TY - JOUR N2 - In the Fugleberget catchment area (Spitsbergen, Hornsund Fiord region) the growing season lasted 95 days, with growth beginning under the snow. In this time shoots of moss Calliergon stramineum reached a mean length of 19 mm and mean biomass of 0.593 mg dry weight. Annual primary production of moss communities amounts to 220-270 g dry weight per square meter per year. In the first year of destruction the dead plant material lost 30-45% of its initial value, after 10 years only ca 25% of the initial amount of organic matter was left. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111142/PDF-MASTER/1991-3_419-434.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111142 PY - 1991 IS - No 3 EP - 434 KW - Arctic KW - Spitsbergen KW - tundra KW - production KW - destruction A1 - OpaliƄski, Krzysztof W. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 12 DA - 1991 T1 - Primary production and organic matter destruction in Spitsbergen tundra SP - 419 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111142 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -