A zoogeographic study of the limnoterrestrial tardigrade fauna on the Faroe islands

• Published in: Journal of Limnology
• Main Authors: Birna Vár Trygvadóttir, Reinhard Møbjerg Kristensen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013
• Subjects: limnoterrestrial tardigrades; Austeruseus; Eohypsibiidae; zoogeography; altitudinal distribution; Faroe Islands; similarity; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Physical geography; GB3-5030; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Svalbard; Greenland; Bray; Faroes; Iceland; Newfoundland; Northeast Atlantic; Tardigrade
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.s1.e14; https://doaj.org/article/74bbb032cae844768b179b4d2c265d6b

The Faroe islands (62°N, 7°W) are an archipelago of 18 small islands situated in the northeast Atlantic ocean between Iceland and the Shetland islands. A zoogeographic investigation (2001-2004) of the limnoterrestrial tardigrade fauna of these islands revealed 48 limnoterrestrial species and subspec...