Collembola of the Chernaya river basin

Study Extent

The study was carried out in July 2013, in the terrestrial ecosystems near the Chernaya river basin.

Sampling

The research was conducted at 28 sampling sites, which were combined into eight main type of vegetation of northern tundra.

Method steps

1. Five samples were collected from each of the sampling sites using a frame measuring 5 cm on each side (25 cm2) and having a depth of 5 cm, making a total of 140 samples of both soil and the overlying vegetation. Springtails were extracted using a Tullgren apparatus, and species were identified using the Fjellberg (1998,2007) and Potapov (2001) keys.

At the terrestrial ecosystems of the Chernaya river basin (the Khaipudyr Bay) we revealed 75 species, 38 genus, 16 families of Collembola.

1. Collembola
   common name: Collembola rank: order

Studies were carried out in terrestrial ecosystems of the rivers Chernaya, Khudaya,Naryoyaha, Nimdivoyaha (the Khaipudyr Bay of the Barents Sea). This territory is located in the Bol’shezemelskii geomorphic district of the Pechora Lowland belonging to the Timan–Uralian geomorphic province. The relief of this part of the Bol’shezemelskaya tundra is specified by the presence of numerous ridged elevations separated by closed or open hollow-type depressions occupied by lakes and bogs. The Khaipudyr Bay coast belongs to the continuous permafrost zone.