TY - JOUR
T1 - On the terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate diversity of the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard
T2 - a revised species inventory and synopsis of the community composition
AU - Coulson, Stephen J.
AU - Bartlett, Jesamine
AU - Boström, Sven
AU - Brittain, John E.
AU - Christoffersen, Kirsten S.
AU - Convey, Peter
AU - De Smet, Willem H.
AU - Dózsa-farkas, Klára
AU - Ekrem, Torbjørn
AU - Fjellberg, Arne
AU - Füreder, Leo
AU - Gillespie, Mark A.K.
AU - Gustafsson, Daniel
AU - Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J.
AU - Kaczmarek, Łukasz
AU - Kolicka, Małgorzata
AU - Laniecki, Ronald
AU - Moerman, Tirza M.
AU - Seniczak, Stanisław
AU - Seniczak, Anna
AU - Simon, Jean-christophe
AU - Stur, Elisabeth
AU - Søli, Geir E. E.
AU - Wieczorek, Karina
AU - Zawierucha, Krzysztof
AU - Zmudczynska-skarbek, Katarzyna
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1139/as-2024-0017
DO - 10.1139/as-2024-0017
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
SP - 799
EP - 814
JO - Arctic Science
JF - Arctic Science
SN - 2368-7460
IS - 4
ER -