Биология почв
Почвоведение и агрохимия, №4, 2020
this study is extremely important, and in
our opinion determines the quantitative
composition of soil mesofauna. The results
of the determination of the microaggregate
composition of dark brown soil are sum-
marized in table 5.
Table 5 – Soil microaggregate composition(2018)
Soil
Sampling
depth, cm
Size fractions, mm
Сontent in %
1-
0,25
0,25-
0,05
0,05-
0,01
0,01-
0,005
0,005-
0,001
>0,001
>0,001
Dispersionfactor
Dark
brown
0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
20,56
17,37
17,48
16,98
32,67
31,79
31,84
31,35
34,24
38,14
36,02
35,97
9,19
7,83
8,41
7,87
0,68
2,23
3,56
3,45
2,66
2,64
2,71
2,84
18,82
18,36
18,42
18,12
14,1
14,4
14,7
14,5
From table 5 it is seen that the mag-
nitude of the fractions smaller than
0.25 mm is the total amount of unstable
aggregates. It mean that by the content of
the fraction larger than 0.25 mm, it is pos-
sible to explain water resistance of mi-
croaggregates. Thus, in 30 cm layer of dark
brown soil contains 18.1 % of water re-
sistant microaggregates in average.
The dependence of the biological
activity of the soil on its moisture is pri-
marily due to the fact that moisture affects
the microbiological activity and the activity
of the root system.
Table 6 – Humidity of the main types of soils of ZailiAlatau under the vineyards of Almaly,
Aisulu (2018)
Soil
Sampling
depth, cm
Soil humidity, %
рН of aqueous
suspension
spring
summer
autumn
Dark brown
0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
22,87
24,45
21,67
23,20
19,87
20,18
20,66
21,14
21,33
21,70
16,65
14,56
7,6
7,6
8,3
8,5
Table 6 shows that soil moisture and
pH depend on the type of soil and vary ac-
cording to the seasons of the year. The
maximum value of humidity in the upper
soil layers was observed in the spring, it
was 21.87 %, while in the summer humidi-
ty was 20.46 %.
The requirements of soil inverte-
brates to soil moisture conditions have not
yet been sufficiently studied. It can be as-
sumed that not all soil invertebrates have
the same need for water. It might be possi-
ble that xerophiles are adapted to life in
arid places, mesophiles are adapted to life
in conditions of medium water supply and
hydrophiles are more likely to be adapted
to live on excessively moist soil. Conditions
of moisture, aeration and pH of the medi-
um are those parameters on which the
depth to which the soil invertebrates go
depends. Thus, the study of mechanical,
microaggregate and chemical composition,
water-physical properties of the studied
soils of ZailiAlatau indicates more favora-
ble conditions for the development and
settlement of mesofauna in dark brown
soils. The studied soils of the ZailiAlatau
are classified mainly by humus content,
gross stocks of nutrients, capacity and
composition of the absorbed bases, which
are indirect indicators of fertility. For the
first time we have made an attempt to bio-
diagnostics of soil data by mesofauna,
which is an integral part of the soil (live
phase). We carried out biodiagnosis of the
studied soils according to the classification
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