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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Research Article udy, Ján 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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