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DISTRIBUTION AND THE IMPACT OF OUTFIELD DRAINAGE ON CARABIDS
(COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE) IN NORTH WESTERN EYSTUROY, FAROE ISLANDS
Stations with pitfall- traps ES 1 ES 13 ES 31 NS 53 NS 57 NS 66 Ff 1 Ff 2 Ff 3
Altitude above 163 182 195 238 250 230 211 210 180
sea level 157 175 183 215 220 220 190 205 177
128 130 150 200 160 170 157 156 150
118 70 100 170 110 120 90 125
78 10 70 125 70 70 70 92
57 6 68 50
Tablel. Details oflocalities were pitfall-traps were set up, see map1. Pit traps were set up on both eastern
(e) and western (w) riwerside banks. Altitude is in meters.
both riversides (see Map 2). It was only pos-
sible to have 6 stations at one river in each
area; this was because it was not desirable to
come too close to inhabited areas. We did
not want our formalin containing traps to be
near playing children. The lowest altitude
used was 6 m and the highest was 250 m. In
the OD and ND area one station was placed
right above the intake, one right below the
intake, and then at certain distances (50m al-
titude) downwards, as far down as possible.
The same was done in the UD area but here
stations were above and below planned in-
takes. Intakes refers to the place in the river
where SEV takes the water or plans to. At
each station we placed 5 pitfall-traps at 1 m
distance in a line outwards from the river-
bank; this was done on both sides of the
river, see Table 1 and Map 2. The traps were
intended to reveal if there was any difference
between places where SEV has taken the
water and not. The season was July and Au-
gust 2007, during which pitfall-traps were
emtied regularly (every 2 to 3 weeks), though
Fig. 1 Agonum fuliginosum found in the outfield above the village Funningur. New to the Faroes.