Oribatida (Acari) associated with three species of Sphagnum at Spruce Hole Bog, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
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In a topogenous, pond-border, moat bog in New Hampshire, 19 220 adult oribatid mites from 47 species were collected from 3 species of Sphagnum in the early spring, early summer, and late summer. The Sphagnum species were distributed along a gradient of increasing height above the water surface and decreasing shade in the order S. cuspidatum, S. recurvum, and S. magellanicum. Oribatid mite species diversity increased along this gradient in the same order. Four species of the genus Limnozetes were associated with Sphagnum spp. in this bog; they differed in habitat preference among the Sphagnum species. New records for New Hampshire were established for 19 oribatid mite species.
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2006 ◽
Vol 52
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pp. 693-700
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