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The invertebrates of Edgeöya, Svalbard

SND-ID: SND 1106

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Stephen Coulson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Description

Inventory of invertebrates from two sampling visits to Edgeöya, Svalbard, in 2009 and 2010.

Language

English

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Responsible department/unit

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Swedish Species Information Centre

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Arctic Field Grant (AFG)

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Svalbard environmental protection fund
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Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

2009 – 2010

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Topic and keywords

Research area

Natural Sciences, Earth and Related Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Biota (INSPIRE topic categories)

Keywords

arctic tundra, animals/invertebrates, bio-geographical regions

Publications

Ávila-Jiménez, M.L., Solhøy, T., Gwiazdowicz, D.J., Fjellberg, A., Dózsa-Farkas, K., Monson, F., de Smet, W., Stur E., Ekrem T. and Coulson, S.J. The invertebrate fauna of Edgeøya, Svalbard: Arctic landscape community composition reflects pan-Arctic biogeography patterns Polar Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02471-x
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02471-x

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Dataset
The invertebrates of Edgeöya, Svalbard

Description

Species list from two field trips to Edgeöya, Svalbard.
The list comprises all species identified from soil samples collected from six locations around the coastline of Edgeöya.
The data is fully described in Ávila-Jiménez et al. (2019) The invertebrate fauna of Edgeøya, Svalbard: Arctic landscape community composition reflects pan-Arctic biogeography patterns Polar Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02471-x

Version 1.0

Citation

Stephen Coulson. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Swedish Species Information Centre (2019). The invertebrates of Edgeöya, Svalbard. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/cws5-7n53

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Stephen Coulson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Variables

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Published: 2019-09-18