Characteristics of Soil Animal Community in Lhalu Wetlands during the Summer
Macro- and mid- soil animal was sampled from five quadrates (20 m ×20 m each) to presented the soil community of Lhalu Wetlands in June and July 2010 of the study area. Total of 18 446 species, belonging to 3 phyla,7 classes, 14 orders,32 families and 17 genera were recorded. Individuals belonged to Enchytraeidae was dominant and accounted for 10. 95% of the total sampled specimen. About 84. 63% of the total individuals were the component of 27 groups (family or genus) which are considered common groups. Among those common group, A can and Collembola accounted for 32. 5% and 31. 43% of sampled individuals. The soil animals mainly distributed in the soil surface layer in the sampled quadrates. The value of diversity index H' in each samples from highest to lowest was in the order 3# >5# >4# > 1# >2#. The species similarity among the 5 samples were either medium or extreme dissimilarity (S was 0.10S -0.400) .respectively.
Lhalu WetlandSoil animal componentCommunity characteristicsNorthwest of Lhasa City