The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Torstein Solhøy, Stephen J. Coulson, Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz, Elena N. Melekhina, Natalia V. Lebedeva, Arne Fjellberg, Christer Erséus, Kristine Maraldo, Ladislav Miko, Heinrich Schatz, Rüdiger M. Schmelz, Geir Søli, Elisabeth Stur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
• Subjects: Collembola; Enchytraeidae; Lumbricidae; Chironomidae; Oribatida; Gamasida; envir; geo; Arctic; Barentsburg; Svalbard; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19273; https://doaj.org/article/56d4a3b04a6342fd8928b7d804c99cf0

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...