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Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2012 Soil macrofauna is responsible for soil fertility through cycling of nutrients, tillage and fragmentation of organic matter, as well as through the association between groups of fauna with conserved and/or degraded pedoenvironments.
Márcio Sampaio Pimentel +4 more
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The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard [PDF]
, 2013 The terrestrial environment of the High Arctic consists of a mosaic of habitat types. In addition to the natural habitat diversity, various human-influenced types may occur.
Arne Fjellberg +12 more
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Investigating soil mesofauna cryptic diversity: Current challenges and perspectives
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, Page 1587-1598, August 2025.Abstract Cryptic species lacking distinct morphological features are widespread among soil fauna, including such functionally significant groups as springtails, mites and enchytraeids. Their presence, diversity and biomass may impact ecosystem services provided by belowground ecosystems.
Margarita A. Danilova +3 more
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012 Freshwater decapod crustaceans are important components of food webs in these environments, but little is known about the diet of species that live in tropical waters. We studied the feeding ecology of the prawn Pseudopalaemon bouvieri and its population
Romina Patricia Carnevali +2 more
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The Role of Earthworms in Mediating Environmental Impacts on Mountain Ecosystem Functioning
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 8, August 2025.ABSTRACT Aim Soils host a quarter of all terrestrial species, and the pivotal role played by earthworms in soil ecosystem functioning is thought to be paramount. Here, we aimed to quantify the causal influence of changing environments, especially climate, soil conditions, and vegetation type and structure, on earthworm diversity and the subsequent ...
Romain Goury +6 more
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Acute toxicity of birch tar oil on aquatic organisms
Agricultural and Food Science, 2008 Birch tar oil (BTO) is a by-product of processing birch wood in a pyrolysis system. Accumulating evidence suggests the suitability of BTO as a biocide or repellent in terrestrial environments for the control of weeds, insects, molluscs and rodents.
M. HAGNER, O-P. PENTTINEN, T. PASANEN
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 6, Issue 3, July–September 2025.This study evaluates the opportunities and challenges of using DNA metabarcoding of river macroinvertebrates for routine ecological status assessment under the EU Water Framework Directive. By reanalysing data from rivers in north‐west Spain, it identifies key sources of false positives and negatives, compares bulk and eDNA sampling with traditional ...
Álvaro Fueyo +4 more
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F1000ResearchBackground This study focused on evaluating the diversity and richness of the edaphic macrofauna in eight banana farms in the western zone of Nicaragua. Methods The sampling design was random and descriptive, it was divided into two phases, the first was
C. A. Zúniga-Gonzalez +1 more
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Impact evaluation of the Vila Viçosa small hydroelectric power plant (Portugal) on the water quality and on the dynamics of the benthic macroinvertebrate communities of the Ardena river [PDF]
, 2004 Over a two-year period a study of the Vila Viçosa small hydroelectric development, located on the Ardena river (hydrographical basin of the Douro river, Portugal), was conducted, with the objective of evaluating the impact of its operation on the water ...
Formigo, N. +3 more
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Ecological studies on some lakes of the Amazon valley
, 1967 Of the three types of lakes studied, clear water, white water, and brown water, the white water lakes are the only ones to have a reasonable autochtonous production of organic matter. Owing probably to the lack of mineral salts, the primary production is
Marlier, G.
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