Species abundance distribution of collembolan communities in forest soils polluted with heavy metals

Syrek, D; Weiner, Wanda Maria; Wojtylak, Marek; Olszowska, Grażyna; Kwapis, Zygmunt

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.05.002

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“…At 10 m, the toxic unit of soil was above 3200 and springtail richness was 4; at 140 m, the toxic unit was 40 and 10 springtail species were listed. A study conducted near a former mining site in Poland (Syrek et al, 2006;Fiera, 2009) showed a similar trend. On the other hand, a decrease in sensitive species was observed in the contaminated area in the case of the genus Sminthurinus sp.…”

Section: Effect Of Metal(loid) Pollution On Springtail Community Strumentioning

confidence: 58%

“…A study by Gillet and Ponge (2003) of food contents in the guts of springtail species occurring in soils with different degrees of metal pollution showed that some species were able to select the less polluted food. For example, epigeic species, which were the most represented in the most polluted soils in our study, stopped feeding on fungi once they started accumulating trace metals and shifted their diet to hemi-organic humus (Syrek et al, 2006). Thus, the change in springtail ecological characteristics, observed here with respect to the distance to the industrial site, illustrates the behavioural adaptation of springtail populations to soil disturbance (Chagnon et al, 2000).…”

Section: Effect Of Metal(loid) Pollution On Springtail Community Strumentioning

confidence: 75%

“…E. multifasciata and L. lanuginosus did not show significant changes in their numbers (except at 70 m from the industrial site) and represented close to 20 and 70% respectively of springtail communities in the most polluted soils. According to Syrek et al (2006), the increase in the abundance of some springtail species subjected to environmental stress can be the result of released ecological niches. Springtails have the ability to make use of a wide spectrum of resources under competitive conditions which enable them to exploit resources more efficiently than competitors Hopkin, 2005, Winkler andToth, 2012), and therefore to survive in polluted environments.…”

Section: Effect Of Metal(loid) Pollution On Springtail Community Strumentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ecological changes in historically polluted soils: Metal(loid) bioaccumulation in microarthropods and their impact on community structure

Austruy¹,

Laplanche

Mombo

et al. 2016

Geoderma

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OATAO is an open access repository that collects the work of Toulouse researchers and makes it freely available over the web where possible. This is an author-deposited version published in : http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/ Eprints ID : 15976 a b s t r a c tSoil pollution by persistent metal(loid)s present environmental and sanitary risks. While the effects of metal(loid)s on vegetation and macrofauna have been widely studied, their impact on microarthropods (millimetre scale) and their bioaccumulation capacity have been less investigated. However, microarthropods provide important ecosystem services, contributing in particular to soil organic matter dynamics. This study focussed on the impact of metal(loid) pollution on the structure and distribution of microarthropod communities and their potential to bioaccumulate lead (Pb). Soil samples were collected from a contaminated historical site with a strong horizontal and vertical gradient of Pb concentrations. Microarthropods were extracted using the Berlese method. The field experiments showed that microarthropods were present even in extremely polluted soils (30,000 mg Pb kg −1 ). However, while microarthropod abundance increased with increasing soil C/N content (R 2 = 0.79), richness decreased with increasing pollution. A shift in the community structure from an oribatid-to a springtail-dominated community was observed in less polluted soils (R 2 = 0.68). In addition, Pb bioamplification occurred in microarthropods, with higher Pb concentrations in predators than in detritivorous microarthropods. Finally, the importance of feeding and reproductive ecological traits as potentially relevant descriptors of springtail community structures was highlighted. This study demonstrates the interest of microarthropod communities with different trophic levels and ecological features for evaluating the global environmental impact of metal(loid) pollution on soil biological quality.

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Section: Effect Of Metal(loid) Pollution On Springtail Community Strumentioning

confidence: 58%

Section: Effect Of Metal(loid) Pollution On Springtail Community Strumentioning

confidence: 75%

Section: Effect Of Metal(loid) Pollution On Springtail Community Strumentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ecological changes in historically polluted soils: Metal(loid) bioaccumulation in microarthropods and their impact on community structure

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Laplanche

Mombo

et al. 2016

Geoderma

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“…Syrek et al . ), while disturbed communities have been shown to follow a log‐normal distribution with similar parameters to undisturbed communities (Nummelin ). Furthermore, under acute stress, communities have been observed to go from logseries back to log‐normal, but with very different parameters (Hågvar ).…”

Section: Section 2: the Species Abundance Distribution In Biodiversitmentioning

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REVIEW: On the species abundance distribution in applied ecology and biodiversity management

Matthews

Whittaker

2014

Journal of Applied Ecology

146

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Summary1. The species abundance distribution (SAD) is an important concept in ecology, and much work has focused on the SAD in a theoretical context. However, less focus has been placed on the utility of SADs in applied ecology and biodiversity management, which therefore forms the focus of the present article. We illustrate that study of the SAD allows inferences beyond those that flow from many simple diversity indices, enabling workers to identify patterns in the commonness and rarity of species in a community. 2. First, we discuss how incorporating SAD analyses into the study of ecological communities can generate useful information for the management of biodiversity. In particular, we argue that deconstructing ecological assemblages into various subsets and analysing how each subset contributes to the overall SAD can reveal patterns of interest to managers. Secondly, we review the many applications of SADs in applied ecological fields, including disturbance ecology, conservation planning and conservation biological control. 3. Using examples we show that the SAD can be useful in applied ecology as it is visually intuitive, easy to implement in a broad variety of ecological contexts, and does not require substantial species-specific data. We provide a summary of the various methods available for plotting the SAD and illustrate how each method provides information of value for applied ecologists. 4. Using empirical and simulated data, we show that the SAD can provide early warning of the effects of disturbance on ecological communities and that a number of SAD models represent useful tools for comparing communities in a management context. 5. Synthesis and applications. Applied ecologists require tools that allow for relatively quick assessments of ecosystem health and/or the success of management prescriptions aimed at ameliorating the effects of disturbance. We demonstrate that that the methods reviewed herein provide such tools and that the species abundance distribution (SAD) has additional applied uses beyond traditional applications in disturbance ecology. We hope that this synthesis will provide a catalyst for advancing a more utilitarian SAD research agenda.

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“…Since SADs have been studied by Raunkiaer (1909) and Motomura (1932), numerous research have dealt with various taxa representing marine communities (Gray and Mirza, 1979;Gray, 1981;Hughes, 1984;Magurran and Henderson, 2003), terrestrial plants (del Moral, 1999;Begon et al, 2006;Forster and Warton, 2007) and terrestrial animals (Fisher et al, 1943;Syrek et al, 2006;Ford and Lancaster, 2007). Extensive reviews can also be found in May (1975), Tokeshi (1993), Magurran (2004), May et al (2007), and McGill et al (2007).…”

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Species abundance distribution of benthic chironomids and other macroinvertebrates across different levels of pollution in streams

Tang

Song²,

Cho

et al. 2009

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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-Chironomid assemblages collected from seven different streams in South Korea were investigated. The subfamily composition of chironomids was clearly differentiated accross different levels of organic pollution. Species abundance distributions (SADs) of chironomid communities were compared with the total macroinvertebrate communities across different levels of pollution. The number of species with minimal range of abundance was lower in SADs for chironomid communities compared with total communities. The log normal distribution was accepted for both total and chironomid communities, while the geometric series was relatively more suitable for chironomids and the log series were more fitted to total communities. The a values in the log normal distribution increased in chironomid communities across different levels of pollution, while c values increased at the polluted sites for both chironomid and total communities. In the Power law analysis, the parameter decreased in chironomid communities. The dominance decay model was more fitted to chironomid communities in clean conditions while random fraction and assortment models were more suitable for the polluted sites.

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Species abundance distribution of collembolan communities in forest soils polluted with heavy metals

Cited by 25 publications

References 13 publications

Ecological changes in historically polluted soils: Metal(loid) bioaccumulation in microarthropods and their impact on community structure

Ecological changes in historically polluted soils: Metal(loid) bioaccumulation in microarthropods and their impact on community structure

REVIEW: On the species abundance distribution in applied ecology and biodiversity management

Species abundance distribution of benthic chironomids and other macroinvertebrates across different levels of pollution in streams

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