Invertebrate communities from the mesovoid shallow substratum of the Carpatho-Euxinic area

Abstract

Between 1998 and 2008, the authors analyzed from a faunistic and zoogeographic point of view, 5 sites with different types of mesovoid shallow subtratum (MSS) from the karst areas of Dobrogea and the Carpathians. These sites are: the cleitric MSS from the Movile area (South Dobrogea) – from the karst of Dobrogea and the nude and covered colluvial MSS from the Vârghişului Gorges (600–660 m.), the colluvial and cleitric MSS from the Motru Basin (370–407 m.), the nude (Marele Grohotiş – 1650 m., Cerdacul Stanciului 1571 m.) and covered colluvial (Valea Seacă – 1000m.) MSS from Piatra Craiului – from the karst areas of the Carpathians

Keywords

• mss
• mesovoid shallow substratum / superficial subterranean environment
• sampling methodology
• araneae
• coleoptera
• collembola
• diplopoda
• oniscidea
• carpatho-euxinic area
• characteristic species
• zoogeography