Microannelids (Enchytraeidae, Hrabeiellidae) of the eastern part of Podyjí National Park (Czechia)
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forest, heathland;, dead wood, Potworms, faunisticsAbstract
Soil microannelid fauna (Enchytraeidae, Hrabeiella periglandulata) was studied in the Podyjí National Park, situated in southern Moravia, Czechia. We focused on the easternmost part of the national park, where we sampled several sites, representing either a single habitat or including several micro- or mesohabitats. In spring and autumn 2021 we sampled two acidophilous, thermophilous oak forests near the villages Popice and Hnanice, where we studied the effect of coppice restoration on microannelids. To supplement the obtained data, we sampled six additional meso- or microhabitats in the same area in spring and autumn 2023. These were: the Havraníky heathland, shallow soil on granite rocks (partially emerging from soil) in the Hnanice oak forest, alluvial soil of Daníž brook valley, soils on the north-facing slope ca 20 m from Daníž brook, dead wood from the alluvium and also, additionally, the bottom of the dried-out brook. We found 36 microannelid species in total. Microannelid mean densities ranged from 7 800 ind./m2 to 69 200 ind./m2 in the forests of Daníž valley, microannelids were more abundant in alluvial soils, in the oak forest, mean densities ranged from 10 300 ind./m2 to 48 500 ind./m2. Mean densities in Havraníky heathland reached up to 18 000 ind./m2.
The dead wood contained a relatively large number of individuals in the spring (92.0 ± 35.4 ind./sample, or 0.225 ind./cm3), but low amounts in the autumn (3.2 ± 1.5 ind./sample, or 0.006 ind./cm3). The most dominant species was Fridericia brunensis, except in the alluvium soil and dead wood. H. periglandulata reached relatively high abundance in the Popice oak forest. Marionina clavata, Mesenchytraeus pelicensis and Bryodrilus ehlersi preferred dead wood to the alluvial soil in the spring. Assemblages from the alluvial soil were more similar to those in dead wood collected in the alluvium than to those from soil on the slope.
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