Spatiotemporal dynamics of soil rotifers in a South-Bohemian beech forest

0333904 - BC 2010 RIV BR eng J - Journal Article
Devetter, Miloslav
Spatiotemporal dynamics of soil rotifers in a South-Bohemian beech forest.
Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira. Roč. 44, č. 8 (2009), s. 1027-1032. ISSN 0100-204X. E-ISSN 1678-3921
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GP206/06/P405
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60660521
Keywords : Bdelloidea * Monogonota * Rotifera
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 0.681, year: 2009

The objective of this work was to determine seasonal variation and vertical distribution of the soil rotifer assemblage in a climax beech forest in South Bohemia. During 2005, soil rotifer was investigated to the species level. Soil samples of 10 cm² and 10 cm in depth were divided into five layers, which were processed separately. Thirty one rotifer species were identified during the investigation. Dominant species significantly changed throughout the seasons. The most abundant species were Encentrum arvicola, Wierzejskiella vagneri among the monogononts, Adineta steineri, Ceratotrocha cornigera, Habrotrocha filum, H. ligula, Macrotrachela plicata Mniobia tentans , M. incrassata, M. granulosa among the bdelloids. Mean Shannon diversity index varied from 1.99 to 2.63. Total rotifer abundance varied from 212±63 to 513±127 10³ individuals m^-2 along the year, with the highest numbers found in May, and the lowest in July.
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