The invertebrate fauna of high Arctic seabird nests: The microarthropod community inhabiting nests on Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1041-1046

  Coulson, S J ^a   Moe, B ^b,c   Monson, F ^d   Gabrielsen, G W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Polar Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Invertebrate; Nest seabird; Spitsbergen; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; FAUNA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEST SITE; NESTEDNESS; SAMPLING; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ACARI; AMERONOTHRUS LINEATUS; AVES; COLLEMBOLA; DIAPTEROBATES; HERMANNIA (MITE); INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; ORIBATIDA; ORIBATULA TIBIALIS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; TRICHORIBATES TRIMACULATUS;

EID: 70349436143     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0603-8     Document Type: Article

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