@article {68781,
	title = {The terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate biodiversity of the archipelagoes of the Barents Sea; Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya},
	journal = {Soil Biology and Biochemistry},
	volume = {68},
	year = {2014},
	month = {Jan-01-2014},
	pages = {440 - 470},
	type = {Review paper},
	abstract = {<p>Arctic terrestrial ecosystems are generally considered to be species poor, fragile and often isolated.\&nbsp;Nonetheless, their intricate complexity, especially that of the invertebrate component, is beginning to\&nbsp;emerge. Attention has become focused on the Arctic both due to the importance of this rapidly changing\&nbsp;region for the Earth and also the inherent interest of an extreme and unique environment. The three\&nbsp;archipelagoes considered here, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, delineate the Barents Sea\&nbsp;to the west, north and east. This is a region of convergence for Palearctic and Nearctic faunas recolonising\&nbsp;the Arctic following the retreat of the ice after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Despite\&nbsp;the harsh Arctic environment and the short period since deglaciation, the archipelagoes of the Barents\&nbsp;Sea are inhabited by diverse invertebrate communities. But there is an obvious imbalance in our\&nbsp;knowledge of many taxa of each archipelago, and in our knowledge of many taxa. Research effort in\&nbsp;Svalbard is increasing rapidly while there are still few reports, particularly in the western literature, from\&nbsp;Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya. Nevertheless, there appears to be a surprising degree of dissimilarity\&nbsp;between the invertebrate faunas, possibly reflecting colonization history. We provide a baseline\&nbsp;synthesis of the terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate fauna of the Barents Sea archipelagoes, highlight\&nbsp;the taxa present, the characteristic elements of fauna and the complexity of their biogeography. In doing\&nbsp;so, we provide a background from which to assess responses to environmental change for a region under\&nbsp;increasing international attention from scientific, industrial and political communities as well as nongovernmental\&nbsp;organizations and the general public.</p>
<p>\&copy; 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved</p>
},
	keywords = {biodiversity, colonization, Frans Josef Land, High Arctic, Isolation, Navaja Zemlja, Spitsbergen, Spitzbergen},
	issn = {00380717},
	doi = {10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.10.006},
	url = {http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/68781.pdf},
	author = {Coulson, S.J. and Convey, P. and Aakra, K. and Aarvik, L. and {\'A}vila-Jim{\'e}nez, M.L. and Babenko, A. and Biersma, E.M. and Bostr{\"o}m, S. and Brittain, J.E. and Carlsson, A.M. and Christoffersen, K. and De Smet, W.H. and Ekrem, T. and Fjellberg, A. and F{\"u}reder, L. and Daniel R Gustafsson and Gwiazdowicz, D.J. and Hansen, L.O. and Holmstrup, M. and Hull{\'e}, M. and Kaczmarek, {\L}. and Kolicka, M. and Kuklin, V. and Lakka, H.-K. and Lebedeva, N. and Makarova, O. and Maraldo, K. and Melekhina, E. and {\O}degaard, F. and Pilskog, H.E. and Simon, J.C. and Sohlenius, B. and Solh{\o}y, T. and S{\o}li, G. and Stur, E. and Tanasevitch, A. and Taskaeva, A. and Velle, G. and Zawierucha, K. and Zmudczy{\'n}ska-Skarbek, K.}
}
