THE FAMILY DIVERSITY OF SOIL ARTHROPODS IN NEWLY RECLAIMED COAL MINED LAND IN CENTRAL BENGKULU

Main Authors: Soepono, Soepono, Wiryono, Wiryono
Format: Article PeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: Lembaga Penelitian Universitas Bengkulu , 2009
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Online Access: http://repository.unib.ac.id/10821/1/diversity%20of%20arthropods%20in%20mined%20soil%20soepono%20and%20wiryono.pdf
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Daftar Isi:
  • Coal strip mining destroyed forest ecosystem and converted into barren land. Mined land reclamation is aimed at restoring the original ecosystem. Community structure and species composition are some of ecosystems to be considered in mined land reclamation. Over time, plant and animal species compositions in reclaimed mined land are expected to approach the original ones. The objective of this study were to determine the family diversity of soil surface arthropods in recently reclaimed coal mined land and compare it with that of natural forest nearby. Results showed that each mined site had between 9 to 14 families of Arthropods, while the natural forest had only 7 families.The Simpson’s Index of Diversity in natural forest was 0.67, slightly higher than the mined sites, which were between 0.57 to 0.64. The Jaccard Index of Similarity between mined sites and natural forest Arthropods was low, between 20.0 to 25.0 percent.