Current knowledge of the Tardigrada of Svalbard with the first records of water bears from Nordaustlandet (High Arctic)

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Zawierucha, Krzysztof, Coulson, Stephen J., Michalczyk, Łukasz, Kaczmar, Łukasz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
• Subjects: Checklist; Edgeøya; new species; Prins Karls Forland; soil fauna; Svalbard biodiversity; Arctic; Svalbard; Nordaustlandet; Water Bears; Arctic Archipelago; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3085; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.20886

The first investigations of the tardigrades of Svalbard took place in the early 20th century and 30 papers on the subject have been published to date. In this article, we summarize available information on the distribution of tardigrades in this Arctic archipelago with remarks on the dubious species...