Биология почв
Почвоведение и агрохимия, №4, 2020
Table 8 – Mesofaunic characteristics of the studied soils according to the type of nutrition
(0-20 cm)
Soil type
Type of habitat
Saprophages
Phytophages
Zoophages
Dark brown
Lumbricida
Pyrrhococidae
Oniscoidea
Diplopoda
Asilidae
Tenebrionidae, Scarabeidae,
Elateridae,
Curculionidae
Carabidae
Coccinellidae
Formicidae
Muscidae
Classification by type of nutrition
has great practical importance, because it
is possible to predict a decrease in the
yield of cultivated crops.
Thus, the analysis of the amount and
group composition of mesofauna in the
studied soils shows that their classification
by type of nutrition has positive, global,
environmental, but also agronomic value.
Mesofauna, along with other soil charac-
teristics may be used as a bioindicator
[19;20]. We carried out biodiagnosis of the
studied soils according to the classification
based on trophic connection and habitat of
soil invertebrates.
From our observations it was found
out that earthworms, the larvae of click
beetles of the family Tenebrionidae are
associated with soils with more humus and
sufficient water supply(table 9).
Table 9 – Bioindication of the main types of soils of ZailiAlatau by the species composi-
tion of the mesofauna (0-20cm), under the vineyards of Almaty, Aisulu (2018)
Soil type
Type
Class
Group
Family
Bioindicators
Dark brown
Arthropods
(Arthropoda)
Insects (Insecta)
Beetles (Coleop-
tera)
Wireworms (Te-
nebrionidae)
From the data of table 9 it can be
seen that the indicators in the dark brown
soils are wireworms from the Tenebrio-
nidae family. The result of our research has
shown that common species are larvae of
insects from the family Carabidae, Formici-
dae, as these species have plasticity (the
ability to live in a variety of biotopes). The
dominant species are insect larvae of For-
micidae[21]. We have noted that the more
common species of soil invertebrates found
in the compared biogeocenoses, the more
correct conclusions about the similarity of
hydrothermal, chemical and biological re-
gimes of the compared soils will be ob-
tained. It was established that changes in
the chemistry of the environment, physical
properties of soils leads to changes in the
amount and species composition of organ-
isms. In this regard, soil invertebrates are
one of the best bioindicators, as all actively
moving species react to the slightest
change in the environment by varying the
number and violation of the ratios of
trophic groups. It is revealed that the most
convenient test objects are earthworms,
larvae of click beetles, darkling beetles and
some types of wood lice.
CONCLUSION
The ratio of groups in the complex of
soil invertebrates varies throughout the
season.With the growth of xerophytic habi-
tats, the number of earthworms in the
community is reduced.The complex of soil
invertebrates is represented by three
trophic groups: phytophages, zoophages
and saprophages. Saprophages dominate
everywhere. The prevalence of saprophag-
es persists throughout the growing sea-
son.Indicators in dark brown soils are
wireworms from the family Tenebrionidae.
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