Some Aspects of the Distribution of Microfauna in the Arctic

Authors

  • Marie Hammer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3811

Keywords:

Grinnell Glacier, Nunavut, Terra Nivea Ice Cap, Barnes Ice Cap, Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, Devon Island

Abstract

Contains a study on the circumpolar distribution of the oribatids and collemboles, very small insectlike creatures of the soil. Emphasis is placed on Greenland as a possible route between the Old World and the New, for this fauna, and for fauna in general.

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Published

1955-01-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (1955): 81–136

Section

Articles