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

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., Coulson, Stephen J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: mites; Acari; Mesostigmata; Arctoseius; Zercon; Spitsbergen; Arctic; Svalbard; Norway; Adventdalen; Arctic Archipelago; Polar Research; Tundra; Mite
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3031; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.8311

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...