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Soil Diversity
Jan Kerwin F. Codiniera1, Juan Miguel L. Franco1,
Van Alvin U. Gambalan1 Juan Carlos D. Maranan1
1
Department of Biological Sciences, College of
Science, University of Santo Tomas, Espaa Manila
Abstract
A Berlese funnel setup was used in this
experiment in order to assess the soil
diversity of a given soil sample, which
includes identification and statistical data
regarding the arthropod community present.
Results show that 2 soil termites were found
present in the soil sample used.
Computations for statistical data show that
the values for density and relative density
were 7.69x10-3 and 100, respectively.
Abundance was measured to have a value
of 2 while both the relative abundance and
Simpsons Index of Diversity have a value of
1. Shannon-Wiener Index of Diversity was
also computed, having a value of 1.39. The
possible causes for this low diversity are the
type of soil used, presence of moisture in
the setup, and unavailability of fixatives for
preservation.
Introduction
Conclusion
The Berlese funnel setup is a technique for
assessing the diversity of organisms found
present in a particular soil sample. The
application of this technique showed that
there were two organisms, which were
identified as soil mites, present in the soil
sample used for the experiment.
References
(1) Imes, R. (1992). Practical Entomologist: A
fireside book. New York, NY: Simon and
Schuster.
(2) Gonalves, M. F., & Pereira, J. A. (2012).