Arctic Science (Dec 2024)
On the terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate diversity of the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard: a revised species inventory and synopsis of the community composition
- Stephen J. Coulson,
- Jesamine Bartlett,
- Sven Boström,
- John E. Brittain,
- Kirsten S. Christoffersen,
- Peter Convey,
- Willem H. De Smet,
- Klára Dózsa-Farkas,
- Torbjørn Ekrem,
- Arne Fjellberg,
- Leo Füreder,
- Mark A.K. Gillespie,
- Daniel Gustafsson,
- Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz,
- Łukasz Kaczmarek,
- Małgorzata Kolicka,
- Ronald Laniecki,
- Tirza M. Moerman,
- Stanisław Seniczak,
- Anna Seniczak,
- Jean-Christophe Simon,
- Elisabeth Stur,
- Geir E. E. Søli,
- Karina Wieczorek,
- Krzysztof Zawierucha,
- Katarzyna Zmudczynska-Skarbek
Affiliations
- Stephen J. Coulson
- Department of Arctic Biology, University Centre in Svalbard, P.O. Box 156, NO-9171 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
- Jesamine Bartlett
- Natural Climate Solutions, Equinor Forskningssenter, Arkitekt Ebbells veg 10, 7053 Trondheim, Norway
- Sven Boström
- Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden
- John E. Brittain
- University of Oslo, Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- Kirsten S. Christoffersen
- Freshwater Biological Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- Peter Convey
- British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET, UK
- Willem H. De Smet
- Department of Biology, ECOSPHERE, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
- Klára Dózsa-Farkas
- Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Biological Institute of the Eötvös, Loránd University- ELTE, Pázmány, Péter sétány 1/C. H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
- Torbjørn Ekrem
- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
- Arne Fjellberg
- Mageroveien 168, NO-3145 Tjøme, Norway
- Leo Füreder
- Faculty for Biology, Technikerstraße 15, Universität Innsbruck, Innrain, 52, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
- Mark A.K. Gillespie
- Department of Science and Engineering, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, PB 133, NO-6851 Sogndal, Norway
- Daniel Gustafsson
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China
- Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz
- Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Forest Entomology and Pathology, Wojska Polskiego 71, PL-60-625 Poznań, Poland
- Łukasz Kaczmarek
- Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, PL-61-614 Poznań, Poland
- Małgorzata Kolicka
- Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, PL-61-614 Poznań, Poland
- Ronald Laniecki
- Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Forest Entomology and Pathology, Wojska Polskiego 71, PL-60-625 Poznań, Poland
- Tirza M. Moerman
- Department of Arctic Biology, University Centre in Svalbard, P.O. Box 156, NO-9171 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
- Stanisław Seniczak
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University, Ossolińskich 12, PL-85-092 Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Anna Seniczak
- Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology. Department of Agricultural Sciences Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. NO-2418 Elverum, Norway
- Jean-Christophe Simon
- UMR IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Rennes, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, CS 84215 F-35042 Rennes CEDEX, France
- Elisabeth Stur
- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
- Geir E. E. Søli
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- Karina Wieczorek
- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
- Krzysztof Zawierucha
- Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, PL-61-614 Poznań, Poland
- Katarzyna Zmudczynska-Skarbek
- Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, PL-80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2024-0017
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 4
pp. 799 – 814
Abstract
Arctic terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity is generally poorly known, but the archipelago of Svalbard has one of the most up-to-date inventories of its terrestrial and freshwater faunas of any Arctic region, offering a baseline for long term monitoring of invertebrate communities in space and time. Since the most recent review of the Svalbard invertebrate fauna was produced in 2014, knowledge of this fauna has developed and this inventory is here critically revised and updated. Our aims are (1) to critically review the inventory based on current taxonomic knowledge, (2) publish the complete species inventory, including cross-referencing to the relevant publications, in an open access data archive (GBIF), and (3) highlight the particular advantages that working in Svalbard may bring for scientists working on terrestrial, freshwater, and cryospheric environments. The inventory contains a total 1091 valid species names or interim names. A gap analysis in the Barcode of Life Data Systems reveals that 50% of the species currently documented from Svalbard lack COI (Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1) barcode reference sequences in this database. Gaps in our knowledge of the Svalbard fauna and how these may be resolved are discussed.
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