KEANEKARAGAMAN MESOFAUNA TANAH DAERAH PERTANIAN APEL DESA TULUNGREJO KECAMATAN BUMIAJI KOTA BATU SEBAGAI BIOINDIKATOR
Abstract: The Mesofauna’s soil
is a soil fauna which has a body size of 100 µm-< 2 mm its population has
been rare because of applying an intensive agriculture system, which is based
on the chemical equipment, such as chemical synthetic of fertilizer and
synthetic insecticide. Other problem is less information about the diversity of
soil mesofauna, especially in the agriculture apples at Tulungrejo, Bumiaji,
Batu. The aim of this research is to determine of the species of soil
mesofauna, ecology parameter, index of diversity, evenness index and soil
fertility in the research area. The research used descriptive quantitative
research. Descriptive research aims to describe an event and the events that
occurred, quantitative research aims to explain numbers of data analysis using
statistical. The research carried in the morning with the plot method
(squares). Data were collected by direct observation of the population
investigated. The results showed that soil mesofauna were found to consist of a
kind Ascocyrtus sp, Homidia cingula, Isotomurus palustris, Pseudacorutes
javanicus, Pseudisotoma sensibilis, Sphyroteca dawydoffi, and Macrocheles
robustulus. Soil mesofauna of ecology parameters are: (1) density ranged from
0,592 ind/m2–131,556 ind/m2, relative density between of 0,002–0,484. The
highest density species Homidia cingula and the lowest is Isotomurus palustris
(2) frequency ranged between 0,037–0,926 the relative frequency ranged from
0,012–0,344 with the highest frequency value species Pseudisotoma and the
lowest is Isotomurus palustris (3) the highest importance index value species
Homidia cingula 0,756, and lowest is Isotomurus palustris 0,013. The index of
diversity value Shannon wiener (H’) 1,368 or categories is low diversity
values, so the soil fertility degree in the area of the research is low.
Evenness value (E) is 0,85, means the population prone to average (E
approaching 1).
Penulis: Hasan Ibrahim
Kode Jurnal: jpbiologidd140217
