Introduction of invertebrates into the High Arctic via imported soils:The case of Barentsburg in the Svalbard

• Published in: Biological Invasions
• Main Authors: Coulson, S.J., Fjellberg, A., Gwiazdowicz, D.J., Lebedeva, N.V., Melekhina, E.N., Solhøy, T., Erséus, C., Maraldo, K., Miko, L., Schatz, H., Schmelz, R.M., Søli, G., Stur, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Barentsburg; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/bb9bf14a-8bef-49db-9804-12f5788f419f; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-012-0277-y; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870839767&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Forty six species of invertebrate were collected from the manure enriched imported soils below the abandoned cow sheds in the Russian mining town of Barentsburg, Svalbard. Of these, 11 (24 %) were new records for Svalbard, including Collembola, gamasid mites, Enchytraeidae and the first identified L...