期刊
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
卷 37, 期 5, 页码 302-312出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-003-0597-2
关键词
decomposition; ergosterol; mesofauna community structure; nitrogen
类别
A laboratory mesocosm experiment was set up to study the effects of five mesofauna model communities on litter fungal biomass (ergosterol content) and litter decomposition parameters (litter mass remaining, N concentration) for 4 months. The five treatments were: (1) no soil mesofauna, (2) the collembolan Folsomia fimetaria, (3) an assemblage of the collembolan species Isotomurus. prasinus, Hypogastrura assimilis, F. fimetaria, Mesaphorura macrochaeta and Protaphorura armata, (4) the same collembolan assemblage plus the enchytraeid Enchytraeus crypticus, and (5) the six species plus the predaceous mite Hypoaspis aculeifer. After 30, 60, 90 and 120 days of incubation, six mesocosms of each treatment were sacrificed and biomass, species richness and dominance were measured. Changes occurred during the study with an increase in total detritivore biomass and a decrease in species richness with strong dominance by a few species in multispecies mesocosms. A vertical stratification of species was also observed in the mesocosms. Litter mass loss and N mineralisation were reduced with the introduction of fauna and showed the largest effects in the multispecies detritivore treatments. Ergosterol production was only temporary reduced in the multispecies treatments reflecting an effect of mesofauna on fungal biomass related to diversity rather than the biomass of mesofauna. An inhibitory predator effect was observed on functional decomposition parameters and indicated top-down control of decomposition via detritivorous mesofauna.
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