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• Title:
  Species composition and abundance of the oribatid fauna (Acari, Oribatida) at two lakes in the Fløyen area, Bergen, Norway
• Creator:
  Seniczak, Anna;
  Solhøy, Torstein;
  Seniczak, Stanisław;
  De La Riva-Caballero, Arguitxu
• Description:
  Oribatid communities from the edges of two lakes in the Fløyen area, Bergen, Norway, were compared in June 2005. The lower lake, Blåmansvannet (412 m a.s.l.), is surrounded by spruce forest, while the ‘Higher Lake’ (513 m a.s.l.), is above the tree line. Both lakes have a low pH and their edges are dominated by Sphagnum mosses. The abundance of total mites, as well as of Oribatida, were almost 2-fold higher at the ‘Higher Lake’ (51 510 and 51 160 ind./m2, respectively), while species diversity was lower than at Blåmansvannet. On the shore of Blåmansvannet, the eudominant (20% < D ≤ 40%) species was Trimalaconothrus maior, while Liochthonius peduncularis, Limnozetes ciliatus, and Nanhermannia cf. coronata were dominant (10%< D ≤ 20%). At ‘Higher Lake’, the eudominant species was Limnozetes ciliatus, which reached a 4-fold higher abundance (15 930 ind./m2) than at Blåmansvannet, and dominant species were Liochthonius alpestris, Nanhermannia cf. coronata, and Platynothrus punctatus. At both lakes, juveniles made up about 30% of all oribatids. Four species are new to Norway: Ceratoppia sexpilosa, Liochthonius alpestris, Liochthonius peduncularis, and Trhypochthoniellus longisetus.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Date:
  2011.02.03
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Recenzowany artykuł
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Biological Letters; Vol. 47 No. 1 (2010); 11-19;
  Biological Letters; Tom 47 Nr 1 (2010); 11-19;
  1734-7467;
  1644-7700
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/BIOLET/article/view/v10120-009-0014-0/29247
• Subject:
  Acari;
  Oribatida;
  bog;
  Sphagnum;
  altitude;
  Norway
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/BIOLET/article/view/v10120-009-0014-0
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  other