Litter mesofauna seasonal dynamics of anthropogenically transformed ecosystems in Dniprodzerzhinsk city Cover Image

Сезонна динаміка підстилкової мезофауни антропогенно трансформованих екосистем м. Дніпродзержинськ
Litter mesofauna seasonal dynamics of anthropogenically transformed ecosystems in Dniprodzerzhinsk city

Author(s): K. O. Moroz, A. V. Lygun, V. V. Brygadyrenko
Subject(s): Sociobiology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Дніпропетровський національний університет імені Олеся Гончара
Keywords: Dniprodzerzhinsk city; ecosystem; coke industry;

Summary/Abstract: Peculiarities of formation and seasonal dynamics of litter invertebrates fauna in the territories under technogenic load of metallurgical and by-product coke industry are investigated. Features of the seasonal fluctuations of number, species quantity, taxonomic and functional structure of litter mesofauna are revealed. The dynamics analysis of the biodiversity of litter arthropods communities is carried out.

  • Issue Year: 19/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 93-102
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Ukrainian