Testate amoebae (Protozoa) in soils of restored flowery meadows in the Bílé Karpaty Mts. (Czech Republic)

0206451 - UPB-H 20023098 RIV SIGLE CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Balík, Vladimír
Testate amoebae (Protozoa) in soils of restored flowery meadows in the Bílé Karpaty Mts. (Czech Republic).
Studies on Soil Fauna in Central Europe, Proceedings of the 6th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology. České Budějovice: Institute of Soil Biology AS CR, 2002, s. 1-5. ISBN 80-86525-00-7.
[Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology /6./. České Budějovice (CZ), 23.04.2001-25.04.2001]
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KSK6005114
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z6066911
Keywords : testate amoebae * flowery meadows * restoration
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

Soil testate amoebae assemblages were studied in the years 1999-2000 on six differently managed plots in the Bílé Karpaty Mts., South Moravia, Czech Republic. Four experimental plots with different plant cover established on the abandoned field and one conventionally cultivated field plot were investigated at the locality Výzkum. The plot with natural flowery meadow (control plot) was studied at the locality Čertoryje. 25 testate amoebae species were found in all five plots studied on the locality Výzkum. The testate amoebae assemblages were dominated by Cyclopyxis eurystoma var. parvula in 1999 and by Plagiopyxis declivis in 2000. The main coenological parameters increased rapidly during the observed years except for the cultivated field. On the control plot at the Čertoryje locality, 26 testate amoebae species were recorded. The testate amoebae assemblage on this plot was typical for the dry meadows of the warmer areas and was dominated by the Plagiopyxis declivis, Euglypha laevis and Trinema lineare. Values of the coenological parameters studied were typical for such type of habitat. Based on the obtained results, there was evident that the testate amoebae assemblages on experimental plots at the locality Výzkum developed very rapidly and their development tend to the composition characteristic for the old flowery meadows in the Bílé Karpaty Mts. No significant differences in the parameters of the testate amoebae assemblage were established among individual differently managed experimental plots, which situation probably reflects the short period of investigation.
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