Do mites and Collembola affect pine litter fungal biomass and microbial respiration?

Effects of grazing by a common collembolan, Onychiurus subtenuis, and a common oribatid mite, Oppiella nova, singly and in combination, at a variety of densities, on lodgepole pine needle litter fungal biomass and microbial respiration were assessed in microcosms. At 3 weeks the numbers of O. subten...

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Published in:Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment ecosystems & environment, 1998-09, Vol.9 (1), p.209-213
Main Authors: Kaneko, Nobuhiro, McLean, Mary Ann, Parkinson, Dennis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biomass
conifer needles
dark hyphae
feeding preferences
forest litter
Fungal biomass
Fungal grazing
fungi
grazing
hyaline hyphae
hyphae
Microbial respiration
Onychiurus
Onychiurus subtenuis
Oppiella nova
Oribatida
Pinus contorta
population density
respiration
water content
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Summary:Effects of grazing by a common collembolan, Onychiurus subtenuis, and a common oribatid mite, Oppiella nova, singly and in combination, at a variety of densities, on lodgepole pine needle litter fungal biomass and microbial respiration were assessed in microcosms. At 3 weeks the numbers of O. subtenuis did not affect respiration. Increasing numbers of immature O. nova increased microbial respiration, accounting for 25% ( p
ISSN:0929-1393
1873-0272
DOI:10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00077-8