The effect of pipe drainage on peat meadow soil: soil macrofauna

0380355 - BC 2013 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Frouz, J. - Pižl, Václav - Tajovský, Karel - Syrovátka, O.
The effect of pipe drainage on peat meadow soil: soil macrofauna.
Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Environmentalica. -, 1/2 (2010), s. 91-107. ISSN 0862-6529
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60660521
Keywords : soil moisture * edaphon * biodiversity
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

Soil macrofauna was sampled in fragments of peat wet Molinia dominated meadow and the same meadow in close vicinity drained ten years ago. At the same time, soil moisture, pH, carbon content and water level depth were measured. Drained meadows showed lower moisture and content of carbon. Drained meadow was repeatedly tilled several years after drainage and turned to cultural meadow. Total macrofauna density varied from 1,271 to 4,506 individuals per m² with no significant differences between drained and undrained plots. CCA method indicates significant difference between drained and undrained meadows, the most important factors significanty affecting soil fauna community are soil moisture and organic matter content, water level depth and soil pH show no significant effect on macrofauna community.
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