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Remains of non-pollen-palynomorphs – tardigrades from Spitsbergen found during pollen analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2016

Vlasta Jankovská ,
Milena Roszkowska  and
Łukasz Kaczmarek
Vlasta Jankovská
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany, Department of Vegetation Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Lidická 25/27, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Milena Roszkowska
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznań, Poland (kaczmar@amu.edu.pl)
Łukasz Kaczmarek
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznań, Poland (kaczmar@amu.edu.pl)
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Abstract

Pollen- and non-pollen-palynomorphs (NPP) analytical studies of the northwestern part of Spitsbergen were conducted between 1988 and 1991. As well as pollen from local native flora and more dispersed species, some well preserved remains of tardigrada exuvia, buccal tubes and eggs were found. This study reviewed the remains of at least six tardigrade taxa reported: Dactylobiotus ambiguous, Paramacrobiotus richtersi group, Richtersius coronifer, Macrobiotus hufelandi group, Macrobiotus peterseni and Minibiotus cf. intermedius, which are reassessed and determined more accurately. These findings provide some new insights into the past environmental conditions and changes for Spitsbergen. Based on the present research it can be concluded that tardigrade remains are frequent NPP elements of pollen analyses from lake, peat bogs and detritus sub-fossil sediment cores, at least in polar regions. It can also be stated that tardigrades can be considered indicators in further palaeontological studies helping to reconstruct past environmental conditions (for example humidity) for some regions. However, the knowledge of tardigrades in these types of analyses is still rather poor.

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Polar Record , Volume 52 , Issue 4 , July 2016 , pp. 450 - 463
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