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RECORD NUMBER: 47 OF 173Main Title | Earthworms of the Western United States. Part 1. Lumbricidae. | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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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 | NT | |||||||||||
Cataloging Source | NTIS/MT | |||||||||||
Control Number | 515817821 | |||||||||||
Origin | NTIS | |||||||||||
Type | CAT |