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The C and N transformations during decomposition over 26 d of root material from two lines of tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum L.) were compared in soil with or without earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris L.). The tobacco plants were either unmodified or genetically modified to reduce the activity of caffeic acid O-methyl transferase (COMT), which leads to plants with altered lignin structure and composition. In the absence of earthworms, C mineralization and net N immobilization were greater for the soil amended with reduced COMT roots than with the unmodified roots. In the presence of earthworms, C mineralization was still significantly greater for reduced COMT roots than for unmodified roots, but the difference was smaller, and the net N immobilization did not differ significantly between the two lines of plants.  相似文献   

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A soil microcosm experiment was performed to assess (1) the C- and N- turnover of residues from biogas plants in soils in the presence of three earthworm species (Lumbricus terrestris, Aporrectodea longa and Aporrectodea caliginosa) and (2) the resulting changes in soil chemical and microbiological properties when using these residues as fertilizer in comparison to conventional slurry. Earthworms were exposed in soils, fertilized with an equivalent amount of 120 kg of NH4-N ha?1 from: (1) conventional cattle slurry and (2) a fermented residue derived from cattle slurry, grass (silage) and maize. Additional treatments without slurry and earthworms were used as controls.There was considerable evidence that soils fertilized by fermented slurry comprised fewer amounts of readily available nutrients for microbial C and N turnover. We observed significant stimulation of microbial biomass, basal respiration and nitrification in treatments with conventional slurry, especially in the presence of earthworms. However, the stimulation of microbial activity by manure and earthworms were significantly lower in treatments with fermented slurry. Moreover, the results showed clear interactions between different earthworm species and manures. While the biomass of the anecic species (L. terrestris and A. longa) increased in both slurry treatments, the biomass of A. caliginosa (endogeic) decreased, with a significantly stronger biomass decline in treatments with fermented slurry. The metabolic quotients revealed microbial stress metabolism in fermented slurry treatments, predominantly in treatments with A. caliginosa. We conclude that particularly A. caliginosa and soil microorganisms competed for labile C sources in treatments with fermented slurry. An application of these residues as fertilizer might result in a reduction of microbial activity in agricultural soils and in a decline of endogeic earthworms.  相似文献   

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Although reduced tillage is an agricultural practice reported to decrease soil erosion and external inputs while enhancing soil fertility, it has still rarely been adopted by European organic farmers. The objective of this study was to assess the long-term interactive effects of tillage (conventional (CT) vs. reduced (RT)) and fertilization (slurry (S) vs. composted manure/slurry (MCS)) on earthworms and microbial communities in a clay soil under spelt in an organic 6-year crop rotation. Earthworm populations (species, density and biomass, cocoons) were investigated by handsorting the soil nine years after initial implementation of the treatments. Soil microbial carbon (Cmic) and nitrogen (Nmic) were measured by chloroform-fumigation extraction and a simplified phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis was used to separate for populations of bacteria, fungi and protozoa. Significantly increased total earthworm density in RT plots was mainly attributed to increased numbers of juveniles. Moreover, we found five times more cocoons with RT. Species richness was not affected by the treatments, but tillage treatments had differentially affected populations at the species-level. In addition, cluster analysis at the community level revealed two distinct groups of plots in relation to tillage treatments. In RT plots Cmic increased in the 0–10 cm and 10–20 cm soil layers, while PLFA concentrations indicative of Gram-negative bacteria, fungi and protozoa only increased in the topsoil. Lower bacteria-to-fungi ratios in the upper soil layer of RT plots indicated a shift to fungal-based decomposition of organic matter whereas a higher Cmic-to-Corg ratio pointed towards enhanced substrate availability. Slurry application decreased microbial biomass and enhanced density of juvenile anecic earthworms but overall fertilization effect was weak and no interactions with tillage were found. In conclusion, tillage is a major driver in altering communities of earthworms and microorganisms in arable soils. The use of reduced tillage provides an approach for eco-intensification by enhancing inherent soil biota functions under organic arable farming.  相似文献   

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Global nitrogen cycling is being altered by anthropogenic disturbances including invasion by non-native species. European and Asian earthworms have invaded northern temperate forests in North America with dramatic consequences for litter thickness, forest floor plant diversity, and soil nitrogen cycling. Invasive earthworms present at the boundary of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (i.e., riparian zones) may alter the flux of nitrogen into adjacent aquatic ecosystems. We examined how nitrogen cycling in riparian soil responds to amendments of invasive earthworms or artificial earthworm burrows. In earthworm-free riparian plots (0.25 m2), we established treatments of invasive earthworms (60 g fresh mass·m−2), artificial burrows (120 m−2), or control plots and sampled the plots after 30 days. Before and after treatment application we measured major soil characteristics (water-filled pore space, organic matter, and pH), nitrogen pools (exchangeable NH4+ and NO3−), and nitrogen transformation rates (net N-mineralization, net nitrification, and denitrification). Exchangeable NH4+ and NO3− changed through time but did not differ among treatments. Net N-mineralization and net nitrification rates did not change through time and were similar across all treatments. However, denitrification rates in plots with added earthworms were 4 times greater than rates in control and burrow-only plots, which represents a large rapid increase in gaseous nitrogen flux out of these riparian soils. For all response variables, artificial burrows responded similarly to control plots, suggesting that earthworm biological activity (i.e., feeding, excretion, and mucus production) rather than physical effects (i.e., burrowing and soil aeration) drove the changes in nitrogen cycling. Examination of soil nitrogen pool and flux measurements suggest that this increase in denitrification was coupled with NH4+ consumption by nitrifying bacteria, but future studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis. We conclude that the activity of invasive earthworms in riparian zones can increase the flux of N out of riparian zones, but the hydrologic context of the riparian zone (e.g., pore-water residence time) ultimately controls whether denitrification or nitrate leaching is the dominant flux of N.  相似文献   

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In Flanders, vegetable, fruit and garden (VFG) wastes are collected selectively and composted. We studied the effects of the combined application of three different doses of VFG compost and cattle slurry during 7 years on maize dry matter yields and three soil faunal groups: nematodes, micro-arthropods (springtails and mites) and earthworms. Combined application of VFG compost and slurry resulted in the highest yields. Initially, there was a clear yield depression on plots amended with compost in contrast to an upward trend in the last application years, proving a significant residual N effect from cumulative compost applications. The plant parasitic nematodes Pratylenchus sp. and the Tylenchidae were less abundant on plots receiving organic amendments, while the population of the bacteriophagous Rhabditidae was higher on these plots. Adding organic amendments resulted in increased numbers of micro-arthropods, springtails as well as mites. Earthworms were significantly more abundant when organic amendments were applied. The VFG compost had a larger overall positive effect on the three soil faunal groups than cattle slurry.  相似文献   

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Earthworms,one of the most important macroinvertebrates in terrestrial ecosystems of temperate zones,exert important influences on soil functions.A laboratory microcosm study was conducted to evaluate the influence of the earthworm Eisenia fetida on wheat straw decomposition and nutrient cycling in an agricultural soil in a reclaimed salinity area of the North China Plain.Each microcosm was simulated by thoroughly mixing wheat straw into the soil and incubated for 120 d with earthworms added at 3 different densities as treatments:control with no earthworms,regular density(RD)with two earthworms,and increased density(ID)with six earthworms.The results showed that there was no depletion of carbon and nitrogen pools in the presence of the earthworms.Basal soil respiration rates and metabolic quotient increased with the increase in earthworm density during the initial and middle part of the incubation period.In contrast,concentrations of microbial biomass carbon and microbial biomass quotient decreased in the presence of earthworms.Earthworm activity stimulated the transfer of microbial biomass carbon to dissolved organic carbon and could lead to a smaller,but more metabolically active microbial biomass.Concentrations of inorganic nitrogen and NO3--N increased significantly with the increase in earthworm density at the end of the incubation(P<0.05),resulting in a large pool of inorganic nitrogen available for plant uptake.Cumulative net nitrogen mineralization rates were three times higher in the ID treatment than the RD treatment.  相似文献   

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尹春艳  赵举  刘虎  李彬  戚迎龙  朱波  张宇  门果桃 《土壤通报》2021,52(6):1411-1417
我国水煤浆气化渣生产量巨大,农业利用是提高其综合利用水平的重要途径之一。本文通过大田试验研究了水煤浆气化渣用于改良砂土、栽培菊芋的效果;大田试验设计施用水煤浆气化渣（10500 kg hm?2）和不施用施用水煤浆气化渣（对照）2个处理。结果表明:播种前,与对照处理相比,施用水煤浆气化渣处理的0 ~ 20 cm土层土壤pH值提高2.09%、全盐含量降低9.5%,速效钾、碱解氮、全氮、有效磷的含量分别提高了31.91%、254.2%、108.00%、52.74%,土壤含水量增加显著;种植菊芋结束后,施用水煤浆气化渣处理的0 ~ 20 cm土层土壤速效钾、全氮、有效磷含量分别比对照处理提高了26.19%、440%、29.8%和416%,pH值和全盐含量降低6.38%和27.8%;同时施用水煤浆气化渣,土壤pH值升高了8.65%,全盐含量下降13.04%,碱解氮降低了83.90%,土壤全氮、有效磷分别提高了211.86%和64.00%;施用水煤浆气化渣处理的菊芋株高、根深、茎粗、地上生物量和产量比对照提高18.56%、26.77%、3.54%、12.57%和6.21%。说明施用水煤浆气化渣和种植菊芋具有改良沙化土壤的作用,且施用水煤浆气化渣能够明显促进菊芋生长。  相似文献   

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The objective of this study was to determine the impact of earthworm bioturbation on the distribution and availability of zinc in the soil profile.Experiments were carried out with Allolobophora chlorotica and Aporrectodea caliginosa in 24 perspex columns (∅ 10 cm), filled with 20-23 cm non-polluted soil (OM 2%, clay 2.9%, pH 0.01 M CaCl2 6.4), that was covered by a 3-5 cm layer of aged zinc spiked soil (500 mg Zn/kg dry soil) and another 2 cm non-polluted soil on top. After 80 and 175 days, columns were sacrificed and each cm from the top down to a depth of 15 cm was sampled. Earthworm casts, placed on top of the soil, were collected. Each sample was analyzed for total and CaCl2-exchangeable zinc concentrations.Effects of earthworm bioturbation were most pronounced after 175 days. For A. chlorotica, total and CaCl2-exchangeable zinc concentrations in the polluted layers were lower with than without earthworms. Total zinc concentrations in the non-polluted layers were higher in columns with earthworms. Casts of A. chlorotica collected on the soil surface showed slightly higher total zinc concentrations than non-polluted soil. Casts were found throughout the whole column. For A. caliginosa there were no differences in total zinc concentration between columns with and without earthworms. CaCl2-exchangeable zinc concentrations in the polluted layers were lower for columns with earthworms. Casts were mainly placed on top of the soil and contained total zinc concentrations intermediate between those in non-polluted and polluted soil layers.This study shows that different endogeic earthworm species have different effects on zinc distribution and availability in soils. A. chlorotica transfers soil throughout the whole column, effectively mixing it, while A. caliginosa decreases metal availability and transfers polluted soil to the soil surface.  相似文献   

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The contribution of an earthworm species ( Amynthas vittatus ) to the increase of the nitrogen content of soil was examined. Three specimens of adult earthworms were introduced into 300 g of soil (Gray Lowland soil, silty clay) supplemented with 1% carboxymethyl cellulose in a container and incubated for 32 d at 22°C in the dark. The contents of total-N, NH4-N and NO3-N, and the population of aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in soil significantly increased after incubation with the earthworms, while the natural abundance of 15N (δ15N) in soil decreased. The amount of nitrogen in the earthworms did not decrease during the incubation in the microcosm. Both acetylene reduction activity of the microcosm and incorporation of 15N to soil from atmospheric 15N2 were significantly enhanced by the introduction of the earthworms into soil, though the observed increment of nitrogen in soil was much higher than the estimated one based on the nitrogen-fixing activity. The results obtained in the present study indicated that the earthworms increased the nitrogen content of soil, presumably due to the enhancement of the nitrogen-fixing activity of the soil from the microcosm by the earthworms.  相似文献   

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Atrazine is a widely used herbicide and is often a contaminant in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. It is uncertain, however, how the activity of soil macrofauna affects atrazine fate and transport. Therefore, we investigated whether earthworms enhance atrazine biodegradation by stimulating herbicide degrading soil microflora, or if they increase atrazine persistence by facilitating herbicide sorption. Short (43 d) and medium term (86 d) effects of the earthworms Lumbricus terrestris and Aporrectodea caliginosa on mineralization, distribution, and sorption of U-ring-14C atrazine and on soil C mineralization was quantified in packed-soil microcosms using silt loam soil. A priming effect (stimulation of soil C mineralization) caused by atrazine supply was shown that likely lowered the earthworm net effect on soil C mineralization in atrazine-treated soil microcosms. Although earthworms significantly increased soil microbial activity, they reduced atrazine mineralization to 14CO2-C from15.2 to 11.7% at 86 d. Earthworms facilitated formation of non-extractable atrazine residues within C-rich soil microsites that they created by burrowing and ingesting soil and organic matter. Atrazine sorption was highest in their gut contents and higher in casts than in burrow linings. Also, gut contents exhibited the highest formation of bound atrazine residues (non-extractable atrazine). Earthworms also promoted a deeper and patchier distribution of atrazine in the soil. This contributed to greater leaching losses of atrazine in microcosms amended with earthworms (3%) than in earthworm-free microcosms (0.003%), although these differences were not significant due to high variability in transport from earthworm-amended microcosms. Our results indicated that earthworms, mainly by casting activity, facilitated atrazine sorption, which increased atrazine persistence. As a consequence, this effect overrode any increase in atrazine biodegradation due to stimulation of microbial activity by earthworms. It is concluded that the affect of earthworms of atrazine mineralization is time-dependent, mineralization being slightly enhanced in the short term and subsequently reduced in the medium term.  相似文献   

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Population-specific differences in the responses of earthworms to simultaneous exposure to Cu and Zn were studied in microcosm experiments. Two populations of Aporrectodea caliginosa tuberculata (Eisen) with different metal exposure histories were chosen for the studies. Microcosms were prepared containing either uncontaminated soil or soils with low or high combined Cu/Zn -concentrations (79/139 or 178/311 mg kg−1 dry mass of soil, respectively). Earthworms from each population were introduced to the microcosm treatments with some microcosms serving as controls without earthworms. One series of microcosms was destructively sampled after 16 weeks incubation in a climate chamber. Survival, growth, reproduction and decomposition by earthworms in each treatment were measured. An additional microcosm series was sampled for soil and earthworm measurements at four weeks intervals to determine temporal changes in the availability of metals in the soils and their accumulation into earthworms. Cu and Zn were sequentially extracted from the soil samples of both microcosm series to estimate mobility and availability of the metals in the soil. Earthworms with long-term exposure history to metal-contaminated soil seemed to tolerate higher soil metal concentrations than earthworms without earlier exposure. Both earthworms and metals affected soil respiration (CO2 production) and nitrogen mineralization. In addition, earthworms seemed to decrease the mobility and bioavailability of metals in the soil through their burrowing activity.  相似文献   

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The N2O-flux from an acid soil in the field (limed to pH 5.4) was calculated from measurements of N2O in the gas flow through a soil cover. The N2O-flux showed a seasonal variation and was also influenced by the presence of growing plants. The addition of liquid manure (slurry) resulted in N2O-fluxes of up to 23g N ha?1 day?1 during the spring, in contrast to a maximum of 5 g N ha?1 day?1 from soil supplied with KNO3 or from unfertilized soil. The mean N2O-turnover rate in the 0–30 cm soil layer was 5 times per day. Laboratory incubations in the presence and absence of acetylene suggest that no N2 was formed in association with N2O. The number of N-gas producing bacteria was increased by addition of slurry but not by addition of KNO3. The denitrifying activity increased in the same order. Three groups of nitrate-reducing bacteria producing N-gas were isolated: dominantly N2-formers, for example P. fluorescens, dominantly N2O-formers, mainly Pseudomonas spp, and dominantly NO2?-formers, mainly Bacillus spp.  相似文献   

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Humic substances play a key role in the global carbon cycling and the sequestration of micropollutants in soil. The transformation of these substances by earthworms, the dominant soil macroinvertebrates of many terrestrial ecosystems, and the mechanisms involved are still obscure. We prepared two chemically identical humic model compounds that were specifically 14C-labeled either in the aromatic or the proteinaceous component, and added them to soil incubated with the geophagous earthworm species Metaphire guillelmi (anecic) and Amynthas corrugatus (endogeic). In the absence of the earthworms, both the aromatic and the proteinaceous components were mineralized at similarly low rates (5−8% after 9 days of incubation). In the presence of the earthworms, mineralization rate of the proteinaceous component was strongly stimulated (2-fold by M. guillelmi and 1.4-fold by A. corrugatus). The mineralization rate of the aromatic component was (slightly) stimulated (1.2-fold; P < 0.05) only by A. corrugatus. In all cases, the stimulated mineralization was accompanied by a transformation of radiolabeled humic acids to fulvic acids within the earthworm guts and by an incorporation of radiolabel into the earthworm tissues. Digestion of the proteinaceous component of humic acids by the earthworms was corroborated also by a decrease of extractable humic acids in fresh cast and a stimulated mineralization of soil nitrogen; in the case of M. guillelmi, the fresh cast contained sixfold more NH4+ than the non-ingested soil. Our study provides direct evidence for the selective digestion of humic components by earthworms. Considering the ubiquity of geophagous earthworms and their large biomass, the alteration of the chemical structure of humic substances by the earthworms through their selective digestion of peptidic components may have significant impacts on the stability of humic substances and the bioavailability of micropollutants in soil.  相似文献   

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Laboratory experiments were used to study the effect of food quantity and quality on the biomass of earthworms, and the influence of earthworms on plant growth and infiltration of water into soil. Earthworms with the most food gained weight faster than those with little or no supplementary food. The latter also failed to become reproductively mature. Earthworms lost weight on a nitrogenpoor diet, but this was not rectified by supplementing such food with inorganic nitrogen added to the soil 2 weeks before the worms. Ryegrass grown in soil in which earthworms (Allolobophora trapezoides) had been kept grew more slowly than in soil which had no previous worm activity, perhaps indicating that earthworms had converted relatively-available organic N into less available forms.Microscolex dubius gave the fastest infiltration rates of water into soil when clover mulch was present. With Eisenia foetida there was little effect of worm density on infiltration rates; the highest density significantly increased infiltration but only when clover hay had been mixed in the soil. The surface casting behaviour of the two earthworm species varied with the placing of the food offered.  相似文献   

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为了避免或减少人工湿地处理厌氧发酵液发生堵塞,并提高系统处理效果,该试验将蚯蚓引入到垂直流湿地系统中,并与水平潜流湿地构成混流系统,用来处理厌氧发酵液。结果表明:采用蚯蚓垂直流湿地-水平潜流湿地混流系统处理厌氧发酵液,在进水平均有机负荷达1.82 kg/(m~2·d),水力负荷10、20 cm/d的条件下,对化学需氧量、总磷、总悬浮固体的去除率达到了90%以上,氨氮去除率达80%以上,总氮去除率也维持在60%以上。提高水力负荷对污染物的消减量更有优势,水平潜流湿地对总氮的消减优于蚯蚓生态湿地。2种水力负荷下,混流湿地出水化学需氧量、氨氮、总磷、总悬浮固体均能达到《畜禽养殖业污染物排放标准》要求。蚯蚓使混流系统对化学需氧量、氨氮、总凯氏氮的去除分别提高了2%、12%、4%,同时具有同步处理污水污泥,缓解湿地堵塞的效果,处理水质基本达标,处理污泥的成本也大大降低,因此具有很大应用潜力。  相似文献   

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蚯蚓通过取食、排泄、分泌黏液、挖掘洞穴等活动,可显著改善土壤结构,提高土壤肥力。为探究蚯蚓与有机物料不同配施方式对茶园土壤肥力的调控效果与机理,设计5个处理组:不施肥(CK),不施肥+蚯蚓(BE),菜籽饼+蚯蚓(CE),茶树修剪物+蚯蚓(JE),生物质炭+蚯蚓(TE),分别进行室内模拟实验。结果显示,与不施肥(CK)相比,接种蚯蚓(BE)处理使土壤的总碳含量呈升高趋势;添加有机物料(CE、JE、TE)三个处理的土壤的全碳、全氮含量、有机质含量均高于BE组,其中TE处理最高。单独接种蚯蚓处理可提高土壤总有机质含量,接种蚯蚓配施有机物料对提高土壤肥力有明显作用,其中茶生物质炭与蚯蚓共同作用效果最好。经过3个月的培养,5个处理中土壤pH均呈降低趋势,其中BE组pH降低最大(6.81到5.82)。在采用同步辐射红外显微成像技术(SR-FTIR)对土壤微团聚体中矿物-有机复合体进行表征后,结果显示土壤团聚体中多糖、蛋白质、脂肪和黏土矿物均呈高度异质性分布,CE和JE组中黏土矿物与大分子有机物具有较高的分散性;黏土矿物与多糖的分布模式较为相似,而黏土矿物与蛋白质类物质、脂肪的分布模式有较大差异,且这种分布模式不受蚯蚓与有机物料互作的影响。各处理土壤团聚体的黏土矿物和有机官能团的相关性决定系数R2由小到大均依次为:黏土矿物-蛋白质、黏土矿物-多糖、黏土矿物-脂肪,表明黏土矿物与大分子有机物的亲和性有差异,且不受蚯蚓与有机物料互作的影响。  相似文献   

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The effects of earthworms on soil CH4 emissions remain ambiguous, as previous studies revealed both positive and negative effects on net rates of CH4 production. These differences may be linked to land-use history such as pasturing intensity, as the treading of livestock and the input of faeces will affect physical and chemical soil characteristics that are important to methanogenic and methanotrophic bacteria. In order to concomitantly measure the effects of earthworms on the activities of both of these bacterial groups, we performed an isotope dilution assay to measure gross CH4 production and consumption rates. Samples from three soil types, differing mainly in pasture intensity over the past 15 years, were incubated for 8 weeks in the presence or absence of the vermicomposting species Eisenia andrei. Following the incubation, earthworms had a positive effect on gross process rates in the non-pasture control soil, had no effect in the moderate pasture soil, and had a negative effect in the intensive pasture soil. Phospholipid fatty-acid profiles and chemical characteristics of the fresh soil samples suggested that the non-pasture soil would likely produce less CH4 than the control soil. Likewise, methanogenic specific mcrA gene abundance following the incubation was two orders of magnitude higher in the two pasture soils than in the control soil. The isotope dilution assay revealed, however, higher gross CH4 production rates in the control soil. It was also found that gross CH4 transformation rates were neither correlated to net production rates nor to mcrA gene abundance. We discuss the value and limitations of the isotope dilution assay for understanding the factors and underlying mechanisms governing net CH4 emissions rates from soils.  相似文献   

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The influence of earthworms on nematodes and protozoan communities was determined during the wheat phase of a six year rice-wheat rotation agro-ecosystem. Experimental plots in the rotation had five treatments, i.e. incorporation or mulching of maize residues with or without added earthworms and a control. The addition of maize residues to soil strongly affected the abundance and community structure of nematodes and protozoa in the absence of earthworms. The presence of earthworms gave significantly lower total nematode numbers at all soil depths following maize residue incorporation than the same treatment without earthworms, and also gave lower (although not significantly) total nematode numbers in the upper soil layer following maize residue mulching than the same treatment without earthworms. This was mainly due to a significant decrease in bacterial-feeding nematode numbers. Earthworms also strongly affected the distribution of the number of total nematodes and two trophic groups (bacterial and plant feeders) with soil depth. In the presence of earthworms, total protozoan and flagellate numbers significantly increased at all soil depths following both incorporation and mulching of maize residues, while numbers of amoebae increased only when maize residues were mulched. Additionally, in earthworm casts total nematode numbers (mainly bacterial and fungal feeders) were significantly higher, whereas total protozoa numbers (mainly flagellates and amoebae) were significantly lower than that in soil from 0 to 5 cm layer.These results indicated that earthworm activity could affect the abundance and community structure of microfauna, and change their distribution between soil layers and cast material, depending on the mode of application of organic residues.  相似文献   

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Invasive earthworms can have significant impacts on C dynamics through their feeding, burrowing, and casting activities, including the protection of C in microaggregates and alteration of soil respiration. European earthworm invasion is known to affect soil micro- and mesofauna, but little is known about impacts of invasive earthworms on other soil macrofauna. Asian earthworms (Amynthas spp.) are increasingly being reported in the southern Appalachian Mountains in southeastern North America. This region is home to a diverse assemblage of native millipedes, many of which share niches with earthworm species. This situation indicates potential for earthworm-millipede competition in areas subject to Amynthas invasion.In a laboratory microcosm experiment, we used two 13C enriched food sources (red oak, Quercus rubra, and eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis) to assess food preferences of millipedes (Pseudopolydesmus erasus), to determine the effects of millipedes and earthworms (Amynthas corticis) on soil structure, and to ascertain the nature and extent of the interactions between earthworms and millipedes. Millipedes consumed both litter species and preferred red oak litter over eastern hemlock litter. Mortality and growth of millipedes were not affected by earthworm presence during the course of the experiment, but millipedes assimilated much less litter-derived C when earthworms were present.Fauna and litter treatments had significant effects on soil respiration. Millipedes alone reduced CO2 efflux from microcosms relative to no fauna controls, whereas earthworms alone and together with millipedes increased respiration, relative to the no fauna treatment. CO2 derived from fresh litter was repressed by the presence of macrofauna. The presence of red oak litter increased CO2 efflux considerably, compared to hemlock litter treatments.Millipedes, earthworms, and both together reduced particulate organic matter. Additionally, earthworms created significant shifts in soil aggregates from the 2000-250 and 250-53 μm fractions to the >2000 μm size class. Earthworm-induced soil aggregation was lessened in the 0-2 cm layer in the presence of millipedes. Earthworms translocated litter-derived C to soil throughout the microcosm.Our results suggest that invasion of ecosystems by A. corticis in the southern Appalachian Mountains is unlikely to be limited by litter species and these earthworms are likely to compete directly for food resources with native millipedes. Widespread invasion could cause a net loss of C due to increased respiration rates, but this may be offset by C protected in water-stable soil aggregates.  相似文献   

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The objectives of our study were to quantify the impact of endogeic earthworms Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny) on iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) mobility and availability in soil. Dried rye straw (Cecale cereale L.), clover aboveground parts (Trifolium pratense L.) or calcium carbonate were added to determine the effects on soil micronutrient mobility. To test the importance of soil–water saturation mediated by earthworms, soil samples were modified to 60% (control) and 100% (as in casts) water holding capacity (WHC). To assess availability of micronutrients, a cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus L.) bioassay were used. Earthworm casts had generally higher amounts of water-soluble micronutrients compared with bulk soils regardless of their moisture contents. The increased micronutrient mobility was more pronounced in casts from soil samples amended with plant residues (especially with straw) and was significantly higher than mobility in control soil for at least 1 week after the casts were deposited. Pre-incubation of soils amended with clover or straw with living earthworms for 4 weeks produced an increase in both shoot biomass and translocation rate of micronutrients (Mn, Zn) into xylem sap of cucumber compared to soils not worked by earthworms. The earthworm-mediated plant performances were determined 4 weeks after the earthworms were removed. The results demonstrated that earthworms can significantly impact the formation of mobile and available micronutrients in a soil. The relationship between micronutrient availability to cucumber plants and earthworm contribution to nitrogen (N) mineralization and micronutrient mobility are discussed.  相似文献   

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