Abstract
While indirect effects of UV radiation on insects (via effects on food plants) have been studied in some subarctic and sub-antarctic ecosystems (GwynnJones et al. 1997; Rosseaux et al. 1998), there is hardly any information about direct effects on high latitude terrestrial invertebrates. This chapter presents the first results from a study on UV effects on a selected group of collembolan (springtail) species from Svalbard. Collembola are dominant invertebrates in high latitude and high altitude terrestrial ecosystems. Yet, to my knowledge, only one study has so far been reported on effects of UV radiation on Collembola (Zinkler and Wilkin 1989). Although they used an unnaturally strong radiation intensity, which led to the death of even fairly dark surface dwelling species within a few hours, they showed as expected that these species survived much longer (an order of magnitude) than unpigmented soil-living ones.
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Leinaas, H.P. (2002). UV Tolerance, Pigmentation and Life Forms in High Arctic Collembola. In: Hessen, D.O. (eds) UV Radiation and Arctic Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 153. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56075-0_6
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