On regional variability of major soil microarthropod groups at four different edaphic systems in the northern alluvial plains of Bengal, India

Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences ,2015,4,1,65-70.
Published:Aprill 2015
Type:Research Article
Authors:
Author(s) affiliations:

S. K. Sarkar1, K. Chakrobarty2*, M. N. Moitra 3

1Pundari High School (H.S.), Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, INDIA.

2 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Gour Banga University, West Bengal, INDIA.

3Department of Zoology, P. D. Women’s College, West Bengal, INDIA.

Abstract:

Soil samples were collected from four different sites - an agricultural field, a river basin, a brick field and a forest floor located in the alluvial plains of northern part of Bengal. Soil acarines dominated the region followed by collembolans. In a few collection efforts however, percentage abundances of collembolans appeared higher than acarines. Group-wise variation in microarthropod communities in the area was significant (p<0.05). Cluster analysis indicated greater similarity between agricultural field and forest floor than between brick field and river basin.