Ref ID : 7505
Louis Beyens, Didier Chardez, D. De Baere, Paul De Bock, and E. Jacques; Some Data on the Testate Amoebae from the Shetland Islands and the Faeroer. Arch.Protistenkd. 136:79-96, 1988
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Seventy-four taxa of testate amoebae were found in 25 aquatic samples from the Shetlands and the Faeroer. Several communities were distinguished, some of them characteristic for acid, nuterient-poor conditions (the Arcella hemisphaerica and the Difflugia globularis communities), while the Difflugia lacustris community is observed in more mesotrophic ranges. There seems to be a geographical shift in the importance of the genus Difflugia between Shetland and Faeroer. Fifty-six taxa were observed in 18 moss and 5 lichen samples from the same archipels. Several groups of samples were recognizable, which were indicative of the moisture content of the substrate. The Assulina muscorum-Euglypha strigosa glabra community seems to be typical for dry habitats.