?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Effects+of+sewage+sludge+and+copper+enrichment+on+both+soil+mesofauna+community+and+decomposition+of+oak+leaves+(Quercus+suber)+in+a+mesocosm&rft.creator=Pernin%2C+C.&rft.creator=Ambrosi%2C+J.P.&rft.creator=Cortet%2C+J.&rft.creator=Joffre%2C+R.&rft.creator=Tabone%2C+E.&rft.creator=Torre%2C+F.&rft.creator=Krogh%2C+P.H.&rft.subject=+Landscape+and+recreation&rft.subject=+Soil+biology&rft.subject=+Biodiversity+and+ecosystem+services&rft.subject=+Soil+quality&rft.description=A+laboratory+mesocosm+experiment+was+performed+to+study+the+effects+of+copper-enriched+sewage+sludge+application+on+a+mesofauna+community.+For+12+weeks%2C+characteristics+and+changes+in+this+defined+and+artificial+mesofauna+community+structure+were+monitored+as+well+as+the+dynamics+of+leaf+litter+decomposition.+The+mesofauna+community+comprised+six+species+of+Collembola+(Folsomia+fimetaria%2C+Isotomurus+prasinus%2C+Lepidocyrtus+cyaneus%2C%0D%0AMesaphorura+macrochaeta%2C+Parisotoma+notabilis%2C+Protaphorura+armata)%2C+two+species+of+acari+Oribatida+(Achipteria+coleoptrata%2C+Adoristes+sp.)%2C+one+species+of+acari+Gamasida+Hypoaspis+aculeifer)+and+one+species+of+enchytraeid+(Enchytraeus+crypticus).+Three+treatments+included+the+addition+of+22+g+dry+weight+(DW)+sludge+spiked+with+0%2C+200%0D%0Aand+1%2C000+mg+Cu+kg%C3%A2%C2%88%C2%921+DW+sludge+in+each+mesocosm%2C+and+one+treatment+had+66+g+DW+sludge+spiked+with+1%2C000+mg+Cu+kg%C3%A2%C2%88%C2%921+DW+sludge+added+in+each+mesocosm.+Copper%2C+complexed+with+sludge+due+to+a+favourable+pH%2C+had+no+effect+on+community+and+litter+parameters+when+added+to+low+amount+of+sludge.+In+contrast%2C+tripling+the+sludge+dose+in+addition+to+a+high+dose+of+Cu+changed+in+time+the+sludge+and+leaf+chemical+composition+as+well+as+mesofauna+community+structure.+Responses+of+the+mesofauna+to+this+treatment+differed+between+species.+The+abundance+of+species+such+as+I.+prasinus%2C+L.+cyaneus%2C+M.+macrochaeta+and+P.+notabilis+decreased%2C+whereas+the+abundance+of+H.+aculeifer+increased+and+became+dominant.+&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8514%2F1%2F8514.pdf&rft.identifier=Pernin%2C+C.%3B+Ambrosi%2C+J.P.%3B+Cortet%2C+J.%3B+Joffre%2C+R.%3B+Tabone%2C+E.%3B+Torre%2C+F.+and+Krogh%2C+P.H.+(2006)+Effects+of+sewage+sludge+and+copper+enrichment+on+both+soil+mesofauna+community+and+decomposition+of+oak+leaves+(Quercus+suber)+in+a+mesocosm.+Biology+and+Fertility+of+Soils.+[+In+Press+%2C+2006]+**&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8514%2F