Macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of Svalbard, Norway
Diversity of macrobenthic communities was studied from water bodies and streams of Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, Norway. In total 162 quantitative samples from different regions of Spitsbergen were analysed in relation to environmental variables. Macrobenthic communities were found on all kinds...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/2468244 2023-05-15T14:53:36+02:00 Macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of Svalbard, Norway Chertoprud, Mikhail V. Palatov, Dmitry M. Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway 2017 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2468244 https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395092 eng eng Egen institusjon: Norwegian institute for nature research (NINA) Norges forskningsråd: 246726 Norges forskningsråd: 227024 urn:issn:0022-2933 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2468244 https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395092 cristin:1517645 Journal of Natural History macrobenthos Chironomidae Svalbard Arctic environmental factors VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Zoology and botany: 480 Journal article Peer reviewed 2017 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395092 2021-12-23T07:17:05Z Diversity of macrobenthic communities was studied from water bodies and streams of Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, Norway. In total 162 quantitative samples from different regions of Spitsbergen were analysed in relation to environmental variables. Macrobenthic communities were found on all kinds of substrates (except for the periglacial zone), representing a wide range of biological communities: solid-bottom, soft-bottom, macrophytes and small brook associated. However, taxonomical structure is very simplified, with particular dominance of the Chironomidae family. Chironomid larvae dominated highly in diversity, abundance and biomass. Overall macrobenthic communities were characteristic, with remarkable dominance of one species and general omnipresent taxonomical scarcity (averagem 2.8 species per sample). In total we found 30 taxa. We distinguished 16 types of macrobenthis communities, with characteristic dominance of different taxa: chironomids (11 types), oligochaete Enchytraeidae family (3), caddisfly Apatania zonella (1) and gammarid amphipod Gammarus setosus (1). Regarding environmental variables, temperature and pH had the most significant influence on the abundance of macrobenthic organisms. It is hypothesized that the structural convergence of different types of communities is their common response to extreme high Arctic living conditions. On the other hand, different chironomids may dominate in the same habitats and water bodies. This gives the effect of lower average similarity of communities and high β- diversity. Macrobenthos Chironomidae Svalbard Arctic environmental factors acceptedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Svalbard Spitsbergen Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Arctic Norway Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Journal of Natural History 51 47-48 2809 2825 |
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Diversity of macrobenthic communities was studied from water bodies and streams of Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, Norway. In total 162 quantitative samples from different regions of Spitsbergen were analysed in relation to environmental variables. Macrobenthic communities were found on all kinds of substrates (except for the periglacial zone), representing a wide range of biological communities: solid-bottom, soft-bottom, macrophytes and small brook associated. However, taxonomical structure is very simplified, with particular dominance of the Chironomidae family. Chironomid larvae dominated highly in diversity, abundance and biomass. Overall macrobenthic communities were characteristic, with remarkable dominance of one species and general omnipresent taxonomical scarcity (averagem 2.8 species per sample). In total we found 30 taxa. We distinguished 16 types of macrobenthis communities, with characteristic dominance of different taxa: chironomids (11 types), oligochaete Enchytraeidae family (3), caddisfly Apatania zonella (1) and gammarid amphipod Gammarus setosus (1). Regarding environmental variables, temperature and pH had the most significant influence on the abundance of macrobenthic organisms. It is hypothesized that the structural convergence of different types of communities is their common response to extreme high Arctic living conditions. On the other hand, different chironomids may dominate in the same habitats and water bodies. This gives the effect of lower average similarity of communities and high β- diversity. Macrobenthos Chironomidae Svalbard Arctic environmental factors acceptedVersion |
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Chertoprud, Mikhail V. Palatov, Dmitry M. Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta |
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Chertoprud, Mikhail V. Palatov, Dmitry M. Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta |
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Chertoprud, Mikhail V. |
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Macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of Svalbard, Norway |
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Macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of Svalbard, Norway |
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Macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of Svalbard, Norway |
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Macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of Svalbard, Norway |
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Macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of Svalbard, Norway |
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macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of svalbard, norway |
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2017 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2468244 https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395092 |
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Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway |
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Arctic Norway Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago |
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Arctic Norway Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago |
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Arctic Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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Arctic Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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Journal of Natural History |
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Egen institusjon: Norwegian institute for nature research (NINA) Norges forskningsråd: 246726 Norges forskningsråd: 227024 urn:issn:0022-2933 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2468244 https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395092 cristin:1517645 |
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395092 |
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