Seniczak, Anna and Schwarzfeld, Marla D. and Coulson, Stephen and Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J.
(2020).
Diversity and Distribution of Mites (Acari: Ixodida, Mesostigmata, Trombidiformes, Sarcoptiformes) in the Svalbard Archipelago.
Diversity. 12
, 323
[Journal article]
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Abstract
Svalbard is a singular region to study biodiversity. Located at a high latitude and geographically isolated, the archipelago possesses widely varying environmental conditions and unique flora and fauna communities. It is also here where particularly rapid environmental changes are occurring, having amongst the fastest increases in mean air temperature in the Arctic. One of the most common and species-rich invertebrate groups in Svalbard is the mites (Acari). We here describe the characteristics of the Svalbard acarofauna, and, as a baseline, an updated inventory of 178 species (one Ixodida, 36 Mesostigmata, 43 Trombidiformes, and 98 Sarcoptiformes) along with their occurrences. In contrast to the Trombidiformes and Sarcoptiformes, which are dominated in Svalbard by species with wide geographical distributions, the Mesostigmata include many Arctic species (39%); it would thus be an interesting future study to determine if mesostigmatid communities are more affected by global warming then other mite groups. A large number of new species (42 spp.) have been described from Svalbard, including 15 that have so far been found exclusively there. It is yet uncertain if any of these latter species are endemic: six are recent findings, the others are old records and, in most cases, impossible to verify. That the Arctic is still insufficiently sampled also limits conclusions concerning endemicity.
Authors/Creators: | Seniczak, Anna and Schwarzfeld, Marla D. and Coulson, Stephen and Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J. | ||||||
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Title: | Diversity and Distribution of Mites (Acari: Ixodida, Mesostigmata, Trombidiformes, Sarcoptiformes) in the Svalbard Archipelago | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Diversity | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||||
Volume: | 12 | ||||||
Article number: | 323 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 36 | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 1424-2818 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Journal article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology | ||||||
Keywords: | checklist, Astigmata, Endeostigmata, Oribatida, Prostigmata, climate change, Arctic, Svalbard | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-108631 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-108631 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 18678 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Swedish Species Information Centre | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 16 Nov 2020 13:23 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 19:47 |
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