Rocky littoral macroorganisms that live between the high and low water marks were
sampled in the summers of 1988 and 2007–2008 in Hornsund Fjord and along the adjacent …

The Arctic is one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth. This area is therefore very
suitable for conducting studies focused on the influence of climate change on the biota …

The term meiobenthos refers to a group of invertebrate organisms that are intermediate in
size between macro-and microfauna, and inhabit all sediment types in all marine …

Meiofaunal samples from arctic (Bear Island, Franz Josef Land, Hopen, Kolguev), temperate
(Baltic Sea, North Sea), subtropical (Tunisia, Greece), tropical (Emirates, Ghana) and …

Twenty-two stations in the intertidal and shallow sublittoral of Bjornoya (74° N, 19° E) were
studied in August 1994 revealing a large and diverse standing crop of macro-algae (16 …

Shoreline plant and animal communities close to a retreating tidewater glacier on the sub-
Antarctic island of South Georgia displayed a series of physical and biological gradients …

Monothalamous foraminifera were abundant in sediment samples from fjords and offshore
areas around western Svalbard (water depth range 26–2472 m). The> 500 µm fractions of …

An Arctic tidal flat in Spitsbergen (Svalbard Archipelago) was studied along a transect from
the river on the landward side to the adjacent fjord in July 1996 and 1997. The concentration …

Meiofauna communities of four intertidal sites, two sheltered and two more exposed, in
Kongsfjorden (Svalbard) were investigated in summer 2001 at two different tidal levels (ie …

The present study investigated the relationship of sediment attributes to meiofaunal
composition pattern and its food source in the Kongsfjord. Sediment in the fjord is dominated …