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Main Title

Earthworms of the Western United States. Part 1. Lumbricidae.

Author

Fender, W. M. ;

CORP Author

Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR.

Year Published

1985

Report Number

EPA/600/J-85/007;

Stock Number

PB85-176592

Additional Subjects

Worms ; Hazardous materials ; Toxicity ; Soil microorganisms ; Aeration ; Soil fertility ; Soil water ; United States ; Collecting methods ; Identifying ; Laboratories ; Tests ; Reprints ; Earthworms ; Lumbricidae ; Habitats

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified	Checkout Status
NTIS	PB85-176592	Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.		07/26/2022

Collation

43p

Abstract

The earthworm fauna of the western United States is an amalgam of native and introduced elements. While the native species are mostly members of the family Megascolecidae, and closely related to those of Australia and Southeast Asia, the introduced species are, at least in the North, members of the family Lumbricidae, and mostly native to Europe, though some, Bimastos parvus and B. tumidus, have come from eastern North America. This present work stems from a need, identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to determine the potential toxicity of various hazardous wastes to soil organisms. Earthworms, because they burrow through and ingest the soil, are a determining factor in the aeration, drainage, and fertility of moist soils, making them an important ecological component of the soil system.

Supplementary Notes

Pub. in Megadrilogica, v4 n5 p1-41 Feb 85.

NTIS Title Notes

Journal article.

Title Annotations

Reprint: Earthworms of the Western United States. Part 1. Lumbricidae.

PUB Date Free Form

Feb 85

Category Codes

6C; 6T; 6F; 68C; 57

NTIS Prices

PC A03/MF A01

Primary Description

600/02

Document Type

Cataloging Source

NTIS/MT

Control Number

515817821

Origin

NTIS

Type

CAT

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