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Terrestrial isopods associated with shallow underground of forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)

Abstract. The shallow underground of forested scree slopes represents a little-studied subterranean biotope. In this paper, species diversity and depth distribution of terrestrial isopod communities studied in the depth profile (5–95 cm from the surface) of eight forested scree slopes in the Western...

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Autores principales: udy, Ján, Rendoš, Michal, Ľuptáčik, Peter, Mock, Andrej
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.801.24113
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author udy, Ján
Rendoš, Michal
Ľuptáčik, Peter
Mock, Andrej
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description Abstract. The shallow underground of forested scree slopes represents a little-studied subterranean biotope. In this paper, species diversity and depth distribution of terrestrial isopod communities studied in the depth profile (5–95 cm from the surface) of eight forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia) is discussed. The southern edge of the Western Carpathians where the study sites are located represents the northernmost limit of distribution of obligate subterranean fauna in Europe. The sites differ from each other in type of bedrock, forest composition, slope aspect, and altitude. To sample isopods, a set of three subterranean pitfall traps consisting of a plastic cylinder (Ø 110 mm) and ten plastic cups was buried in each studied scree slope. In total, 252 isopods belonging to eleven species were sampled (1–5 species per site). Of the species found, the blind and depigmented Mesoniscusgraniger was the sole species closely associated with deeper parts of the depth profile and was present in most of the sites studied. Another ten species were represented by a small number of individuals and their occurrence deeper in the scree slope profile was rather accidental. A comparison between winter and summer periods indicates apparent differences in seasonal activities of isopods. Ethylene glycol seems to be more appropriate fixative solution for trapping isopods than formaldehyde.
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spelling pubmed-62882672018-12-18 Terrestrial isopods associated with shallow underground of forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia) udy, Ján Rendoš, Michal Ľuptáčik, Peter Mock, Andrej Zookeys Research Article Abstract. The shallow underground of forested scree slopes represents a little-studied subterranean biotope. In this paper, species diversity and depth distribution of terrestrial isopod communities studied in the depth profile (5–95 cm from the surface) of eight forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia) is discussed. The southern edge of the Western Carpathians where the study sites are located represents the northernmost limit of distribution of obligate subterranean fauna in Europe. The sites differ from each other in type of bedrock, forest composition, slope aspect, and altitude. To sample isopods, a set of three subterranean pitfall traps consisting of a plastic cylinder (Ø 110 mm) and ten plastic cups was buried in each studied scree slope. In total, 252 isopods belonging to eleven species were sampled (1–5 species per site). Of the species found, the blind and depigmented Mesoniscusgraniger was the sole species closely associated with deeper parts of the depth profile and was present in most of the sites studied. Another ten species were represented by a small number of individuals and their occurrence deeper in the scree slope profile was rather accidental. A comparison between winter and summer periods indicates apparent differences in seasonal activities of isopods. Ethylene glycol seems to be more appropriate fixative solution for trapping isopods than formaldehyde. Pensoft Publishers 2018-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6288267/ /pubmed/30564041 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.801.24113 Text en Ján udy, Michal Rendoš, Peter Ľuptáčik, Andrej Mock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Rendoš, Michal
Ľuptáčik, Peter
Mock, Andrej
Terrestrial isopods associated with shallow underground of forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)
title Terrestrial isopods associated with shallow underground of forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)
title_full Terrestrial isopods associated with shallow underground of forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)
title_fullStr Terrestrial isopods associated with shallow underground of forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)
title_full_unstemmed Terrestrial isopods associated with shallow underground of forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)
title_short Terrestrial isopods associated with shallow underground of forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)
title_sort terrestrial isopods associated with shallow underground of forested scree slopes in the western carpathians (slovakia)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.801.24113
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