The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard
The terrestrial environment of the High Arctic consists of a mosaic of habitat types. In addition to the natural habitat diversity, various human-influenced types may occur. For the resident invertebrate fauna, these anthropogenic habitats may be either unusually favourable or detrimental. In the to...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/50320 2023-05-15T14:27:51+02:00 The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard Coulson, Stephen James Fjellberg, Arne Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J. Lebedeva, Natalia V. Melekhina, Elena N. Solhøy, Torstein Erséus, Christer Maraldo, Kristine Miko, Ladislav Schatz, Heinrich Schmelz, Rüdiger M Søli, Geir Einar Ellefsen Stur, Elisabeth 2013-07-22T20:55:27Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/50320 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-53951 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19273 EN eng Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-53951 Coulson, Stephen James Fjellberg, Arne Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J. Lebedeva, Natalia V. Melekhina, Elena N. Solhøy, Torstein Erséus, Christer Maraldo, Kristine Miko, Ladislav Schatz, Heinrich Schmelz, Rüdiger M Søli, Geir Einar Ellefsen Stur, Elisabeth . The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard. Polar Research. 2013, 32 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/50320 1039907 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Polar Research&rft.volume=32&rft.spage=&rft.date=2013 Polar Research 32 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19273 URN:NBN:no-53951 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/50320/1/19273-90556-1-PB.pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ CC-BY-NC 0800-0395 VDP::Zoogeografi: 486 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed PublishedVersion 2013 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19273 2020-06-21T08:49:30Z The terrestrial environment of the High Arctic consists of a mosaic of habitat types. In addition to the natural habitat diversity, various human-influenced types may occur. For the resident invertebrate fauna, these anthropogenic habitats may be either unusually favourable or detrimental. In the town of Barentsburg, Svalbard, soils were imported for the greenhouses from southern Russia. These soils were subsequently discarded outside the greenhouses and have become augmented with manure from the cowsheds. Both the greenhouse and the cowsheds are now derelict. This site represents an unusually nutrient-rich location with considerable development of organic soils, in stark contrast to the naturally forming organic soils in Svalbard, which are typically thin and nutrient poor. Few previous studies have examined the soil invertebrate communities of human-disturbed or -created habitats in the Arctic. In an often nutrient-poor terrestrial environment, it is unclear how the invertebrate fauna will react to such nutrient enhancement. In these soils, 46 species of invertebrates were determined. Eleven species have not been recorded from other habitats in Svalbard and are hence likely to have been introduced. The native species assemblage in the anthropogenic soils was not atypical for many natural sites in Svalbard. Despite the enriched organic soils and highly ameliorated winter temperature conditions, the soil invertebrate fauna biodiversity does not appear to be enhanced beyond the presence of certain probably introduced species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Barentsburg Polar Research Svalbard Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Arctic Barentsburg ENVELOPE(14.212,14.212,78.064,78.064) Svalbard Polar Research 32 1 19273 |
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The terrestrial environment of the High Arctic consists of a mosaic of habitat types. In addition to the natural habitat diversity, various human-influenced types may occur. For the resident invertebrate fauna, these anthropogenic habitats may be either unusually favourable or detrimental. In the town of Barentsburg, Svalbard, soils were imported for the greenhouses from southern Russia. These soils were subsequently discarded outside the greenhouses and have become augmented with manure from the cowsheds. Both the greenhouse and the cowsheds are now derelict. This site represents an unusually nutrient-rich location with considerable development of organic soils, in stark contrast to the naturally forming organic soils in Svalbard, which are typically thin and nutrient poor. Few previous studies have examined the soil invertebrate communities of human-disturbed or -created habitats in the Arctic. In an often nutrient-poor terrestrial environment, it is unclear how the invertebrate fauna will react to such nutrient enhancement. In these soils, 46 species of invertebrates were determined. Eleven species have not been recorded from other habitats in Svalbard and are hence likely to have been introduced. The native species assemblage in the anthropogenic soils was not atypical for many natural sites in Svalbard. Despite the enriched organic soils and highly ameliorated winter temperature conditions, the soil invertebrate fauna biodiversity does not appear to be enhanced beyond the presence of certain probably introduced species. |
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Coulson, Stephen James Fjellberg, Arne Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J. Lebedeva, Natalia V. Melekhina, Elena N. Solhøy, Torstein Erséus, Christer Maraldo, Kristine Miko, Ladislav Schatz, Heinrich Schmelz, Rüdiger M Søli, Geir Einar Ellefsen Stur, Elisabeth |
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The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard |
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The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard |
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The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard |
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The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard |
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The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard |
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invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the high-arctic settlement of barentsburg, svalbard |
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