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No 10 ARCTIC INSECT 1999 NEWS IN THIS ISSUE Editor’s Comments News Briefs Feature species: Hypogastrura tullbergi Low temperature adaptations in the freezingtolerant high arctic woollybear caterpillars (Gynaephora groenlandica) Feature locality: Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island 10 History Corner Publications Available Update to Annotated List of People interested in Arctic Insects Mailing List for Arctic Insect News Questionnaire: People Interested in Arctic Insects Contributors to this Issue 13 17 19 20 28 29 EDITOR’S COMMENTS This issue of Arctic Insect News once again contains information about studies of arctic insects in both the Palearctic and Nearctic regions Among the usual features, information about current arctic research consists of a relatively detailed account of one current project, and I invite others to submit such accounts of their ongoing work Of course, other reports, news items, features, and ideas continue to be welcome The mailing list for Arctic Insect News (included here) continues to grow with every issue Others can be added to the list by contacting hdanks@mus-nature.ca, or the address below H.V.D Arctic Insect News, distributed free of charge, is available upon request from the Secretariat, Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O Box 3443, Station “D” Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P4 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 NEWS BRIEFS Update on The Otto Sverdrup Centennial Expedition In last year’s issue of Arctic Insect News Guldborg Søvik reported on the planned Otto Sverdrup Centennial Expedition (Arctic Insect News No 1998: 14-16) The expedition yacht Northhanger left Norway as planned on June 24, 1999 and by August 27, 1999 they had arrived in their winter home in Hourglass Bay, Ellesmere Island Since their arrival they have constructed a hut from structural insulated panels where one couple will live (the others will live on the boat) as well as a separate communications hut They are now settling into a mainly indoor winter routine dealing with the circumpolar education and interdisciplinary polar science programs In November the boat started to vanish beneath hard, wind-packed snow and unfortunately, the stern of the boat is sinking so the team has been busy attempting to cut away the ice and snow Spring will allow botanical and or ni tho log i cal ob s e r v a t i o n s , phytoplankton sampling, searches for arctic mites and en vi ron men tal pol lut ants A 12-week 1200-km ski and sledging journey north across Ellesmere Island and via Norwegian Bay to remote Axel Heiberg Island is also planned for the spring Regular updates on the expedition can be found on the web site at http://www.sverdrup2000.org Guldborg Søvik can be t a c t e d by email at guldborg@sverdrup2000.org although messages should be kept small as they are communicating through a satellite communications system Shared Voices The second issue of Shared Voices, the University of the Arctic newsletter, is now available on-line Shared Voices is published periodically to keep those interested in the University of the Arctic informed about its activities and development The newsletter is distributed electronically over the University of the Arctic information service, uarcticlist The current issue and an archive of past issues are available in various formats in the publications section of the Uni ver sity of the Arc tic web site (www.urova.fi/home/uarctic) To subscribe electronically go to the University of the Arctic web site and fill out the on line form ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 (www.urova.fi/home/uarctic/contactus.html) Your name will be automatically added to the list The University of the Arctic is a partnership of academic institutions, indigenous peoples’ organizations and the Arctic states It is gaining an increasing profile including an edi- torial in the last issue of Arctic [Johnson, P G 1999 The University of the Arctic Arctic 52(3): iii-iv] Dr Peter Adams was invited to the 6th Circumpolar Universities Cooperation Conference (held June 24-27, 1999 at the University of Abderdeen, Scotland) to give the keynote address about the University of the Arctic Call for abstracts - Temp 2000 The 7th Triennial International Symposium on Insect/Invertebrate and Plant Cold Hardiness (Temp 2000) will be held May 28 to June 2, 2000 at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia The organizing committee of the Temp 2000 Symposium now invites submissions for presentations Abstracts should address one or more of the symposium’s suggested themes Polar and Alpine Adaptations in Invertebrates Adaptations to Cold in Plants Cold Tolerance of Organisms and Global Change Molecular and Biochemical Aspects of Cold Hardiness Fourth European Workshop of Invertebrate Ecophysiology The Fourth European Workshop of Invertebrate Ecophysiology will be held in St Petersburg, Russia, 9-14 September 2001 The workshop will cover all aspects of ecophysiology of ter res trial in ver te brates (mainly arthropods), the main themes for separate sessions being as follows: Ô Life cycles and phenological strategies Ô Temperature requirements of development Theoretical Aspects of Cold Hardiness: Principles and Concepts Cold Hardiness of Stored Products Pests; Miscellaneous Topics Where we go from here? The next Cold Hardiness Symposium Abstracts may be submitted by completing the web form at: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/conf/temp2000/ or by email to temp2000@uvcs.uvic.ca Abstract proposals should be submitted no later than February 14, 2000 For more program information, please contact: Dr Richard A Ring, Biology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada V8W 3N5 (telephone: 250-721-7102; fax: 250-721-7120; email: raring@uvic.ca) Ô Overwintering and cold hardiness Ô Water relations and respiration Impacts and responses to climate change For further information contact the organizer: Prof Dr Vladilen E Kipyatkov, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, St Pe ters burg S t a t e U n i ver sity, 7/9 Universitetskaya emb St Petersburg, 199034 RUSSIA (tel: (+7) 812 3289679; Fax: (+7) 812 4277310; e-mail: vk@socium.usr.pu.ru) ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 FEATURE SPECIES: THE SPRINGTAIL HYPOGASTRURA TULLBERGI Hans Petter Leinaas and Lauritz Sømme University of Oslo, Department of Biology, P.O.Box 1050 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway Hypogastrura tullbergi (Schäffer, 1900) (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) Originally described from specimens collected in 1875 at the banks of the Jenesej River in Siberia In the Arctic, a closely related species H concolor has been confused with H tullbergi Range: Circumpolar, widespread in arctic North America and Siberia, common on high arctic islands including Svalbard, not found on the European continent Reports of H tullbergi from middle Europe refer to other species Habitat: Abundant in dry habitats like grass meadows and heath vegetation, rare in wet habitats Feeds on fungi and cyanobacteria Features of special interest: Reproductive diapause, population dynamics, tolerance to cold and dry arid conditions Sample ref erences: Birkemoe and Sømme 1998; Birkemoe and Leinaas 1999; Coulson et al 1995, 1999; Hodkinson et al 1996 Fig Hypogastrura tullbergi Springtails (Collembola) are highly successful terrestrial arthropods in the Arctic Approximately 110 species are known from arctic North Amer ica, and 60 spe cies from the Svalbard archipelago alone They may reach densities of several hundred thousands per m2 in rich, hu mid hab i tats The ef fect of Collembola on the cycling of plant nutrients is partly re lated to their role as sec ond ary decomposers (fungivorous, litter fragmentation) and in the high Arctic also as grazers on cyanobacteria (which fix N2 from the atmosphere) As a dominant group among arctic microarthropods they probably represent an important food source for spiders and predatory mites Some birds also appear to rely partly on Collembola as food during the high arctic summer, e.g snow buntings and purple sandpipers ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 We have chosen Hypogastrura tullbergi (Fig 1) as a representative of arctic springtails because of its holarctic distribution and because of recent studies on the biology of the species at Svalbard Tolerance and effects of physical stress Acclimation of H tullbergi at temperatures around 0°C lowers their supercooling points below –20 °C This is a typical response of alpine and polar Collembola in preparation for the winter In a population from Ny-Ålesund, mean low-group supercooling points of –25 °C were recorded at the end of the winter During summer, high spot temperatures occur in the upper soil layer even at high arctic sites, but microarthropods appear to be well adapted (Hodkinson et al 1996) H tullbergi may survive temperatures up to 35°C Although this species prefers relatively dry habitats, its resistance to desiccation is not particularly high A study in the authors’ laboratory of three species of Hypogastrura s.l from Svalbard showed that the mean rate of water loss in H tullbergi was 8.5 % of fresh weight per hour, compared to 4.9 % in H viatica and 14.3 % in H (Ceratophylla) longispina The two latter species occur in wet habitats along the sea shore Thus, although H tullbergi typically lives in rather exposed habitats, it does not appear to be exceptionally tolerant to drought and low temperatures (compared to species from more sheltered and humid habitats) It may suffer increased mortality during dry or unusually cold periods Another important limiting factor is the formation of an ice crust on the ground during winter thaw Even a thin ice cover of a few cm formed in early winter had strong effects on the population density of H tullbergi The effect was still evident at the end of the next summer, and increased with the thickness of the ice As ice formation varies strongly between winters and also over short distances even within homogenous habitats, it may be an important determinant both for the population dynamics and spatial distribution of the species (Coulson et al 1999) Life-history strategies H tullbergi has a flexible life cycle, of about years in the western part of Svalbard, and longer in the colder eastern part of the archipelago The time to maturation also varies between years, depending on the climate Despite the flexibility of the life cycle, it shows a distinct phenological pattern with reproduction concentrated in the first part of summer, leading to a peak of hatching in late summer (beginning of August) The phenology is maintained by a reproductive diapause that is terminated by winter cold, thereby timing the onset of reproduction to spring (Birkemoe and Leinaas 1999) Although innate, the diapause diverges from a normal obligate diapause in that cold exposure of any juvenile instar prevents diapause in the adults In this way the diapause is switched off in all juveniles emerging from their first winter, but it is re-initiated later in summer (Fig 2) This response leaves a short time interval where juveniles may mature and start reproduction already in their second summer, before going into autumn diapause However, in most summers they not reach this stage until after the diapause is re-initiated and thereby postpone the start of reproduction until the third summer This pattern is explained as an adaptation to allow the species to utilise exceptionally warm summers to reduce the generation time as illustrated in Fig During unusually cold summers a reproductive quiescence may prevent or strongly reduce the reproductive effort of adults, probably increasing their winter survival The developmental rates and growth of H tullbergi at different temperatures shows little evidence of cold adaptation On the contrary, the heat sum to maturation declines and the animals grow bigger with increasing temperatures (between and 15 °C) This response is explained as an adaptation to a highly variable microclimate, where there is more to gain by efficiently utilising higher rather than lower temperatures (Birkemoe and Leinaas submitted) Population dynamics Unpredictable physical stress may seriously affect the density of H tullbergi In addition, the species shows life-history strategies to cope with both predictable and unpredictable climatic variations, which are typical for its environment Altogether, this results in a complex population dynamics with a distinct seasonality in reproduction, but also with great variations in den sity and de mog phy be tween years (Birkemoe and Sømme 1998) Selected references Birkemoe, T and L Sømme 1998 Population dynamics of two collembolan species in an Arctic tundra Pedobiologia 42: 131-145 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 Birkemoe, T and H.P Leinaas 1999 Reproductive biology of the arctic collembolan Hypogastrura tullbergi Ecography 22: 31-39 Coulson, S.J., I.D Hodkinson, W Block, N.R Webb, and M.R Worland 1995 Low summer temperatures: a potential mortality factor for high arctic soil microarthropods? J Insect Physiol 41:783-792 Coulson, S.J H.P Leinaas, R.A Ims, and G Søvik 1999 Experimental manipulation of the winter surface ice sheet: the effects on a High Arctic soil microarthropods community Ecography (in press) Hodkinson, I.D., S.J Coulson, N.R Webb, and W Block 1996 Can high Arctic soil microarthropods survive elevated summer temperatures? Funct Ecol 10: 314-321 Fig Growth, diapause development and reproduction in H tullbergi from a population with about a two-year life cycle A Development during periods where temperature varies within a “normal” range Reproduction is canalised to the first part of the 3rd summer by reproductive diapause B Exceptionally warm weather allows some reproduction to take place during the middle of the 2nd summer because diapause is temporarily avoided D = periods of diapause/diapause induction (in juveniles), R = periods of reproduction, W = winter The horizontal dotted line indicates size difference between adults and juveniles ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 LOW TEMPERATURE ADAPTATIONS IN THE FREEZING-TOLERANT HIGH ARCTIC WOOLLYBEAR CATERPILLARS (Gynaephora groenlandica): METABOLIC AND BEHAVIOURAL OPPORTUNISTS Valerie Bennett Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A 45056 Thomas Allen, Olga Kukal Atlantic Low Temperature Systems Ltd., Prince St Suite 705, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4L3 Hugh Danks Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O Box 3443, Station “D”, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P4 David Levin Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3N5 Richard Lee Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A 45056 The main objective of this study is to improve our understanding of how organisms survive extreme environmental conditions In particular we are focusing on energy generation and conservation in insects adapted to very short growing seasons and long dormant periods during harsh arctic winters Various aspects of metabolic control are being investigated, including behavioural, physiological, cellular and biochemical changes influenced by temperature, and their genetic regulation The results relate directly to biomedicine (i.e cryopreservation of tissues and organs) and food industry (i.e frost resistance in crops, storage and transport of food, aquaculture operations) Ectotherms can remain active over a wide range of temperatures by modulating metabolic rate with changing body temperatures to provide the necessary energy to power various phys i o log i cal pro cesses (Hochachka and Somero, 1984) Ectotherms also have the capacity to “shut down” or minimize energy expenditures when thermal or other environmental conditions are sub-optimal (Danks, 1987) It is this ability to vary levels of activity and, more elementally, vary metabolic energy production, which has allowed ectotherms to exploit extreme environments such as the High Arctic The mechanisms of metabolic regulation associated with long periods of inactivity such as that experienced by overwintering ectotherms are not well understood In previous field studies, we found that the High Arc t i c woollybear cat er pil lars (Gynaephora groenlandica) undergo a significant seasonal metabolic depression in preparation for overwintering (Bennett et al., 1999) which may be associated with mitochondrial degradation (Kukal et al., 1989) This is critical for polar ectotherms to maintain sufficient energy stores for the long inactive period (~10 months), since feeding and energy acquisition is only possible for 3-4 weeks out of the year (Kukal and Kevan, 1987) Our current research goal is to develop an understanding of the regulation of this seasonal metabolic depression, both entry into and emergence from the winter dormant state, on ecological, physiological, and genetic levels Specific aims are: 1) to relate behavioural utilization of various tundra microhabitats by active caterpillars to ther mal c h a r ac ter is tics of those microhabitats with respect to energy acquisition; 2) to identify and physically characterize hibernacula sites, and monitor timing of entry and exit from sites, as well as site fidelity; 3) to relate seasonal changes in whole animal respiration rates to changes in mitochondrial quantity, structure, and function in terms of metabolic enzyme activities as caterpillars enter into and emerge from hibernacula sites; and 4) to understand the genetic mechanisms controlling seasonal changes in enzyme activity and mitochondrial degradation and synthesis Results to date and experimental plans Cat er pil lar Be hav iour in Dif f e r e n t Microhabitats: It is important for woollybear caterpillars to maximize energy acquisition during their brief period of summer activity in preparation for winter In this study (Bennett et al., submitted) we strove to understand behavioural utilization of different types of tundra microhabitats based on their thermal characteristics during the active period prior to their retreat into hibernation sites We discovered that larval behavior during the active season differed between tundra microhabitats, corresponding to differences in t h e t h e r mal char ac ter is tics of these microhabitats Most caterpillars fed in the arctic willow, Salix arctica, their preferred food plant, while basking was the dominant behavior in Dryas integrifolia, which was found to be the warmest microhabitat Few caterpillars were observed in Cassiope tetragona, which was the coldest microhabitat Mean temperatures in both S arctica and D integrifolia were within the op ti mal range of 15-22°C for G groenlandica feeding and metabolism (Kukal and Dawson, 1989; Bennett et al., 1999) However, maximum temperatures reached in D integrifolia frequently exceeded 30°C, the temperature at which food assimilation efficiency and growth rates decrease significantly (Kukal and Dawson, 1989) The basking effect, which we define as the extent to which body temperature is elevated above ambient temperature due ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 to basking, on June was observed to be greatest in S arctica (9.0 +/- 2.5°C; mean +/- SEM), followed closely by D integrifolia (8.0 +/1.2°C), and more distantly by that observed on bare ground (5.4 +/- 0.8°C) Macroclimatic and meteorological features which characterize the High Arctic, such as wind, snow, and changes in the angle of incident sunlight during a 24 h cycle, were also apparent at the microhabitat surface, and even 10 cm below the surface Iden ti fi ca tion and Char ac ter iza tion of Overwintering Sites: Knowing where to find overwintering insects in the field is a crucial aspect of all aims of our research, because we want to document the physiological and genetic changes associated with en try into and emer gence from the overwintering state (Kukal, 1995) Last season we were able to locate, mark, and characterize 10 G groenlandica hi ber na cu la (overwintering) sites at Eastwind Lake, and another 14 sites at Ekblaw Lake, Ellesmere Island Nation Park Reserve All hibernacula were associated with rocks, not vegetation, and had been recently abandoned (within a few days) by caterpillars Physical characterization included measurements of rock size, geographic orientation of hibernaculum, number of caterpillars, nearest vegetation (distance and type), and nearest caterpillar In four sites at each lake we launched StowAway dual channel temperature data loggers to simultaneously monitor hibernaculum and ambient temperatures over the course of a full year This season we plan to retrieve the temperature data from the previously marked sites, and check to see if these same sites were used again by caterpillars We would also like to continue locating and characterizing additional hibernacula sites, especially ones containing multiple caterpillars By tying a length of colored thread to a caterpillar, we will be able to follow its trail to its hibernaculum, in order to document hibernacula sites in use In lab enclosures, caterpillars made use of artificial “crevices” constructed from cardboard This season we would also like to construct some artificial hibernacula sites by stacking rocks on the tundra where active caterpillars ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 are observed (Eastwind Lake, Axel plateau) to see if they will make use of these sites and spin hibernacula at the end of the season The same characteristics described above will also be recorded for these artificial sites We will collect some caterpillars from these hibernacula sites to use for field respirometry measurements and mitochondrial analyses (see below) Ideally we would like to be able to return to these marked sites early the following season to catch caterpillars as they emerge from overwintering Respirometry and Mitochondria: The woollybear caterpillars have a capacity to rapidly and dramatically increase respiration rates up to fourfold within 12-24 hour of feeding, while their respiration rate plunges by 60-85% in as little as 12 hours of starvation At the peak of their feeding season, the respiration rates of caterpillars increases significantly with temperature from 0.5-22°C in both feeding and starved larvae (Q10=1-5) During the latter part of their feeding season the caterpillars are less sensitive to temperature changes (Q10~1.5) which is indicative of diapause The respiration rates of caterpillars in hibernacula were even lower, but they did not appear to demonstrate metabolic cold adaptations compared with other temperate lepidopteran larvae The seasonal capacity to adjust metabolic rate rapidly in response to food consumption and temperature (which can be greatly elevated by basking) may promote the efficient acquisition of energy during the brief (1 month) summer feeding period of feeding and development When the conditions are less favourable the caterpillars enter diapause which is likely linked to their extended life cycle of 14-20 years (Kukal and Kevan, 1987; Kukal, 1995) Respirometry measurements will again be made using the microrespirometry apparatus developed by Lee (1995), which we have used successfully for field measurements on G groenlandica in past seasons (Bennett et al., 1999) Changes in caterpillar respiration rate will continue to be followed from the beginning of their active feeding season through entry into the overwintering state (spinning of hibernacula) for a field population Caterpillars will be col lected from the same site (prob a bly Eastwind Lake or Axel Plateau) once a week while actively feeding, starved for 24 h, and respiration rate measured Caterpillars which have recently spun hibernacula will also be collected from artificial hibernacula sites (see above) for respirometry Tissues from these caterpillars will then be immediately stained and fixed in the field using a MitoTracker Green FM (Molecular Probes) protocol which was piloted in the field last season, for later analysis of mitochondrial quantity and quality in the lab Active caterpillars and food (leaves of Salix arctica) will also be collected and transported back to the lab for further experiments Ge netic Anal y s i s o f M i to chon drial Changes: Both actively feeding and overwintering caterpillars will be collected from the field, and used to determine if mitochondrial degradation and reconstitution can also be quantified by direct analysis of mitochondrial DNA using dot blot hybridization or quantitative PCR techniques We will also look for seasonal differences in gene expression for mitochondrial enzymes involved in cellular respiration, such as cytochrome oxidase or cytochrome b, using kinetic studies of mRNA synthesis On a more long-term scale, we would like to identify, clone, and characterize genes which are differen tially ex pressed in cold-acclimated vs warm-acclimated insects References Bennett, V.A., O Kukal, and R.E Lee (1999) Metabolic opportunists: feeding and temperature influence the rate and pattern of respiration in the high arctic woollybear caterpillar, Gynaephora groenlandica (Lymantriidae) Journal of Experimental Biology 202:47-53 Bennett, V.A., O Kukal, R.E Lee, Jr., and Thomas F Allen Differential behavior of arctic woollybear caterpillars (Gynaephora groenlandica) with respect to thermal characteristics of several tundra microhabitats in the High Arctic oasis at Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island (82°N, 71°W) Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (submitted December 1999) 10 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 Danks, H.V (1987) Insect dormancy: An ecological perspective Ottawa Biological Survey of Canada, Monograph, Series No Hochachka, P.W and G.N Somero (1984) Biochemical Adaptation Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press Kukal, O., and T E Dawson (1989) Temperature and food quality influences feeding behavior, assimilation efficiency and growth rate of arctic woolly-bear caterpillars Oecologia 79:526-532 Kukal, O., and P G Kevan (1987) The influence of parasitism on the life history of a high arctic insect, Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Canadian Journal of Zoology 65:156-163 Kukal, O (1995) Winter mortality and the function of larval hibernacula during the 14-year life cycle of an arctic moth, Gynaephora groenlandica Canadian Journal of Zoology 73:657-662 Kukal, O., J G Duman, and A S Serianni (1989) Cold-induced mitochondrial degradation and cryoprotectant synthesis in freeze-tolerant arctic caterpillars Journal of Comparative Physiology B 158:661-671 Lee, R.E., Jr (1995) Using microrespirometers to measure oxygen consumption by insects and small invertebrates American Biology Teacher 57: 284-285 FEATURE LOCALITY: ISACHSEN, ELLEF RINGNES ISLAND Hugh V Danks Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O Box 3443, Station “D”, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P4 Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island 78° 47′ N, 103° 32′ W Mean July temperature: Approx 3.5 ° C Vegetation zone: High arctic, impoverished Habitats: Barrens, marshes, river, gravel slopes, clay and sandy plains, other habitats Arthropod fauna: Partly known; very impoverished Vertebrate fauna and flora: Limited Sample points of interest: Composition of a very reduced arthropod fauna: many taxa are miss ing Tol er ance of ex treme conditions Sample references: Bliss and Svoboda 1984; McAlpine 1964, 1965; MacDonald 1961; Savile 1961 a, b, 1963, 1971 Location of Ellef Ringnes Is., in the Canadian high arctic 16 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 and established the existing Alpine flora and fauna, whereas others reached the home of their ancestors in the Arctic regions During the long period that has elapsed since those times, scarcely any modification in Arctic and Alpine forms has taken place in some cases; in others, in which the divergence is greater, evolution will account for it.” McLachlan, R 1879 Report on the Insecta (including Arachnida) collected by Captain Feilden and Mr Hart between the parallels of 78° and 83° north latitude, during the recent Arctic expedition J Linnean Soc (Zool.) 14: 98-122 References McLachlan, R 1878 Appendix VI Insecta and Arachnida pp 234-239 in Nares, G.S Narrative of a voyage to the polar sea during 1875-6 in H.M Ships ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’; with notes on the natural history edited by H.W Feilden, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S., F.R.G.S, naturalist to the expedition Vol II 378 pp Moonrise, Ellesmere Island ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 17 PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE This list indicates publications associated with the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) that may be of interest to readers of Arctic Insect News Unless otherwise noted, publications can be requested from the Survey (see back cover for address details) *Prices for publications available from the Entomological Society of Canada include shipping costs Orders from Canada should pay in Canadian dollars and add 7% GST; orders from other countries should pay in U.S dollars Arthropods of Polar Bear Pass, 1980 Danks, H.V Syllogeus Bathurst Island, Arctic Canada 25 68 pp Available upon request Arctic Arthropods A review of 1981 Danks, H.V Entomologisystematics and ecology with cal Society of Canada, Ottawa particular reference to the North 608 pp American fauna $30.00* from the Entomological Society of Canada, 393 Winston Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K2A 1Y8 Bibliography of the Arctic Ar- 1981 Danks, H.V Entomologi- $7.00* from the Entomological thropods of the Nearctic Region cal Society of Canada, Ottawa Society of Canada, address 125 pp above Arctic insects; Adaptations of arctic insects 1986 Kevan, P.G and H.V Book available from booksellers Danks pp 72-77 and 55-57 in B Sage, The arctic and its wildlife Croom Helm, Beckenham 190 pp Insect-plant interactions in arctic regions 1987 Danks, H.V Rev Ent Quebec 31: 52-75 Available upon request Insects of Canada 1988 Danks, H.V Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Document Series no 18 pp Available upon request (version franỗaise aussi disponible) Insects of the boreal zone of Canada 1989 Danks, H.V and R.G Available upon request Foottit Can Ent 121: 626-677 Arctic invertebrate biology: ac- 1989 Danks, H.V and R.A Available upon request tion required A brief Ring Bull ent Soc Can 21(3), Suppl pp 18 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 Arctic insects: instructive diver- Danks, H.V pp 444-470, Vol sity II in C.R Harington (Ed.), Canada*s missing dimension: Science and history in the Canadian arctic islands Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa vols, 855 pp Copies of paper available upon request The two-volume set available from Canadian Museum of Nature, Direct Mail Section, P.O Box 3443, Station “D”, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4 Cost in Canada: $40.61 (includes tax and shipping) Cost outside Canada: $45.00 (U.S.$) (includes shipping) Arctic insects as indicators of environmental change 1992 Danks, H.V Arctic 45(2): Available upon request 159-166 Patterns of diversity in the Canadian insect fauna 1993 Danks, H.V pp 51-74 in Available upon request Ball, G.E and H.V Danks (Eds.), Systematics and entomology: diversity, distribution, adaptation and application Mem ent Soc Can 165 272 pp [Seasonal adaptations in insects 1993 Danks, H.V pp 54-66 in Copies of English version availfrom the high arctic.] M Takeda and S Tanaka able upon request (Eds.), [Seasonal adaptation and diapause in insects] Bun-ichi-Sogo Publ., Ltd., Tokyo (In Japanese) Arctic insects and global change 1994 Ring, R.A pp 61-66 in R Available from author Riewe, and J Oakes (Eds.), Biological Implications of Global Change Environmental Research Series OEC Publ 33 Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Edmonton 114 pp Insect cold-hardiness: insights from the Arctic 1994 Danks, H.V., O Kukal and R.A Ring Arctic 47(4): 391-404 Available upon request The wider integration of studies 1996 Danks, H.V European on insect cold-hardiness Journal of Entomology 93(3): 383-403 Available upon request ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 Insects of the Yukon 19 $95.00* from the Entomological 1997 Danks, H.V and J.A Downes (Eds.) Biological Sur- Society of Canada, address vey of Canada (Terrestrial Ar- above thropods), Ottawa x + 1034 pp Life cycles in polar arthropods – 1999 Danks, H.V European flexible or programmed? Journal of Entomology 96(2): 83-102 Available upon request UPDATE TO ANNOTATED LIST OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN ARCTIC INSECTS Valerie A Bennett Department of Zoology Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 U.S.A Tel 513-529-3624 Fax: 513-529-6900 email: bennetv@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu Arctic interests: Physiological ecology of insect overwintering; cryobiology Regions: High arctic, Ellesmere Island Current projects: Seasonal changes in respiration and relations to mitochondrial synthesis and degradation in Gynaephora groenlandica Erkki M Laasonen Vyökatu B 13, Fin-00160 Helsinki, Finland Tel.: 358-3-247-5459 Fax.: 358-3-247-5586 Arc tic inter ests: Microlepidoptera, Lepidoptera, Trichoptera, Odonata, Zoogeography Quantification of populations Regions: Border regions of arctic / subarctic Current projects: Microlepidoptera of Scandinavian sub arc tic, es pe cially Fin land Cir cum po lar c o m p a r a t i v e tax o n o m y o f T o r t r i c o i d e a , Gracillariidae, Nepticuloidea Willing to exchange Lepidoptera / Microlepidoptera from high arctic / arctic areas for same from subarctic / arctic border area of Finland / Scandinavia Hans Gerhard Riefenstahl Zoologisches Institut und Museum Martin-Luther-King-Platz D 20146 Hamburg, Germany Tel 040-428-385-630 Fax: 040-428-383-937 Email: wagenblass@hbg.dpa.de Arctic interests: Faunistics, taxonomy, biology, ecology of all taxa of Sesiidae Current projects: Systematic work on Sesiidae of Vietnam and Mexico Veli Vikberg Liinalammintie 11 as Fin - 14200 Turenki, Finland Tel 358-3-6881297 Fax 358-3-6881297 Arc tic in ter ests: Tax on omy and bi ol ogy of Hymenoptera, Symphyta and their parasitoids, Chalcidoidea Regions: North Finland and adjacent area Current projects: Hymenoptera of Spitzbergen Stephen W Wilson Department of Biology Central Missouri State University Warrensburg, MO 64093 U.S.A Tel 660-543-8827 Fax 660-543-8006 email: sww8827@cmsu2.cmsu.edu Arc tic in ter ests: Tax on omy and ecol ogy of Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea (planthoppers), especially Delphacidae Holarctic distributions Cur rent pro jects: Life his to ries, dis tri bu tions, revisionary stud ies, mor phol ogy of var i ous planthopper taxa 20 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 MAILING LIST FOR ARCTIC INSECT NEWS The current mailing list for this newsletter is reproduced here to favour communication among those interested in arctic insects An annotated list can be found in Arctic Insect News No (1993) with supplements in No 5, No 6, No and No Abisko Scientific Research Station P.O Box 62 S - 981 07 Abisko, Sweden Acadia University Vaughan Library Science Librarian’s Office Wolfville, Nova Scotia Canada B0P 1X0 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Entomology Research Library K.W Neatby Building, Room 4061 Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0C6 Dr C W Aitchison 4664 Spurraway Rd Kamloops, British Columbia Canada V2H 1M7 Tel 250-578-2663 Email cwms@kamloops.net Tom Allen Prince St., Suite 705 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada B2Y 4L3 Dr Robert S Anderson Research Division Canadian Museum of Nature P.O Box 3443, Station “D” Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 6P4 Tel 613-364-4060 Fax 613-364-4027 Email randerson@mus-nature.ca Allan Ashworth Geology Dept North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota U.S.A 58105 Tel 701-231-7919 Anatoly Babenko Institute of Animal Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology Leninsky pr 33 Moscow, Russia 117071 J.S Bale School of Biological Sciences University of Birminghame Birmingham, United Kingdom B15 2TT Dr George E Ball Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta CW 405 Biological Science Centre Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E9 Tel 403-492-2084 Fax 403-492-1767 Email gball@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Anatolii Basilievich Barkalov Zoological Museum Biological Institute Frunze str 22 Novosibirisk, Russia 630091 Dr Brian Barnes University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology Fairbanks, Alaska U.S.A 99775-0180 Tel 907-474-6067 Fax 907-474-6967 Email ffbmb@aurora.alaska.edu Dr John Baust SUNY Centre for 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Biological Survey of Canada, (Terrestrial Arthropods), Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 6P4 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 29 CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE Thomas Allen is Vice President of Atlantic Low Temperature Systems, a company involved in low temperature applications such as food storage He has various engineering and biological interests in arctic and related themes Valerie A Bennett is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Zoology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA under the co-advisorship of Drs Richard Lee and Olga Kukal Her dissertation research addresses metabolic regulation in diapause and overwintering insects Hugh V Danks is a research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, where he is Head of the Secretariat for the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) He has broad interests in the Canadian and arctic insect faunas, and in modes of seasonal adaptation in insects, such as life cycles, diapause and cold-hardiness Olga Kukal is an adjunct professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia She is interested in several aspects of arctic biology, and in particular has studied the life cycle, many elements of cold hardiness, and other features of the lymantriid moth Gynaephora groenlandica Recently she has been considering wider aspects of cold-hardiness, and some specific elements of the low temperature storage of various organisms and foods Richard E Lee Jr is a professor in the Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio His research focuses on physiological and ecological mechanisms of cold tolerance in temperate and polar insects, dormancy and winter ecology of ectotherms, and the use of ice-nucleating active microorganisms for the biological control of insect pests Hans Petter Leinaas is a professor at the Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Norway He is interested in population dynamics, trophic interactions and life-history strategies in relation to seasonal climate and habitat heterogeneity During the last decade he has worked mainly with Collembola on Svalbard, but also on sea urchin-kelp interactions David B Levin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Victoria He is a molecular virologist, an entomologist, and a specialist in biotechnology and its application to biological control of insects Dr Levin is involved in a wide range of research activities from the molecular biology of baculoviruses and cancer to forensic DNA analysis Lauritz Sømme is professor emeritus and presently Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Biology at the University of Oslo, Norway He has long-standing interests in the cold-hardiness and related adaptations of mites, collembolans and insects from alpine, antarctic and arctic regions 30 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 Arctic Insect News is published annually by the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) to support the Survey’s aim of encouraging further work on arctic invertebrates Editor: H.V Danks, Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O Box 3443, Station “D”, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P4 Tel: (613) 566-4787; Fax: (613) 364-4021; E-mail: hdanks@mus-nature.ca Items of interest to those studying arctic insects are welcomed by the editor Copy deadline for the 2000 issue, to be published in December, is October 15, 2000 ... related adaptations of mites, collembolans and insects from alpine, antarctic and arctic regions 30 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 Arctic Insect News is published annually by the Biological Survey... FOR ARCTIC INSECT NEWS The current mailing list for this newsletter is reproduced here to favour communication among those interested in arctic insects An annotated list can be found in Arctic Insect. ..2 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 10, 1999 NEWS BRIEFS Update on The Otto Sverdrup Centennial Expedition In last year’s issue of Arctic Insect News Guldborg Søvik reported on