Importance of moss habitats for mesostigmatid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Romania

Manu, Minodora; Băncilă, Raluca Ioana; Onete, Marilena

doi:10.3906/zoo-1712-6

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“…litter-fermentation layers, moss, bark, dead wood, trunks, stumps, tree-hollows and nests) present within different types of ecosystems e.g. forest, scrub, dunes, grassland, agricultural land and urban areas 14 – 23 . Together with other small soil invertebrates (springtails, enchytraeids, insect larva, oribatids), they participate indirectly in the decomposition process and ultimately affect soil quality (fertility and productivity) 4 , 10 .…”

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“…Some of these studies investigated phoretic species, especially those from the Uropodina suborder 46 – 48 . In Romania, there are few studies of the Mesostigmata fauna in urban areas, all located in three Bucharest parks and two forests close to the city 21 – 23 , 32 , 49 – 51 . All these European and national studies are mainly faunistic or taxonomic, almost without any information on the ecological aspect of soil mite communities in relation to urban environmental factors.…”

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Soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) as indicators of urban ecosystems in Bucharest, Romania

Manu

Băncilă

Bîrsan

et al. 2021

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The aim of the present study was to establish the effect of management type and of environmental variables on the structure, abundance and species richness of soil mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in twelve urban green areas in Bucharest-Romania. Three categories of ecosystem based upon management type were investigated: protected area, managed (metropolitan, municipal and district parks) and unmanaged urban areas. The environmental variables which were analysed were: soil and air temperature, soil moisture and atmospheric humidity, soil pH and soil penetration resistance. In June 2017, 480 soil samples were taken, using MacFadyen soil core. The same number of measures was made for quantification of environmental variables. Considering these, we observed that soil temperature, air temperature, air humidity and soil penetration resistance differed significantly between all three types of managed urban green area. All investigated environmental variables, especially soil pH, were significantly related to community assemblage. Analysing the entire Mesostigmata community, 68 species were identified, with 790 individuals and 49 immatures. In order to highlight the response of the soil mite communities to the urban conditions, Shannon, dominance, equitability and soil maturity indices were quantified. With one exception (numerical abundance), these indices recorded higher values in unmanaged green areas compared to managed ecosystems. The same trend was observed between different types of managed green areas, with metropolitan parks having a richer acarological fauna than the municipal or district parks.

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Soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) as indicators of urban ecosystems in Bucharest, Romania

Manu

Băncilă

Bîrsan

et al. 2021

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“…Due to their small body size, they often go unnoticed, although they live in diverse forest microhabitats-from deep soils, even 2-3 m underground [10], up to the tops of trees [11]. They are usually most abundant and species-rich in mosses [12][13][14][15].…”

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High Diversity of Mites (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) Supports the High Conservation Value of a Broadleaf Forest in Eastern Norway

Seniczak

Starý

et al. 2021

Forests

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Broadleaf forests are critical habitats for biodiversity and this biodiversity is in turn essential for their proper functioning. Mites (Acari) are a numerous and functionally essential component of these forests. We report the diversity of two important groups, Oribatida and Mesostigmata, in a broadleaf forest in Eastern Norway which is considered to be a biodiversity hotspot. Eighteen samples, each 500 cm3, were collected from diverse microhabitats (moss on ground, lichens on tree twigs lying on ground, moss on tree trunks at ground level, moss on tree trunks 1.5 m above ground, moss on decaying stump, moss on decaying log, and decaying wood from trees) from which 10,843 specimens and 95 species from 32 families of Oribatida, and 655 specimens of 34 species from 14 families of Mesostigmata were found. Only 30% of the species were previously recorded in broadleaf forests in Western Norway. Oribatid communities on decaying stump and in lichens were distinct from the other communities, while mesostigmatid communities on tree trunks (both at ground level and 1.5 m above ground) and in lichens differed most from other communities. Over 30% of the species were found in only a single microhabitat. Twenty-three species and the genus Zerconopsis are reported from Norway for the first time. Six records are also new to Fennoscandia, including (Oribatida) Coronoquadroppia monstruosa, Eueremaeus valkanovi, Ramusella furcata, and (Mesostigmata) Dendrolaelaps rectus, D. multidentatus, and D. tenuipilus. In addition, several rare species were detected, e.g., Achipteria magna, Oribotritia berlesei, and Subiasella quadrimaculata, and two were found in their northernmost locality (O. berlesei, E. valkanovi). These results confirm the unique character and high conservation value of the studied forest in Norway, Fennoscandia and at a European scale.

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“…One of the most abundant invertebrates living in forest ecosystems are mites and more than 50,000 species have been described (Manu et al, 2018). Especially, Uropodina mites are one of the most widespread and diverse groups of mites living in soil (Kontschán, 2010(Kontschán, , 2013Kontschán et al, 2013).…”

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“…Besides, soil mites are known to play an important ecological role in the forest. For instance, they are reported to participate in soil formation processes and affect productivity (Manu et al, 2018). In the genus Trachytes Michael within the family Trachytidae, up to 30 species have been identified, 23 of which are from Central European countries such as Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine and Romania (Masan, 2003).…”

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Isolation and characterization of 3D chitin from a mite species Trachytes pauperior (Parasitiformes: Uropodina)

Çakmak

Bilican

2021

Acarological Studies

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Chitin is the most abundant structural biopolymer after cellulose in terrestrial ecosystems. Until now, chitin isolation in powder or granule form has been carried out from many macro living groups (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Mollusca etc.). However, studies on chitin characterization of microscopic organisms have remained limited. In this study, three dimensional (3D) chitin extraction was performed for the first time from Trachytes pauperior (Berlese), a mite species. The obtained chitin was observed by light microscopy and characterized by FT-IR, and SEM analysis. Our findings suggest that chitin, which was obtained in high purity and constitutes a large part of the organism's body structure, could be a potential source for future studies.

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Importance of moss habitats for mesostigmatid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Romania

Cited by 9 publications

References 42 publications

Soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) as indicators of urban ecosystems in Bucharest, Romania

Soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) as indicators of urban ecosystems in Bucharest, Romania

High Diversity of Mites (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) Supports the High Conservation Value of a Broadleaf Forest in Eastern Norway

Isolation and characterization of 3D chitin from a mite species Trachytes pauperior (Parasitiformes: Uropodina)

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