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Vascular plants versus mosses in lakeland and riverine mires in two regions of eastern Poland

Sugier P., Czarnecka B.

Polish Journal of Ecology

2010

Vol. 58, nr 4

635-644

Our research was conducted in two different mire habitats . in the minerotrophic and ombrotrophic mires adjoining the lakes (LM) of the Łęczna-Włodawa Lakeland and in the eutrophic and calcium-rich mires of the river valleys (RM) of the Roztocze Highlands region (both study regions in Eastern Poland). The study aimed to evaluate (1) the position of mire phytocoenoses in the environmental gradient - from minerotrophic to ombrotrophic ones, (2) the influence of the species and life-form composition of plant communities on the density of bryophytes, and (3) the quantitative and sociological relations between the density of vascular plants and bryophytes. Phytosociological releves (180) were made in six lakeland mires and in four river valleys. The area of each phytosociological releves (16-25 m2) represented species composition and vertical structure of communities. In the study of the relation vascular plants-bryophytes we took into consideration the following parameters: species abundance, cover of particular plant layers (trees, shrubs, herbs, bryophytes), and the number of species in particular life-form groups. In the LM the cover of particular layers was correlated negatively with the abundance of Sphagnum mosses. Betula pendula, B. pubescens and Frangula alnus overgrowing the LM affect negatively the abundance of some peat mosses. Less distinct relations were found between the tree density and bryophyte cover in the RM, but there is a positive correlation between the shrub cover and its predominant species - F. alnus - and the abundance of Polytrichum commune. Taking into account the relations between the herbaceous cover and the abundance of bryophytes, the dependencies are also less pronounced in the RM phytocoenoses. A negative effect of the herbaceous cover and its species richness on the abundance of P. commune was observed, as well as positive relation between the number of herbaceous species and the abundance of Calliergonella cuspidata. In the LM phytocoenoses, a negative correlation was found in the case of S. palustre, while in the case of Aulacomnium palustre and S. cuspidatum the relations were positive. Among herbaceous plants of LM habitats the biggest number of statistically significant correlations were observed for abundance of Carex lasiocarpa and different bryophytes, while in the RM habitats the correlations between the abundance of bryophyte and vascular plant layers are less distinct.

Epiphytic Protozoa (testate amoebae and ciliates) associated with Sphagnum in peatbogs: relationship to chemical parameters

Mieczan Tomasz

Polish Journal of Ecology

2007

Vol. 55, nr 1

79-90

The composition and abundance of microorganisms (testate amoebae and ciliates) dwelling in the water in the patches of Sphagnum palustre L. in three peatbogs with different pH values of the Poleski National Park (Eastern Poland) and their relationship to chemical parameters were studied. From April to October 2005 from each peatbog twice a month, eight samples were collected by washing 10 g of a wet mass of plant material in 50 ml of distilled water. A total of 11 testate amoebae taxa and 32 ciliate taxa occurred among Sphagnum palustre. Testate amoebae and ciliates richness and abundance were significantly greater (33 taxa and> 15 ind. g[^-1], respectively) in low pH (4.5) peatbog. Generally, the moss dwelling testacean fauna was dominated by cosmopolitan and ubiquitous taxa. Only four testate amoebae taxa (Arcella vulgaris, Assulina muscurum, Hyalosphenia sp. and Euglypha sp.) showed a clear preference for a low pH. Ciliate communities were dominated by Colpodea, Cyrtophorida, Scuticociliatida and Suctorida. In all peatbogs bacterivorous protozoa occurred in the highest numbers (up to 60%), while algivorous and mixotrophic in the lowest (range from 3 to 10%). Moisture conditions appeared to play a key role in determining the distribution pattern of testacean communities, while pH and the content of total organic carbon in water correlated positively with the total numbers or biomass of testate amoebae and ciliates.