Influência do lodo de esgoto doméstico e lodo de água sobre a mesofauna edáfica / Influence of domestic wastewater sludge and water sludge on edaphic mesofauna

Domestic wastewater sludge and water sludge were applied on a Cambicsoil in the Campus of Agrarian Science School of Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil. Sisty days after the application, the community and population of Oribatei (Acari: Cryptostigmata) and Collembola )Insecta) were evaluated with funnel 9Berleze's modified type). The soil sampling was carried out on the depth 0-5 cm. The field observation shows that, althought they increased 30 days after the application, the populations of Oribatei and Collembola in the application area were closed to these in the nun-application area