Post-mining lanscapes, and the dynamics and distribution of soil faunal succession

• Thesis title in Czech: Krajina po povrchové těžbě, dynamika a distribuce sukcese půdní fauny
• Thesis title in English: Post-mining lanscapes, and the dynamics and distribution of soil faunal succession
• Key words: sukcese fauna výsypky
• English key words: succession fauna mining
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2013/2014
• Thesis type: dissertation
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute for Environmental Studies (31-550)
• Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Ing. Jan Frouz, CSc.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 18.11.2013
• Date of assignment: 18.11.2013
• Date and time of defence: 23.07.2018 10:00
• Date of electronic submission: 16.04.2018
• Date of proceeded defence: 23.07.2018
• Opponents: prof. Ing. Bořivoj Šarapatka, Dr., CSc.

Preliminary scope of work

Práce se bude sestávat ze 4 hlavních částí 1) úlohy mikrostanovišť, 2) role přepravy půdy na faunální kolonizaci , 3) úlohy urovníní povrchu a 4) role žížal v sukcesi

Preliminary scope of work in English

There are four main experiments we are planing to go through as follows.

1. The role of microhabitate in succession.

Since of different inputs that we can expect for different habitat systems for our soils we are going to study the effect of different microhabitates in the post minig sits containing bare soil, grass cover and wood cover over different periods of time on soil meso and macro fauna succession. Population of soil macro and meso fauna as mentioned above are going to be measured and with analysing the om input data to the soil we are going to find out what the differences exist among the microhabitates.

2. The role of soil transportation on faunal colonization
Since access to soil fauna is important in their colonization of a fresh surface, we will compare the faunal (macro and meso) communities of freshly exposed spoil surfaces years after transportation of developed soils as an inoculation source. By comparing the population of those faunae on the developed soil and spoil surfaces in a long term we will be enabled to assess the importance of physical access of the fauna to the fresh spoil surfaces on their colonization success.

3. Comparison of waves created by heaping with flat area

Since of different topogarphical feautures between flat and healed areas we are going to find out if we can observe any diference in the butterfly, and several other soil arthropod, communities and if yes, what can be their probable effects on soil samples in the biological point of view. Soil samples from the different zones will be taken for regarded analysis.

4. Effect of earthworm population on soil microbial food web

Earthworms are known as soil engeeners since of their high rates of activity in soil media. We aim to study what kind of changes their presence in soil can have on soil mikrofauna food web. There will be undisturbed soil samples as our main columns, some will be unchanged as blank ones and the others will be a media for the added earthworms and after some defined time with smimilar conditions we will analyse the plfa and other micorbial community characters to find any possible diference that the eathowrms may cause.