Euedaphic and hemiedaphic Collembola suffer larger damages than epedaphic species to nitrogen input

Lihong Song; Jing Liu; Xiumin Yan; Liang Chang; Donghui Wu

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2015.10.008

Euedaphic and hemiedaphic Collembola suffer larger damages than epedaphic species to nitrogen input

Environ Pollut. 2016 Jan;208(Pt B):413-5. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.10.008. Epub 2015 Nov 6.

Authors

Lihong Song¹, Jing Liu², Xiumin Yan³, Liang Chang⁴, Donghui Wu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4888 Shengbei Street, Changchun, 130102, China. Electronic address: lihong_song@qq.com.
² Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4888 Shengbei Street, Changchun, 130102, China. Electronic address: insectbrain@yahoo.cn.
³ Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4888 Shengbei Street, Changchun, 130102, China. Electronic address: yanxiumin1982@hotmail.com.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4888 Shengbei Street, Changchun, 130102, China. Electronic address: springtail@iga.ac.cn.
⁵ Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4888 Shengbei Street, Changchun, 130102, China. Electronic address: wudonghui@iga.ac.cn.

PMID: 26549750
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.10.008

Abstract

Wetlands are commonly limited in available nitrogen. But marshes in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeastern China suffer large amounts of exogenous nitrogen from agriculture fertilization after wetland reclamation. This paper focuses on the ecological effects of a short-term increase of nitrogen input on collembolan communities. Our results show a significant decrease in collembolan abundance and Shannon diversity index, and the abundance of euedaphic and hemiedaphic collembolans decreased faster than epedaphic collembolans. These results indicate that euedaphic or hemiedaphic fauna suffer more biodiversity loss caused by nitrogen deposition than epedaphic fauna and call for more researches on trait-based approaches under environmental stress in the future.

Keywords: Biodiversity; Fertilizing effect; Nitrogen; Springtails; Wetland.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Agriculture / methods
Animals
Arthropods / drug effects*
Biodiversity
China
Fertilizers / toxicity*
Nitrogen / toxicity*
Population Density
Water Pollutants, Chemical / toxicity*
Wetlands

Substances

Fertilizers
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Nitrogen