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Citizen scientists reveal: marine litter pollutes Arctic beaches and affects wild life [PDF]

, 2017
Recent data indicate accumulation areas of marine litter in Arctic waters and significant increases over time. Beaches on remote Arctic islands may be sinks for marine litter and reflect pollution levels of the surrounding waters particularly well.
Bergmann, Melanie, Gutow, Lars, Lutz, Birgit, Tekman, Mine Banu   +3 more
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Reindeer on Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard [PDF]

Polar Research, 1995
Svalbard reindeer were exterminated on the island of Prins Karls Forland just after the turn of the last century. In July 1994, after a period of 90 years, reindeer were again observed on the island.
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Incomplete degradation of lichen usnic acid and atranorin in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)

Polar Research, 2019
Previous studies of Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Norway indicate that their rumen microbiota play a key role in degrading lichen secondary metabolites. We investigated the presence of usnic acid and atranorin in faecal samples
Michał Hubert Węgrzyn, Paulina Wietrzyk-Pełka, Agnieszka Galanty, Beata Cykowska-Marzencka, Monica Alterskjær Sundset   +4 more
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Standing sedation management of a domesticated reindeer for third eyelid removal

Open Veterinary Journal, 2023
Background: Reindeer are becoming popular animals within petting farms. Few case reports describe the sedation of domesticated reindeer, but none describing the use of ocular local anaesthetic blocks in this species.
Sara Lawrence-Mills, Maria-Christine Fischer, Sophie Talbot, Jenny Reed, Carolina Palacios Jimenez   +4 more
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Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in northwestern Svalbard [PDF]

, 2004
We studied the small-scale vegetation pattern in the high Arctic at Ny Angstromlesund to assess if the plant distribution was related to periglacial landforms.
CANNONE N, GERDOL R, GUGLIELMIN M.
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ABOMASAL NEMATODES OF THE SVALBARD REINDEER (RANGIFER TARANDUS PLATYRHYNCHUS VROLIK) [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1983
Six species of abomasal nematodes were recovered from Svalbard reindeer, Marshallagia marshalli and Ostertagia grühneri were more prevalent than Skrjabinagia lyrata, Teladorsagia circumcincta, Ostertagia occidentalis and Ostertagia trifurcata. Of 24 reindeer examined all harbored adult abomasal nematodes.
K, Bye, O, Halvorsen
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Nitrate stable isotopes and major ions in snow and ice samples from four Svalbard sites [PDF]

, 2015
Increasing reactive nitrogen (N-r) deposition in the Arctic may adversely impact N-limited ecosystems. To investigate atmospheric transport of N-r to Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic, snow and firn samples were collected from glaciers and analysed to define ...
Aanes R., Alina Marca, Amoroso A., Atkin O.K, Beaudon E., Beine H.J., Björkman M.P, Björkman M.P., Björkman M.P., Blunier T., Bottenheim J.W., Brimblecombe P., Burkhart J.F., Carmen P. Vega, Carroll M.A., Casciotti K.L., Coplen T.B., Dibb J.E., Dickson L.G, Draxler R.R., Elisabeth Isaksson, Eneroth K., Felix J.D., Forsström S., Freyer H.D, Freyer H.D., Førland E.J., Gibbons J.D., Goto-Azuma K., Hastings M.G, Hastings M.G., Hastings M.G., Heaton T.H.E, Heaton T.H.E., Hisdal V, Honrath R.E., Honrath R.E., Jan Kaiser, Jarvis J.C., Kahl J.D.W., Kaiser J., Kang S., Kekonen T., Kühnel R., Kühnel R., Li D., Liu S.C., Mats P. Björkman, Michalski G., Morin S., Morin S., Morin S., Morin S., Mosier A.R., Nuth C., Pohjola V.A., Rickard Pettersson, Rinnan R., Ruggirello R.M., Röthlisberger R., Samyn D., Schuler T.V., Semb A., Shaver G.R., Stohl A., Tõnu Martma, Vega C.P., Veijo A. Pohjola, Wolff E.W, Xu L.   +69 more
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Fluctuation in plant growth and in reindeer populations in Svalbard

Rangifer, 1990
T. V. Callaghan, N. J. C. Tyler, B. Carlsson   +2 more
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Do seasonal changes in Svalbard reindeer fur have relevance for heat transfer?

Rangifer, 2002
Physical characteristics of Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) fur samples were examined with respect to season. A total of 33 dorsal fur sections including adults and calves were investigated.
Christine Cuyler, Nils A. Øritsland
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Plasmid-associated antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in Escherichia coli in a high arctic reindeer subspecies

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2021
: Objectives: In extreme environments, such as the Arctic region, the anthropogenic influence is low and the presence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria is unexpected.
Marianne Sunde, Silje N. Ramstad, Knut Rudi, Davide Porcellato, Anuradha Ravi, Jane Ludvigsen, Carlos G. das Neves, Morten Tryland, Erik Ropstad, Jannice S. Slettemeås, Amar A. Telke   +10 more
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