@ARTICLE{Kukliński_Piotr_Fauna_2002, author={Kukliński, Piotr}, volume={vol. 23}, number={No 2}, journal={Polish Polar Research}, pages={193-206}, howpublished={online}, year={2002}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee on Polar Research}, abstract={Bryozoans were collected in Kongsfjorden (79°N and 12°E) in the summer seasons of 1997, 1998, and 1999. In the total of 44 grab, dredge, and SCUBA diving samples 143 taxa were determined: 123 species, 17 to the generic and 3 to the family level. In the investigated material were 24% Arctic species and 66% boreal-Arctic species. This suggests a rather Arctic nature of the fjord. A few boreal species indicate the influence of warm water masses (West Spitsbergen Current). The majority of species (76%) have an encrusting life form. There were 5 species with a frequency of occurrence higher than 20%. These are Electra crustulenta var. arctica (31.82%); Cylindroporella tubulosa (27.27%); Tegella arctica (22.73%); Tegella armifera (20.45%); and Hippothoa divaricata var. arctica (20.45%). Among all identified species 23 were recorded for the first time in the area of Svalbard archipelago. Most (79%) of newly noted species have Arctic distributions. The lower sampling effort of previous researchers most likely accounts for the present enrichment of the list of Bryozoa of Kongsfjorden.}, type={Article}, title={Fauna of Bryozoa from Kongsfjorden, West Spitsbergen}, URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110705/PDF-MASTER/ppr23-193.pdf}, keywords={Arctic, Spitsbergen, Kongsfjorden, Bryozoa}, }