TY - JOUR N2 - Nematoda, Tardigrada, Rotifera and Crustacea composition in different freshwater habitats on Spitsbergen (Arctic) and King George Island (Antarctic) was presented. In all surveyed groups more genera and species were recorded from Spitsbergen than from King George Island. Habitats richest in taxa were moss banks and thaw ponds, whereas streams were poorest in species. In all groups in both regions cosmopolitan species dominated, but higher number of endemic species was recorded on King George Island. Regarding species composition in surveyed groups it can be suggested that freshwater habitats on Spitsbergen are more similar to each other than those on King George Island. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110965/PDF/1996-3-4_173-202.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110965 PY - 1996 IS - No 3-4 EP - 202 KW - Arctic KW - Antarctic KW - freshwater invertebrates KW - species composition KW - Nematoda KW - Tardigrada KW - Rotifera KW - Crustacea A1 - Janiec, Katarzyna PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 17 DA - 1996 T1 - The comparison of freshwater invertebrates of Spitsbergen (Arctic) and King George Island (Antarctic) SP - 173 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110965 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -