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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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/11910 2023-05-15T14:54:44+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 2016-04-07T09:48:07Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1956/11910 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19273 eng eng Co-Action Publishing urn:issn:1751-8369 http://hdl.handle.net/1956/11910 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19273 cristin:1039907 Attribution CC BY-NC http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Copyright 2013 the authors Collembola Enchytraeidae Lumbricidae Chironomidae Oribatida Gamasida VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoogeografi: 486 VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Zoogeography: 486 Peer reviewed Journal article 2016 ftunivbergen https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19273 2023-03-14T17:39:04Z 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.m publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barentsburg Svalbard University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Arctic Barentsburg ENVELOPE(14.212,14.212,78.064,78.064) Svalbard Polar Research 32 1 19273 |
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Collembola Enchytraeidae Lumbricidae Chironomidae Oribatida Gamasida VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoogeografi: 486 VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Zoogeography: 486 |
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Collembola Enchytraeidae Lumbricidae Chironomidae Oribatida Gamasida VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoogeografi: 486 VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Zoogeography: 486 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 |
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Collembola Enchytraeidae Lumbricidae Chironomidae Oribatida Gamasida VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoogeografi: 486 VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Zoogeography: 486 |
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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.m publishedVersion |
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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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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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