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Diversity of the soil microbial community and its functional aspects in man-influenced environments
CHROŇÁKOVÁ, Alica
Diversity of the soil microbial community and its functional aspects were investigated in man-influenced environments, such as colliery spoil heaps in post mining sites and upland pasture used for outdoor cattle husbandry. The study was based on the cultivation of bacteria and streptomycetes as well as culture-independent approaches. Cultivated bacteria and streptomycetes were characterized by phenotypic and genotypic means. The culture-independent approaches were based on an analysis of environmental DNA in terms of both qualitative and quantitative parameters.
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Earthworm assemblages on afforested colliery spoil heaps as affected by tree species
Pižl, Václav
Earthworm assemblages were analysed at twenty-eight colliery spoil heap sites of similar age located in the Sokolov open-cast coal mining district, north-western Bohemia, Czech Republic. Sites afforested with different tree species, namely spruce, pine, larch, oak, lime, and alder, were selected for the study in four replicates each, and compared with un-reclaimed sites covered with spontaneously developed vegetation. No difference was found in the density of earthworms between un-reclaimed sites and coniferous stands, however, a significant effect of tree species on worm density was observed at sites with deciduous afforestation. Dense earthworm populations developed in alder and lime plantations, while worm density was significantly lower under oak. Similarly, earthworm biomass at sites with coniferous afforestation did not differ from that of un-reclaimed heaps and was significantly lower than those at sites with deciduous afforestation.
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Navážka substrátu a inokulace stonožek (Chilopoda) na výsypky po těžbě hnědého uhlí
Voženílková-Aurová, Klára
Piles of upper soil taken from non-disturbed surroundings of the mine were deposited on the spoil heap area denuded by soil slide to accelerate succession and development of soil fauna on colliery spoil heaps. Development of soil fauna was investigated as from May 1995 till May 1998. Epigeic activity of centipedes was monitored by the method of long term pitfall trapping on the tops of the piles, between piles and on the soil slide in the distance of 50 m from the piles (control plot). The development of the centipede assemblage on the piles was similar to that on the reclaimed spoil heaps. .i.Lamyctes emarginatus./i., known as a pioneer species in young successive stage of the heaps, predominated at the beginning of the experiment. Later on, the numbers of .i.Lamyctes emarginatus./i. decreased because of increasing activity of other centipede species, especially .i.Lithobius microps./i..
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