Diversity of Acari and Collembola along a pollution gradient in soils of a pre-pyrenean forest ecosystem
Mites and springtails are important members of soil mesofauna and have been proven to be good bioindicators of airborne pollutants. We studied the surrounding area of a steel mill located in a mountain valley of North Spain. Previous studies had documented the existence of a pollution gradient in th...
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ftunivnavarra:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/27602 2023-05-15T18:50:35+02:00 Diversity of Acari and Collembola along a pollution gradient in soils of a pre-pyrenean forest ecosystem Santamaria-Ulecia, J.M. (Jesús Miguel) Moraza-Zorrilla, M.L. (Maria Lourdes) Elustondo, D. (David) Baquero-Martin, E. (Enrique) Jordana, R. (Rafael) Lasheras, E. (Esther) Bermejo, R. (Raúl) Ariño-Plana, A.H. (Arturo Hugo) 2012 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10171/27602 eng eng "Gheorghe Asachi" Technichal University of IASI http://omicron.ch.tuiasi.ro/EEMJ/issues/vol11/vol11no6.htm https://hdl.handle.net/10171/27602 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la vida::Zoología Heavy metals Nitrogen Soil mesofauna Diversity Bioindicators info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2012 ftunivnavarra 2022-08-16T23:21:15Z Mites and springtails are important members of soil mesofauna and have been proven to be good bioindicators of airborne pollutants. We studied the surrounding area of a steel mill located in a mountain valley of North Spain. Previous studies had documented the existence of a pollution gradient in this area due to the emissions of the factory, thus providing an interesting site to investigate the potential effects of pollutants (heavy metals and nitrogen) on soil biodiversity. The density of Acari and Collembola significantly decreased with the increase in concentration of Cr, Mn, Zn, Cd and Pb. Mites appeared to be more sensitive to heavy metal pollution than springtails. Likewise, the density of these microarthropoda was lower in those soils exhibiting higher nitrogen content. The species composition of the community of Acari and Collembola changed according to heavy metal pollution. Significant differences in abundance, species richness and diversity were observed between the communities of the sampling sites. Some species were exclusive of the less polluted sites, while other appeared in the most contaminated ones. This different response of soil mesofauna to pollutants suggests that some mite or springtail species could be used as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mite Springtail dadun - Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra |
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Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la vida::Zoología Heavy metals Nitrogen Soil mesofauna Diversity Bioindicators Santamaria-Ulecia, J.M. (Jesús Miguel) Moraza-Zorrilla, M.L. (Maria Lourdes) Elustondo, D. (David) Baquero-Martin, E. (Enrique) Jordana, R. (Rafael) Lasheras, E. (Esther) Bermejo, R. (Raúl) Ariño-Plana, A.H. (Arturo Hugo) Diversity of Acari and Collembola along a pollution gradient in soils of a pre-pyrenean forest ecosystem |
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Mites and springtails are important members of soil mesofauna and have been proven to be good bioindicators of airborne pollutants. We studied the surrounding area of a steel mill located in a mountain valley of North Spain. Previous studies had documented the existence of a pollution gradient in this area due to the emissions of the factory, thus providing an interesting site to investigate the potential effects of pollutants (heavy metals and nitrogen) on soil biodiversity. The density of Acari and Collembola significantly decreased with the increase in concentration of Cr, Mn, Zn, Cd and Pb. Mites appeared to be more sensitive to heavy metal pollution than springtails. Likewise, the density of these microarthropoda was lower in those soils exhibiting higher nitrogen content. The species composition of the community of Acari and Collembola changed according to heavy metal pollution. Significant differences in abundance, species richness and diversity were observed between the communities of the sampling sites. Some species were exclusive of the less polluted sites, while other appeared in the most contaminated ones. This different response of soil mesofauna to pollutants suggests that some mite or springtail species could be used as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution. |
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Santamaria-Ulecia, J.M. (Jesús Miguel) Moraza-Zorrilla, M.L. (Maria Lourdes) Elustondo, D. (David) Baquero-Martin, E. (Enrique) Jordana, R. (Rafael) Lasheras, E. (Esther) Bermejo, R. (Raúl) Ariño-Plana, A.H. (Arturo Hugo) |
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Santamaria-Ulecia, J.M. (Jesús Miguel) Moraza-Zorrilla, M.L. (Maria Lourdes) Elustondo, D. (David) Baquero-Martin, E. (Enrique) Jordana, R. (Rafael) Lasheras, E. (Esther) Bermejo, R. (Raúl) Ariño-Plana, A.H. (Arturo Hugo) |
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Diversity of Acari and Collembola along a pollution gradient in soils of a pre-pyrenean forest ecosystem |
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Diversity of Acari and Collembola along a pollution gradient in soils of a pre-pyrenean forest ecosystem |
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Diversity of Acari and Collembola along a pollution gradient in soils of a pre-pyrenean forest ecosystem |
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Diversity of Acari and Collembola along a pollution gradient in soils of a pre-pyrenean forest ecosystem |
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Diversity of Acari and Collembola along a pollution gradient in soils of a pre-pyrenean forest ecosystem |
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diversity of acari and collembola along a pollution gradient in soils of a pre-pyrenean forest ecosystem |
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"Gheorghe Asachi" Technichal University of IASI |
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