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Earthworms as catalysts in the formation and stabilization of soil microbial necromass
Global Change Biology, 2022 Microbial necromass is a central component of soil organic matter (SOM), whose management may be essential in mitigating atmospheric CO2 concentrations and climate change.
G. Angst +5 more
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Residues of currently used pesticides in soils and earthworms: A silent threat?
, 2021 Critical knowledge gaps about environmental fate and unintentional effects of currently used pesticides (CUPs) hamper the understanding and mitigation of their global impacts on ecological processes.
C. Pelosi +10 more
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Degradation of potassium rock by earthworms and responses of bacterial communities in its gut and surrounding substrates after being fed with mineral. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Earthworms are an ecosystem's engineers, contributing to a wide range of nutrient cycling and geochemical processes in the ecosystem. Their activities can increase rates of silicate mineral weathering.
Dianfeng Liu +3 more
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Science of the Total Environment, 2021 Microplastic fibres (MPFs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have the potential to be hazardous to soil organisms. Understanding uptake into organisms is key in assessing these effects, but this is often limited by the analytical challenges to quantify smaller ...
E. Lahive +6 more
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Environment International, 2021 Global concerns towards potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are steadily increasing due to the significant threats that PTEs pose to human health and environmental quality. This calls for immediate, effective and efficient remediation solutions. Earthworms,
Ran Xiao +9 more
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Jurnal Ilmiah Pertanian, 2021 In this study, the inoculation effect of earthworms Pontoscolex corethrurus on celery growth (Apium graveolens L.) has been carried out in red-yellow podzolic (RYP) soils. The research studied in a pot experiment using a completely randomized design (CRD)
Seprita Lidar, Indra Purnama
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The post‐registration monitoring of glyphosate‐treated plants using anecic earthworms [PDF]
, 2023 Glyphosate N‐(phosphonomethyl) glycine is a widely‐used herbicide in agriculture. The anecic earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris feeds and forages for surface plant materials meaning that this species has a unique and direct exposure to agrichemicals. At the
Halsey, Kirstie +5 more
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Animal ecosystem engineers modulate the diversity-invasibility relationship. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 BackgroundInvasions of natural communities by non-indigenous species are currently rated as one of the most important global-scale threats to biodiversity. Biodiversity itself is known to reduce invasions and increase stability. Disturbances by ecosystem
Nico Eisenhauer +3 more
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Environmental Pollution, 2022 Although microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in agricultural soil, little is known about the effects of MPs combined with pesticides on soil organisms and their biogenic transport through the soil profile.
Hui Ju +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Earthworms modulate carbon and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, but their effect may be compromised by the deposition of pollutants from industrial emissions. However, studies investigating how deposited compounds affect the role of earthworms
Junbo Yang +11 more
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