly lichens and mosses, and sparse patches of vascular plants. Even though our sampling was short-term, we found diverse taxa belonged to native and alien species, indicating that both local and long-range transport shape aeroplankton composition and seeding of Arctic habitats. Long-term aerobiological monitoring in diverse ecosystems of Svalbard is needed to understand spatio-temporal influence of aeroplankton on ecosystems. |
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Łukasz Grewling Ronald Laniecki Mikołaj Jastrzębski Julia Borkowska Zofia Marek Katarzyna Kondrat Zofia Nowak Michał Zacharyasiewicz Marcelina Małecka Barbara Valle Beata Messyasz Krzysztof Zawierucha |
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Łukasz Grewling Ronald Laniecki Mikołaj Jastrzębski Julia Borkowska Zofia Marek Katarzyna Kondrat Zofia Nowak Michał Zacharyasiewicz Marcelina Małecka Barbara Valle Beata Messyasz Krzysztof Zawierucha |
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Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard |
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Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard |
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Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard |
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Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard |
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Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard |
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dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting arctic habitats of svalbard |
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