Large soil invertebrates of the Bolshezemelskaya tundra (European North-East Russia)

Tatyana Konakova; Tatyana Konakova

doi:10.15468/4cur2n

Large soil invertebrates of the Bolshezemelskaya tundra (European North-East Russia)

Citation

Konakova T (2022). Large soil invertebrates of the Bolshezemelskaya tundra (European North-East Russia). Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4cur2n accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

Data on the number of individuals of large soil invertebrates in soil samples collected in plant communities of the southeastern sector of the Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Komi Republic, environs of Vorkuta) are presented. A total of 3084 occurrences are included in the resource.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Data collection was carried out from September 2008 to July 2017. We studied tundra biotopes in the vicinity of the city of Vorkuta (Komi Republic).

Sampling

The collection of soil invertebrates was carried out in tundra biotopes and in plots of post-agrogenic ecosystems formed as a result of agricultural development of the tundra.

Quality Control

The data were collected and identified by specialist from the Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Method steps

Two methods of material collection were used at each site: 1. Soil samples. We took 8-10 soil samples with a size of 25x25 cm or 25 soil samples with a size of 10x10 cm to a depth of 5-10 cm. 2. Soil traps. The barber traps were made of plastic pots (10 cm deep, 12 cm in diameter) filled with formalin (10% vol.) and buried to the rim into the soil. Individuals, who could not be identified in the field, were stored in 95% ethanol for subsequent identification with binocular microscope.

Taxonomic Coverages

Lumbricidae
rank: family
Lithobiidae
rank: family
Carabidae
rank: family
Staphylinidae
rank: family
Elateridae
rank: family
Cantaridae
rank: family
Aranea
rank: order
Diptera
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

To study the fauna of soil invertebrates, three areas of the tundra and 3 areas of post-agrogenic ecosystems, formed as a result of the agricultural development of the tundra were studied.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Tatyana Konakova
originator
position: Researcher
Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kommunisticheskaya, 28
Syktyvkar
167982
Komi Republic
RU
Telephone: +78212312239
email: konakova@ib.komisc.ru

Tatyana Konakova
metadata author
position: Researcher
Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kommunisticheskaya, 28
Syktyvkar
167982
Komi Republic
RU
Telephone: +78212312239
email: konakova@ib.komisc.ru

Tatyana Konakova
originator
position: Researcher
Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kommunisticheskaya, 28
Syktyvkar
167982
Komi Republic
RU
Telephone: +78212312239
email: konakova@ib.komisc.ru

Alla Ditts
user
position: Researcher
Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kommunisticheskaya, 28
Syktyvkar
167982
Komi Republic
RU
Telephone: +78212312239
email: kolesnikova@ib.komisc.ru

Tatyana Konakova
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kommunisticheskaya, 28
Syktyvkar
167982
Komi Republic
RU
Telephone: +78212312239
email: konakova@ib.komisc.ru

Alla Ditts
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kommunisticheskaya, 28
Syktyvkar
167982
Komi Republic
RU
Telephone: +78212312239
email: kolesnikova@ib.komisc.ru