Effect of sowbug on Soil Aggregate Stability in a Desert Region (Case Study: Gareh Bygone Plain, Iran)

Authors
G. Rahbar 1
A. Kavian 2
M. Habibnejad Rooshan 3
A. Kowsar 4
K. Shahedi 2
1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources, Sari Agricultural Science and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources, Sari Agricultural Science and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran
3 Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources, Sari Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Sari, Iran
4 Professor, Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management, Fars Research Centre for Agriculture and Natural Resources University, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
The appearance of sowbugs (Hemilepistus shirazi Schuttz) in the sedimentation basins of the artificial recharge of groundwater (ARG) systems in the Gareh Bygone Plain (GBP) in southern Iran is considered an ecological breakthrough in desertification control. This study was performed at the Kowsar Floodwater Spreading and Aquifer Management Research, Training and Extension Station in GBP, 200 km from the south east of Shiraz, Iran, on the alluvial fan of Bisheh Zard River. Invasion of sowbug to sedimentation of basin due to water increasing persuade us to study about this crustacean. To determine aggregate size distribution, the soil samples were dried, and then the soil was sieved through a set of sieves (8, 4.75, 2.8, 2.0, 1.0, 0.8., 0.3 and
Keywords
Desert management
Floodwater spreading
Soil stability
Terrestrial isopod
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ECOPERSIA
Volume 3, Issue 4 - Serial Number 14
December 2015
Pages 1189-1199