@article {1583,
	title = {Microhabitat diversity of Svalbard bryozoa},
	journal = {Journal of Natural History},
	volume = {39},
	number = {7},
	year = {2005},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 892QVTimes Cited: 6Cited Reference Count: 43Taylor \& francis ltdAbingdon},
	pages = {539-554},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Bryozoans are one of the major macrofaunal groups of the high polar regions. Here we present data on the nature of bryozoan assemblages in the Svalbard Archipelago sampled over 6 years between 1997 and 2002. Samples were collected with use of Van Veen grab, dredge and Scuba diving at depths ranging from 0 to 268 m. Among examined material (5026 items) bryozoans were present on one type of abiotic (stones) and 40 types of biotic substrata. The biotic substrata we investigated included algae (12 taxa) and invertebrates (28 taxa: Hydrozoa, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Polychaeta, Crustacea, Ascidiacea, other Bryozoa). Both a priori ANOSIM (Global R=0.512, P=0.001) and cluster analyses reveal differences between the assemblages on different types of substrata. Cluster analyses distinguish two distinct groups of substrata. The first (stable) included stones, molluscs and Balanus balanus whilst the second (flexible) consisted of algae, hydrozoans and bryozoans. Bryozoan assemblages which colonized different substrata, varied in terms of species composition and their dominance. Bryozoan species were categorized as generalists, low-specificity epibiotic species or locally abundant background species. No species were found to be substratum-specific to any type. Among substrata with the richest bryozoan fauna were stones (156 taxa), Chlamys islandica (68) and Balanus balanus (62). There were clear patterns in the distribution of substrata colonized by bryozoans within the fiord system: those shallow near the mouth were rich whilst those in deeper water were depauperate. We consider environmental gradients such as siltation and processes related to depth to be responsible for such patterns.},
	keywords = {antarctica, Arctic, biodiversity, communities, epibiota, fauna, Kongsfjorden, signy island, substrata, substratum-bryozoan association},
	isbn = {0022-2933},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000226666000003},
	author = {Kuklinski, P. and Barnes, D. K. A.}
}
@article {1440,
	title = {Regional and temporal changes in epizoobiontic bryozoan-communities of Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758) and implications for North Sea ecology},
	journal = {Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science},
	volume = {91},
	number = {3},
	year = {2011},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 720ORTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 53Bitschofsky, F. Forster, S. Scholz, J.Leibniz Institut for Baltic Research Warnemunde ; University of Rostock ; Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg ; Loewe-Institut ; Initiative for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE) of the Federal State of Hessen ; Senckenberg Nature Research Society (SGN) ; Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main (GU)This work was only possible with the help of curators who made collected material available to us. We thank the curators: Dr. Dirk Brandis (Zoological Museum, Kiel), Dr. Carsten Later (Natural History Museum, Berlin), PD Dr. Andreas Schmidt-Rhesa (Zoological Museum, Hamburg) and their staff for providing this material. Further thanks go to Rainer Bahlo and the Leibniz Institut for Baltic Research Warnemunde for their support at the SEM, and to Professor Roger Cuffey (Pennsylvania State University) and two anonymous reviewers for reading and commenting on the manuscript and correcting the English. This research was supported by the University of Rostock, the Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg and the Loewe-Institut. This is a contribution by the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) supported by the Initiative for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE) of the Federal State of Hessen, the Senckenberg Nature Research Society (SGN), and Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main (GU).Academic press ltd- elsevier science ltdLondon},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {423-433},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Until recently, bryozoans have not been used as indicators for changes in bottom communities or climate control in the North Sea Basin, despite a 200-year history of bryozoan collecting. The epizoobiontic bryozoan fauna of Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758) was analysed on 51 sample stations kept in four German museums. The samples cover the entire North Sea and different time periods (1776-2008, mainly the period of 1904/1905 compared to 1980-87). Cluster analysis shows a differentiation into a northern and a southern North Sea assemblage. The northern assemblage is characterized by Amphiblestrum flemingii (Busk, 1854), Callopora dumerilii (Audouin, 1826) and Tricellaria ternata (Ellis \& Solander, 1786), while the southern North Sea is characterized by Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767), Crisia eburnea (Linnaeus, 1758) and Plagioecia patina (Lamarck, 1816). Spatial separation approximately follows the 50 m depth contour. The temporal distribution patterns of bryozoans are discussed in terms of NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) and temperature variations. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {biogeography, bryozoa, diversity, epibiosis, fauna, Flustra foliacea, invertebrates, North Sea, species diversity},
	isbn = {0272-7714},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000287290500009},
	author = {Bitschofsky, F. and Forster, S. and Scholz, J.}
}
