Terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate science in Svalbard in a changing world: from regional to pan-Arctic scales (STAFIEN - Svalbard Terrestrial and Freshwater Invertebrate Ecology Network)
Creators
- 1. Department of Arctic Biology, University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
- 2. Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway
- 3. Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- 4. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway
- 5. Department of Biology and Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Denmark
- 6. Department of Forest Entomology and Pathology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
- 7. Faculty of Applied Ecology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway
- 8. Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Denmark
- 9. British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- 10. Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Description
This is chapter 7 of the State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report 2024 (https://sios-svalbard.org/SESS_Issue7).
Invertebrates are ubiquitous. Diverse in form and function, they play crucial roles in ecosystems: for example as food for other organisms, as pollinators, and as decomposers. Invertebrate species vastly outnumber vascular plants, birds and mammals combined, but we know little about them and their roles due to challenges in identification, sampling, access, and funding.
One of the world’s fastest changing environments, Svalbard is also a hotspot for multidisciplinary environmental research, ideal for studying responses to change. Nonetheless, comprehensive biodiversity surveys across Svalbard are still needed, to better inform governance actions aimed at protecting this unique environment.
Research on Svalbard’s terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate community is key to understanding resilience and vulnerability to environmental change. Upscaling results from Svalbard will help us assess threats and consequences across the whole Arctic.
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