structure > project group Z > scientific project Z1 > soil faunaScientific Project Z1 - Monitoring and site managementSoil zoologyAim of the soil zoological investigations is the documentation and
analysis of soil fauna succession of at Chicken Creek catchment. Hence,
regular sampling is carried out since October 2005 in cooperation with the
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz including the Testate Amoebae,
Tardigrades, Nematodes, Collembolans und Mites. Since 2008, the Experimental
Area adjacent to Chicken Creek catchment was included into the
investigations. Special emphasis is put on immigration analysis, influence
of the water supply as well as biotic interactions with plants or other
faunal components.
(pictures: M. Wanner) |