<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study assessed the impact on the soil nematodes during the first 3-years after reclamation of a brown coal mining area. Samples were taken from 5 fields: 1 year before excavation, right at the beginning of reclamation (Yr 0), and in fields 1, 2 and 3 years after reclamation. A total of 31 families of nematodes were recorded and the nematode community of field Yr 0 was significantly different from that of other four sampling sites. Nematode abundance decreased after excavation and then began to return to initial community levels at each of the three reclamation sites with bacterivore nematodes recovering faster than the fungivores, omnivore-predators or the plant parasites. A gradual but consistent regeneration of the nematode community to its original structure was seen from the beginning of sampling and this recovery process was detectable over the three successive years of experimentation. Open-pit mining, therefore, drastically disturbed nematode community structure initially but the community was able to recover and stabilized quickly after reclamation.</p></abstract>

The study assessed the impact on the soil nematodes during the first 3-years after reclamation of a brown coal mining area. Samples were taken from 5 fields: 1 year before excavation, right at the beginning of reclamation (Yr 0), and in fields 1, 2 and 3 years after reclamation. A total of 31 families of nematodes were recorded and the nematode community of field Yr 0 was significantly different from that of other four sampling sites. Nematode abundance decreased after excavation and then began to return to initial community levels at each of the three reclamation sites with bacterivore nematodes recovering faster than the fungivores, omnivore-predators or the plant parasites. A gradual but consistent regeneration of the nematode community to its original structure was seen from the beginning of sampling and this recovery process was detectable over the three successive years of experimentation. Open-pit mining, therefore, drastically disturbed nematode community structure initially but the community was able to recover and stabilized quickly after reclamation.

Response of nematode communities to reclamation of agricultural soils following degradation through brown coal strip-mining processes

Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, China

Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32607, USA

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, Ankara, 06511, Turkey

Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Elsdorf, 50189, Germany

Department of Ecology and Ecological Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 10094, China

Institute for Resource Conservation and Plant Science, University of Bonn, Bonn, 53115, Germany

Helminthologia

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The study assessed the impact on the soil nematodes during the first 3-years after reclamation of a brown coal mining area. Samples were taken from 5 fields: 1...

Response of nematode communities to reclamation of agricultural soils following degradation through brown coal strip-mining processes

Data publikacji: 04 kwi 2014

Zakres stron: 53 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-014-0208-9

Słowa kluczowe
nematode community composition, maturity index, nematode fauna, succession, ecological regeneration

© 2014 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Response of nematode communities to reclamation of agricultural soils following degradation through brown coal strip-mining processes

Data publikacji: 04 kwi 2014

Zakres stron: 53 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-014-0208-9

Słowa kluczowenematode community composition, maturity index, nematode fauna, succession, ecological regeneration

© 2014 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
nematode community composition, maturity index, nematode fauna, succession, ecological regeneration