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The structure of salt marsh soil mesofauna food webs - The prevalence of disturbance. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Mesofauna taxa fill key trophic positions in soil food webs, even in terrestrial-marine boundary habitats characterized by frequent natural disturbances. Salt marshes represent such boundary habitats, characterized by frequent inundations increasing from
Kristin Haynert, Mirijam Kiggen, Bernhard Klarner, Mark Maraun, Stefan Scheu   +4 more
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Responses of grassland soil mesofauna to induced climate change [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Climate change can significantly affect the below and above-ground ecosystems. This study aimed to test the effects of induced climate change on the composition of soil mesofauna and vascular plant species in semi-natural grasslands.
Iwona Gruss, Marta Czarniecka-Wiera, Sebastian Świerszcz, Magdalena Szymura, Tomasz Szymura, Małgorzata W. Raduła   +5 more
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Integrating Megabarcoding and Metabarcoding to Unlock Diversity and Distribution Data Shortfalls in Dark Taxa. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT Persistent biodiversity data shortfalls undermine our capacity to detect species, map their distributions and characterize their spatial genetic structure, limiting robust biogeographic analyses and the development of effective conservation strategies.
Santos-Perdomo I, Salces-Castellano A, Moraza ML, Mateos E, Muñoz-Barrera A, González-Montelongo R, Suárez D, Vega-Pita N, Falcón-López L, Lorenzo-Salazar JM, Flores C, Arribas P, Andújar C.   +12 more
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Soil mineral nitrogen content is increased by soil mesofauna and nematodes – a meta-analysis

Soil Organisms, 2023
The world’s soils maintain various ecosystem processes and functions, such as the provision of nitrogen, which is the basis for plant growth. Microorganisms are the key actors in nitrogen transformation processes, but soil fauna can also affect nitrogen ...
Birgit Lang, Bibiana Betancur-Corredor, David J. Russell   +2 more
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Standardized Protocols for Soil Fauna Extraction and a Call for Cross-Lab Implementation. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We present harmonized methodologies, assembled by an international group of experts, for extracting soil‐ and litter‐inhabiting nematodes, enchytraeids, microarthropods, and larger invertebrates. The protocols are illustrated with images and videos, and include advice for overcoming the most frequent issues (’expert tips’) for increasing extraction ...
Tůmová M, Lu JZ, Briones MJI, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Fujii S, Gongalsky KB, Haimi J, Hohberg K, Jänsch S, Karuri H, Kitagami Y, Korobushkin DI, Lochner A, Mathieu J, Rozanova OL, Römbke J, Seeber J, Schmelz R, Schmidt O, Schneider C, Sun X, Tuma J, Zaitsev AS, Zuev AG, Potapov AM.   +25 more
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Life Cycle Plasticity of Colpoda aspera Fed With Petroleum Tolerant Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria. [PDF]

J Eukaryot Microbiol
ABSTRACT Soil recovery after contamination relies on the surviving microbiota to reconstruct microbial food webs. The ciliate Colpoda aspera and Brevundimonas sp., Rhizobium sp1, Rhizobium sp2 (gram‐negative), Bacillus sp1, Bacillus sp2, and Microbacterium sp.(gram‐positive) remain active after pulses of light petroleum contamination.
Mondragón-Camarillo L, Castillo Camacho CC, Rodríguez-Zaragoza S.   +2 more
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THE STRUCTURE OF SOIL MESOFAUNA AND MACROFAUNA IN GRODA CAVE, GUNUNGKIDUL

Jurnal Sains Dasar, 2016
Melimpahnya mesofauna dan makrofauna tanah di Gua Groda dapat menjadi indikator kemelimpahan kelelawar karena kotoran kelelawar merupakan makanan mesofauna dan makrofauna tanah.
Andri Prasetyo, Ulfa Yulia Rohmah, Rini Winarti, Esa Chorik Darwati, Safina Audiati Afiar   +4 more
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Soil mesofauna in fire-induced oak forest [PDF]

Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2017
The soil invertebrates inhabiting the territory of the pyrogenic succession in the oak forests, were investigated in comparison with the control plots where there was no fire within two years.
S. S. Rubtsov, O. P. Negrobov
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Risk assessment of low-temperature biochar used as soil amendment on soil mesofauna. [PDF]

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2019
Biochar as a carbon-rich highly porous substance has been proposed for use in agriculture and horticulture as a soil amendment. One of the main concerns of this application of biochar is its potential contamination with heavy metals (HMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The aim of this research was to access the environmental risk of biochar used
Gruss I, Twardowski JP, Latawiec A, Medyńska-Juraszek A, Królczyk J.   +4 more
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Soil Mesofauna Community Changes in Response to the Environmental Gradients of Urbanization in Guangzhou City

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
There has been a recent increase in interest on how urbanization affects soil fauna communities. However, previous studies primarily focused on some limited land use types or line transects of urban-rural gradients. At family and higher taxonomic levels,
Shiqin Yu, Shiqin Yu, Shiqin Yu, Junliang Qiu, Xiaohua Chen, Xiaofeng Luo, Xiankun Yang, Xiankun Yang, Xiankun Yang, Faming Wang, Guoliang Xu, Guoliang Xu, Guoliang Xu   +12 more
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