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Current issue: Volume 25, No. 1 (2025)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59893/abud.25(1).004
Paidere J., Kirjušina M., Mežaka A.., Kecko S., Rubeniņa I., Mežaraupe L. 2025. Meiofauna in deciduous slope forest bryophytes: a case study. Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp., 2025(1): 67-77.
Abstract
We did a pilot study to evaluate the abundance of bdelloids in Anomodon sp. cushions in relation to vertical distribution on a tree stem and to evaluate the importance of tree location and tree diameter in nematode and bdelloid distribution in Anomodon sp. cushions in deciduous slope forest. We found that bdelloid abundance was significantly higher on upper part of tree stems. Nematode and bdelloid distribution is related to tree diameter and tree location on a slope. Our results show that bdelloids and nematodes are highly related to tree local environmental characteristics that could show indirectly the importance of humidity and interactions with other meiofauna species.
Keywords: meiofauna, nematode, rotifers, deciduous forests.
*Corresponding author: Jana Paidere. Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1a, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia. Email: jana.paidere@du.lv. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0036-5889
Muza Kirjušina. Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1a, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia. Email: muza.kirjusina@du.lv. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6067-6200
Anna Mežaka. Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1a, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia. Email: anna.mezaka@du.lv. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1900-8614
Sanita Kecko. Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1a, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia
Ilze Rubeniņa. Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1a, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia
Ligita Mežaraupe. Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 1a, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia
