AN ESTIMATION OF MICROFAUNAL POPULATIONS IN SOILS AND FOREST LITTER

Abstract

Summary In mineral soils the microfaunal population consists principally of nematodes and protozoa. The ciliate protozoa tend to be more numerous than the rhizopods. In beech‐litter rotifers and copepods are also very numerous. There is a significant difference between the litter populations of summer and winter.