Arctic Bug Group

Founding members of the Svalbard Bug Group; March 2011. Peter Convey (U.K.), Elise Biersma (Netherlands), Arne Fjellberg (Norway), Torstein Solhøy (Norway), Maria Luisa Avila-Jimenez (Norway), Elisabeth Stur (Norway), Willem De Smet (Belgium), Natalia Lebedeva (Russia), Olga Makarova (Russia), Nastasia Taskaeva (Russia), Anatoly Babenko (Russia), Elena Melekhina (Russia), Dariusz Gwiazdowicz (Poland), Hanne Eik Pilskog (Norway), Anja Carlsson (U.K.), Kirsten Christoffersen (Denmark), Katarzyna Zmudczynska (Poland), Leopold Fuereder (Austria), Kristine Maraldo (Denmark), John Brittain (Norway), Sigmund Hågvar (Norway), Hanna-Laisa Lakka (Finland), Steve Coulson (Norway), Geir Søli (Norway) and Jean-Christophe Simon (France). Workshop funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

Member contact details

The Arctic Bug Group is an informal network of invertebrate ecologists with an interest in Svalbard and the wider Arctic in general. If you wish to included in the email list please contact Steve Coulson.

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In August 2012 the AB:201 course will be on cruise. The cruise plan is not available yet but see example route from 2011 below. During the six day cruise the students go ashore each day to collect data from project work. During this time they are also available to collect additional samples that may be useful for pilot projects or assist current project. We encourage the students to get involved in "real" science. Hence, if there are samples/projects that they might be able to help with please get in contact with Steve Coulson or the course leader Pernille Bronken Eidesen.

AB:201 cruise 2011

AB:201 cruise plan 2011
Day 1. Isfjord Radio/Kapp Linne
Day 2. Magdalenefjord
Day 3. Ringholddalen
Day 4. Raudfjord
Day 5. Kongsfjord
Day 6. Isfjord Radio/Linnevatn

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