Molluscs in Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen, Svalbard): a species list and patterns of distribution and diversity

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Van Veen; Central Basin; Axinopsida orbiculata; glacier; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2006; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v26i1.6203

This paper presents a survey of the mollusc fauna in Kongsfjorden, an Arctic glacial fjord in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, based on 197 samples collected with van Veen grabs, dredges, scuba-diving collections and baited traps at depths ranging from 5 to 390 m. Eighty-seven mollusc species were recorded. T...