Ground-living spiders (Araneae) at polluted sites in the Subarctic
- Spiders were studied around the Pechenganikel smelter combine, Kola Peninsula, north-western Russia. The average spider density was 6-fold greater and the density of Linyphiidae specimens 11.5-fold higher at slightly polluted sites, compared with heavily polluted sites. Altogether, 18 species from 10 families were found at heavily polluted sites, the theridiid Robertus scoticus clearly dominating (23.3 % of identifiable specimens), also Neon reticulatus (9.6 %), Thanatus formicinus (9.6 %) and Xysticus audax (8.2 %) were abundant. The most numerous among 58 species found at slightly polluted sites were Tapinocyba pallens (18.5 %), Robertus scoticus (13.7 %), Maso sundevalli (9.5 %) and Alopecosa aculeata (8.2 %). The family Linyphiidae dominated at slightly polluted sites, 64 % of species and 60 % of individuals; compared with heavily polluted sites, 23 % and 38 % respectively.
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| Author: | Seppo Koponen |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-266158 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5431/aramit4009 |
| ISSN: | 1081-4171 |
| Parent Title (German): | Arachnologische Mitteilungen |
| Publisher: | Arachnologische Ges. |
| Place of publication: | NĂĽrnberg |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2012/10/02 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2011 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2012/10/02 |
| Tag: | Kola Peninsula; density; diversity; smelter |
| Volume: | 2011 |
| Issue: | 40 |
| Page Number: | 5 |
| First Page: | 80 |
| Last Page: | 84 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 358235316 |
| 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) | |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Arachnologische Mitteilungen / Arachnologische Mitteilungen, Heft 40 (2011) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-287755 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
