Table 2.
Total species richness of the five original Focal Ecosystem Components, as well as the two additional components (other = species not categorised in the original FECs; Predators = those of the “other” category that are predators or parasitoids), and overall richness for the “faunal districts” of Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. *Note that the total for Greenland blood-feeding insects includes lice, for which distributional information is absent
| Region | Blood-feeding insects | Pollinators | Decomposers | Herbivores | Prey for vertebrates | Other | Predators | Total | No of species unique to region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenland | |||||||||
| South | 8 | 68 | 109 | 110 | 282 | 260 | 197 | 470 | 50 |
| South West | 13 | 93 | 168 | 124 | 384 | 314 | 234 | 610 | 93 |
| South East | 7 | 68 | 56 | 58 | 150 | 103 | 85 | 218 | 2 |
| North West | 7 | 47 | 48 | 52 | 125 | 85 | 67 | 201 | 26 |
| North East | 14 | 73 | 94 | 58 | 229 | 168 | 115 | 345 | 40 |
| North | 6 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 107 | 70 | 41 | 146 | 18 |
| Greenland total | 203* | 121 | 251 | 165 | 635 | 529 | 344 | 1148 | 758 |
| Iceland | 99 | 75 | 405 | 279 | 725 | 619 | 506 | 1453 | 1093 |
| Svalbard | 42 | 19 | 144 | 35 | 225 | 169 | 76 | 415 | 210 |
| Jan Mayen | 16 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 80 | 19 |
| Total for North Atlantic | 275 | 169 | 602 | 410 | 1369 | 1105 | 822 | 2519 |