Velkolom Čertovy schody – západ: Fauna sanovaných a rekultivovaných ploch lomu, monitorovací studie, XIX. etapa (2016) [The Čertovy schody Limestone Quarry – West: Fauna of reclamated areas of the quarry, monitoring study of the 19th year (2016)]

The research on terrestrial arthropods in 2016 aimed to compare situation on the same localities after several years. At first, influence of an artificial pond was studied. Its creation seems to have a positive impact on invertebrates. The second explored locality was a steppe endangered by growing vegetation. Overgrown grass and bushes caused disappearing of species inhabiting open habitats. Further, shade-inhabiting species appeared (see Tab. 2). The last goal was a monitoring of a critically endangered wolf spider Pardosa wagleri. Its population is stabilised and not endangered unless current environmental conditions in the quarry change.
In the year 2016, 74 spider species were found (15 of them were ecologically important). Among other arthropods, five millipede, four centipede, two isopod, one mite, one tick, one harvestman and one pseudoscorpion species were recorded.