title: [Bio-indicating function of soil protozoa to environmental pollution].
abstract: Due to the abundant species and huge biomass, soil protozoa play an important role in soil ecosystem. As a bio-indicator, soil protozoa have many advantages over other soil animals. Studies on the community structures, quantities, and dynamic variations of biodiversity of soil protozoa could provide powerful means to evaluate natural environmental changes and to monitor the environmental pollution brought by anthropic activities. Based on the current study at home and abroad, this paper gave a review on the function of soil protozoa in ecosystems, their advantages as bio-indicator, and their responses to environmental factors, soil contaminants and the change of atmospheric CO2. The application prospect of soil protozoa in eco-toxicity diagnosis was also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Process, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang. songxy2002@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Xueying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yufang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Tieheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qixing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000502:physiology*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants