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Exploring Denmark’s Tardigrade Fauna through Citizen Science
- A Danish citizen science effort collected tardigrade samples across diverse habitats to map their distribution.
- Researchers used an integrated taxonomic approach, combining molecular data with morphology for identification.
- Moisture, temperature and light shaped tardigrade community composition in Danish cryptogams.
- Several tardigrade species were identified in Denmark for the first time.
- The study underscores citizen science as a powerful tool for biodiversity research.
- Findings have educational and conservation implications for biodiversity.
- The research links ecological resilience of tardigrades to their microhabitats.
- The Danish study lays groundwork for global biodiversity surveys using citizen science.
- Tardigrades’ resilience informs broader biological questions about life in extreme conditions.
- The study advocates interdisciplinary collaboration for richer scientific inquiry.
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