Maria Sterzyńska
Museum and Institute of Zoology
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Annales Zoologici Fennici | 2012
Maria Sterzyńska; Oleg Orlov; Julia Shrubovych
Protura, an almost neglected taxon in ecological studies of soil microarthropods, were examined at highly vulnerable sites of fluvial forest stands of the Transcarpathian Lowland. To compare the effects of different hydrologic disturbance regimes on Protura assemblages, we examined part of a river floodplain subjected to periodical inundation, and a non-inundated part with limited fluvial activity, behind the river embankment. Ten sites were selected for sampling, with four sites dominated by oak and one dominated by poplar in each part. The type of hydrologic disturbance regime in the river floodplain shaped Protura assemblages and influenced their variability. Highest abundance and species richness were correlated with the non-inundated part of the floodplain under oak stands, although Protura also tolerated soil conditions of exposure to regular inundation. We present and discuss several hypotheses concerning the causes of distribution patterns of Protura in the river floodplain with different hydrologic disturbance regimes, including sensitivity to mycorrhizal associations and the role of Protura assemblages as a potential ecological bioindicator of pedogenic transformations in riverine wetlands.
Pedobiologia | 2000
Maria Sterzyńska; Rainer Ehrnsberger
Summary The distribution pattern and diversity of Collembola communities in the soils of low and high intertidal saltmarshes were compared. The intertidal “mud” soils are colonized by Collembola to depth of 30 cm and at a distance of 10 m towards the sea from coastal edge. The communities of Collembola in low intertidal saltmarsh soils are dominated by a population of Archisotoma sp. The contents of organic matter in the intertidal saltmarsh soils influenced the distribution of Archisotoma sp.
Fragmenta Faunistica | 1997
Regina Bańkowska; Maria Sterzyńska
Zawiera materialy z konferencji: Polish-Korean Joint Seminar Fauna and Flora of the Korean Peninsula: Their Inventory, Systematics and Evolution in Perspective of Biodiversity Conservation
Journal of Soils and Sediments | 2018
Paweł Nicia; Romualda Bejger; Paweł Zadrożny; Maria Sterzyńska
PurposeThe objective of this study was to determine the impact of restoration processes on the selected soil properties and organic matter transformation of mountain fens under the Caltho-Alnetum community in the Babiogórski National Park in Outer Flysch Carpathians.Materials and methodsRestoration processes were conducted on three degraded mountain fens in the Babiogórski National Park in Outer Flysch Carpathians, Poland. The degradation degree of soils was the criterion for the selection of habitats for further studies. To determine the influence of restoration processes on mountain fen soil properties and organic matter transformation, samples were collected in 2011 and 2013. The soil samples were assayed for pH, base cation concentration, hydrolytic acidity, organic carbon and total nitrogen content, total exchangeable base cation concentration, cation exchange capacity, and base saturation. Organic matter fractions were extracted by IHSS method. Quantitative and qualitative study of organic matter was based on fraction composition analysis and the ratio of humic acid carbon to fulvic acid carbon. The research results were statistically verified.Results and discussionBased on morphological and chemical properties, the studied mountain fen soils can be classified as Sapric Dranic Eutric Histosols and Sapric Dranic Dystric Histosols according to WRB guidelines (2015). Before restoration processes, the mountain fen soils subjected to a different water regime showed various contents of total nitrogen and organic carbon. The decreasing of the groundwater level was reflected in pH, calcium ion content, exchangeable base cation concentration, and base saturation. The increase of the groundwater level had influence on chemical properties of mountain fen soils such as pH, total exchangeable base cation concentration, hydrolytic acidity, cation exchange capacity, and base saturation. Three-year restoration processes did not cause significant changes in the composition of humic substance fractions.ConclusionsMountain fens under Caltho-Alnetum community are priority habitats in Babiogórski National Park in Outer Flysch Carpathians, Poland. These habitats responded to restoration processes in varying degrees depending on the extent of their degradation. The least degraded mountain fen was characterized by a short response time on the restoration processes. The reaction of higher degraded habitats was weaker.
Wetlands | 2015
Maria Sterzyńska; Václav Pižl; Karel Tajovský; Mateusz Stelmaszczyk; Tomasz Okruszko
We assessed the response of soil fauna to natural environmental gradients triggered by different dynamics of hydrological conditions. Four sites differing in the dynamics of groundwater-surface water interactions, type of soil and type of wetland vegetation were selected along a transect running from a river channel to the margin of the valley in the floodplain. Soil macrofauna, represented by millipedes, terrestrial isopods and earthworms, and soil mesofauna (collembolans) were investigated along that transect. Our results demonstrate that soil macrofauna and mesofauna variability differ across examined peat-forming wetlands. The effect of hydrological conditions associated with flooding emerged as a significant predictor of the variability in soil macrofauna with regard to millipedes and terrestrial isopods, but not earthworms. We concluded that the interactive processes reflected in the landscape mosaic, complex spatio-temporal environmental gradients and biogeochemical factors determine the distribution of soil macro and mesofauna within peat-filled river floodplains, although soil fauna components differ in the response across the examined sites.
Applied Soil Ecology | 2014
Maria Sterzyńska; Julia Shrubovych; Igor J. Kaprus
Fragmenta Faunistica | 1994
Maria Sterzyńska; Andrzej Ślepowroński; Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii
Fragmenta Faunistica | 1994
Przemysław Trojan; Regina Bańkowska; Elżbieta Chudzicka; Irmina. Pilipiuk; Ewa Skibińska; Maria Sterzyńska; Wytwer Jolanta; Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Zoologii
Fragmenta Faunistica | 1991
Václav Pižl; Maria Sterzyńska; Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii
European Journal of Soil Biology | 2015
Maria Sterzyńska; Karel Tajovský; Paweł Nicia