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. 2021 Nov 17:9:e75586.
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e75586. eCollection 2021.

Soil invertebrates of coniferous forests along a gradient of air pollution (Komi Republic)

Alla Kolesnikova  1 , Tatyana Konakova  1 , Anastasia Taskaeva  1 , Alexey Kudrin  1
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Soil invertebrates of coniferous forests along a gradient of air pollution (Komi Republic)

Alla Kolesnikova et al. Biodivers Data J. .

Abstract

Background: The role of soil invertebrates in the cycle of substances, soil-forming processes and the provision of ecosystem services is undeniable. Therefore, soil invertebrates are valuable in bioindication studies. Comprehensive research of soil invertebrates in the production area of Mondi Syktyvkar JSC as the largest pulp and paper enterprise in the European part of Russia was initiated in 2003. A huge amount of data about composition, abundance and structure of soil macro- and mesofauna along an impact gradient was accumulated during the period from 2003 to 2019 years. These data can be used to study local biodiversity, monitor the state of soil invertebrate communities and assess the impact of the pulp and paper industry on the environment.

New information: Datasets here presented include information from a monitoring programme for soil invertebrates that inhabit coniferous forests in the production area of Mondi Syktyvkar JSC (Komi Republic). The assemblages' structure of macrofauna, collembolans and nematodes are described. Information on the number of individuals of springtail species, nematodes genera and macrofauna taxa is given. A total of 11146 sampling events of macrofauna, 6673 sampling events of Collembola, and 2592 sampling events of Nematoda are recorded along a gradient of air pollution from pulp and paper industry emissions.

Keywords: Carabidae; Collembola; Curculionidae; Elateridae; Julidae; Komi Republic; Lithobiidae; Lumbricidae; Nematoda; Polyzoniidae; Staphylinidae; pine and spruce forests; pulp and paper industry; sampling event.

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Figure 1.
Study area (European part of Russia, Komi Republic, Syktyvkar).
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Figure 2.
The map-scheme of study area (lichen pine forest is marked orange, bilberry pine forest - blue, bilbery spruce forest - yellow colour).
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Figure 3.
Nematodes abundance (ind./100 g, along the ordinate axis) along the pollution gradient.
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Figure 4.
The number of macrofauna species in spruce forests along the pollution gradient.
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Figure 5.
The number of macrofauna species in pine forests along the pollution gradient.
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