TY - JOUR N2 - 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. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110705/PDF-MASTER/ppr23-193.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110705 PY - 2002 IS - No 2 EP - 206 KW - Arctic KW - Spitsbergen KW - Kongsfjorden KW - Bryozoa A1 - Kukliński, Piotr PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 23 DA - 2002 T1 - Fauna of Bryozoa from Kongsfjorden, West Spitsbergen SP - 193 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110705 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -