Description
This is an inventory created by searching species names from almost 800 scientific publications from 1869 until 2023. This inventory was then assessed by taxon experts and synonyms or obvious errors removed. The inventory forms the data for the redescription of the Svalbard terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate fauna appearing in Coulson et al. in prep. Arctic Science.
Data Records
The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,089 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Coulson S J, Bartlett J, Boström S, Brittain J, Christoffersen K S, Convey P, de Smet W, Dózsa-Farkas K, Ekrem T, Fjellberg A, Füreder L, Gillespie M A, Gustafsson D, Gwiazdowicz D J, Kaczmarek Ł, Kolicka M, Laniecki R, Moerman T M, Seniczak S, Seniczak A, Simon J, Stur E, Søli G, Wieczorek K, Zawierucha K, Zmudczynska-Skarbek K (2024). Inventory of the terrestrial and freshwater fauna of the Svalbard archipelago. Version 1.4. The University Centre in Svalbard. Checklist dataset. https://www.gbif.org/dataset/443d4938-8d5a-4e2e-a5b8-53fd139bb1d6
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is The University Centre in Svalbard. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 443d4938-8d5a-4e2e-a5b8-53fd139bb1d6. The University Centre in Svalbard publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.
Keywords
Checklist; Inventory; Arctic; Svalbard; Invertebrate; Insects; Mites; Collembola; Inventoryregional
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Geographic Coverage
The inventory applies to the land and freshwaters within the Svalbard Box, 10 to 35 degrees East and 74 to 81 degrees North
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [74, 10], North East [81, 35] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
This inventory covers all terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates of the land areas within the Svalbard Box
| Phylum | Rotifera (wheel animals), Gastrotricha (hairybellies), Nematoda (roundworms), Acanthoceophala (thorny-headed worms), Platyhelminthes (flatworms), Annelida (segmented worms), Tardigrada (water bears), Chelicerata, Mandibulata, Crustacea |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1869-01-01 / 2023-12-31 |
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Project Data
The project arose from a Special Collection invitation to Arctic Science associated with the 30 Year Jubilee of the University Centre in Svalbard. This paper will appear in Arctic Science.
| Title | Evaluation of the terrestrial and invertebrate fauna of the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard |
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| Funding | Internal |
| Study Area Description | The land area with the bounding coordinates of the Svalbard Box. |
Sampling Methods
Names extracted from publications describing this fauna from Svalbard.
| Study Extent | Evaluation of the resident invertebrate community of the terrestrial and freshwater habitats of Svalbard. |
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| Quality Control | Names of each species group checked by one or more specialists in that particular group. |
Method step description:
- Names collated in a Excel sheet and ordered by taxonomies. These names then assessed and corrected by specialist taxonomists and errors / synonyms removed.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 443d4938-8d5a-4e2e-a5b8-53fd139bb1d6 |
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| https://ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=invert_svalbard |