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  • The invertebrates of Svalbard
    • Overview
    • The Insects
    • Collembola, the springtails
    • The spiders and mites
    • Worms
    • The microscopic fauna
  • Adaption to the Arctic
  • Limnology. The freshwater fauna.
  • Are they dangerous?
  • Where do you find them?
  • How do you collect them?
    • Trapping methods
    • Nets
    • Pitfall traps
    • Water traps
    • Sticky traps
    • Malaise traps
    • Pooters - or sucking them up
    • Extraction from soil
  • Where do they come from?
  • Links to other invertebrate
    website and books

The microscopic fauna

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There are also a wide range of animals only visible with a microscope.

 

 

TARDIGRADA

 

ROTIFERA

 

AMOEBAE

 

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