Wetlands as water resources have a special place in the semi-arid plateau of Iran and boundary determination is necessary for their effective conservation and conflict resolution among stakeholders that are dependent on these resources. Determination of the wetland boundaries should be commensurate with environmental features affecting on it which normally extend beyond water extent. Ecological...

objective: in soil habitats, mesostigmatic mites (acari: mesostigmata) are among the most important predators of smallarthropods and nematodes. methods: a study was carried out during 2009-2010 to identify theirfauna in khorramabad county, western iran. soil samples were taken from different regions. mites were extracted by berlese-tullgren funnel and cleared in nesbit fluid. microscopic slides...

Besides forests’ ecosystem services related to biomass production, water cycling, air quality, as well as their cultural and recreational uses, forests also play a key role in term of biodiversity. However, a full understanding of this forest biodiversity is not so easy, even for the forest managers and hikers. Indeed, most visible biodiversity related to forest cover and its associated fauna i...

abstract the laelapidae is a large family with worldwide distribution. many laelapids are ectoparasitic on small mammals or associated with arthropods, although some species are free living and predators especially in soil habitat; also they are common in stored products. during three years (2007-2009) of faunestic survey, samples were collected from different habitats such as soil, plant litte...

edaphic mites of the order mesostigmata have important effects in soil ecosystems and food chains.in order to study the fauna of laelapidae (mesostigmata), soil samples were collected from different parts of shahreza vicinity in esfahan province, iran, during 2010-2012. among collected species a new species of gaeolaelaps has been collected from soil and litter and described based on adult fema...

In tropical rainforests, termites constitute an important part of the soil fauna biomass, and as for other soil arthropods, variations in soil composition create opportunities for niche partitioning. The aim of this study was twofold: first, we tested whether soil-feeding termite species differ in the foraging substrate; second, we investigated whether soil-feeding termites select their foragin...

The subsurface wastewater infiltration system (SWIS) receives the effluent pretreated in the septic tank and purifies it through biological, physical, and chemical reactions as it passes through the unsaturated soil to the ground water. An important component of the infiltration system is the biomat, a layer of organic and inorganic material and bacteria that forms at the interface between the ...