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Soil macro-fauna respond to environmental variations along a coastal-inland gradient
Varied environmental conditions in coastal-inland zones tend to influence soil faunal communities. However, few studies have focused on the responses of soil fauna to environmental variations along the coastal-inland gradient. In order to better understand the aforementioned responses, a total of 80...
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author | Zheng, Xiaoxue Tao, Yan Wang, Zhongqiang Ma, Chen He, Hong Yin, Xiuqin |
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description | Varied environmental conditions in coastal-inland zones tend to influence soil faunal communities. However, few studies have focused on the responses of soil fauna to environmental variations along the coastal-inland gradient. In order to better understand the aforementioned responses, a total of 80 soil macro-faunal samples were collected at the five different distances from the coastline of China’s Bohai Bay. The results revealed that the compositions, structural characteristics and diversity of the soil macro-fauna varied among the different habitats. With the increases in the distance from the sea, the individual density, richness and diversity levels of the soil macro-fauna all first increased and then decreased. The individual density, richness and diversity values were all at their maximum at 30 km from the sea. The Edge effect promoted unique and rare soil macro-faunal taxa. Formicidae, Curculionidae and Aphodiidae were found to be the edge taxa. Agelenidae, Liocranidae and Nematocera were considered to be indicator taxa of severe sea effects. Paradoxosomatidae was an indicator taxon of slight effects. Overall, the environmental variations along the coastal-inland gradient were found to have the potential to affect the soil macro-faunal communities, and the different taxa of the soil macro-fauna responded to those variations in different ways. This study further revealed the processes and mechanisms of the sea influencing the soil macro-faunal communities, which had been caused by the coastal-inland gradient. The results of this study also provided a theoretical basis for developing future biodiversity guidelines for coastal ecosystems. |
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spelling | pubmed-73670512020-07-31 Soil macro-fauna respond to environmental variations along a coastal-inland gradient Zheng, Xiaoxue Tao, Yan Wang, Zhongqiang Ma, Chen He, Hong Yin, Xiuqin PeerJ Biodiversity Varied environmental conditions in coastal-inland zones tend to influence soil faunal communities. However, few studies have focused on the responses of soil fauna to environmental variations along the coastal-inland gradient. In order to better understand the aforementioned responses, a total of 80 soil macro-faunal samples were collected at the five different distances from the coastline of China’s Bohai Bay. The results revealed that the compositions, structural characteristics and diversity of the soil macro-fauna varied among the different habitats. With the increases in the distance from the sea, the individual density, richness and diversity levels of the soil macro-fauna all first increased and then decreased. The individual density, richness and diversity values were all at their maximum at 30 km from the sea. The Edge effect promoted unique and rare soil macro-faunal taxa. Formicidae, Curculionidae and Aphodiidae were found to be the edge taxa. Agelenidae, Liocranidae and Nematocera were considered to be indicator taxa of severe sea effects. Paradoxosomatidae was an indicator taxon of slight effects. Overall, the environmental variations along the coastal-inland gradient were found to have the potential to affect the soil macro-faunal communities, and the different taxa of the soil macro-fauna responded to those variations in different ways. This study further revealed the processes and mechanisms of the sea influencing the soil macro-faunal communities, which had been caused by the coastal-inland gradient. The results of this study also provided a theoretical basis for developing future biodiversity guidelines for coastal ecosystems. PeerJ Inc. 2020-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7367051/ /pubmed/32742801 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9532 Text en © 2020 Zheng et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Biodiversity Zheng, Xiaoxue Tao, Yan Wang, Zhongqiang Ma, Chen He, Hong Yin, Xiuqin Soil macro-fauna respond to environmental variations along a coastal-inland gradient |
title | Soil macro-fauna respond to environmental variations along a coastal-inland gradient |
title_full | Soil macro-fauna respond to environmental variations along a coastal-inland gradient |
title_fullStr | Soil macro-fauna respond to environmental variations along a coastal-inland gradient |
title_full_unstemmed | Soil macro-fauna respond to environmental variations along a coastal-inland gradient |
title_short | Soil macro-fauna respond to environmental variations along a coastal-inland gradient |
title_sort | soil macro-fauna respond to environmental variations along a coastal-inland gradient |
topic | Biodiversity |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7367051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32742801 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9532 |
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