Abstract
The article deals with the results of the study of the biomass of soil microorganisms and the community of oribatid mites in the soils of lake territories in the steppe zone of the Republic of Khakassia. It is shown that the transformation of the zoo-microbial complex of chernozem-meadow soils of lake ecosystems in the process of salinization occurs along the path of reducing the microbiomass and metabolic activity (the microbiological part of the complex), the number and species richness (the zoological part of the complex). This transformation is related to the level of saline groundwater occurrence. The study demonstrated that the identified features of the studied soil biological indicators (respiratory activity of microbiomass and its metabolic coefficient, the number and species richness of oribatid mites) can be successfully used in the practice of monitoring ecosystems and soils located in the lake territories in the steppe zone of the Republic of Khakassia.
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