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Topsoils affected by surface mining suffer severe physical degradation and lose most of their earthworm populations. After mining, replaced soils are planted to grassland and managed to improve soil structure. Earthworm inoculation into selected restored areas produced populations similar to those of undisturbed soils within 3 years. Soil properties in inoculated areas were compared with those of controls to evaluate the contribution of casts to bulk soil aggregation, and soil organic matter and root content responses to earthworm activity. Crumb porosity and coarse particle content were measured in water-stable macro-aggregates and earthworm casts to establish whether aggregates were formed by earthworms. Over a 5- to 6-year period, inoculation increased stable aggregation (>2 μm, >60 μm and >3 mm), even at 0- to 5-cm depth where it reduced soil organic matter content. Productivity and root content were also increased by inoculation; roots and organic matter were re-distributed to greater depth. Crumb porosity decreased with casts > aggregates (inoculated plots) > aggregates (control plots). Coarse particle content increased with casts < aggregates (inoculated plots) < aggregates (control plots). Coarse particle and porosity data were consistent with much of the newly aggregated soil being processed and formed by earthworms as casts. Whilst levels of soil organic matter were often closely associated with percentage stable aggregation, root content showed weaker associations. Aggregation percentage was most closely associated with abundance of Aporrectodea longa , although at particular depths significant correlations were also obtained for Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus terrestris . Results suggest that earthworms, rather than plant roots, initiate aggregation in severely degraded grassland soils. 相似文献
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《Applied soil ecology》2000,14(3):223-229
The effects of different mulch materials applied to compacted and uncompacted soil on the quantity and the quality of deposited earthworm casts were investigated. Biochemical properties and water stability of soil aggregates were compared with the corresponding properties of worm casts. This short-time experiment was conducted in the laboratory, simulating field conditions of mulch management in temperate agricultural systems. In microcosms Lumbricus terrestris and Octolasion cyaneum were inoculated separately. Barley, lupin, maize, or sugar-beet as straw or leaves were applied as mulch in amounts comparable to those usually found in the field. The soil was compacted artificially to a bulk density of 1.0 or 1.5 Mg m−3. In general, plant material and to a lesser extent soil compaction influenced the dynamic processes in the soil affecting microbial activity and water stable aggregation. Higher values of phosphatase activity was measured in compacted soil, while the corresponding enzyme activities in the casts were less affected by compaction. The worm species and the nutritional quality of the food source were factors strongly influencing water stable aggregation. Mulch as well as soil compaction had consequences for the burrowing activity of the worms, which resulted in different rates of cast production depending on the species. 相似文献
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Summary The present study assessed the effect of the tropical geophagous earthworm, Millsonia anomala, on the aggregate-size distribution of a sieved (2 mm), tropical ferruginous soil in the presence and absence of the perennial tropical grass Panicum maximum. The effect of two size groupings and graded biomass densities of M. anomala on soil aggregation was analysed in time and with depth in the containers within which the plants were grown. In the absence of earthworms, aggregation was rapid although limited (13.5% of soil as aggregates >2.0 mm), and probably arose from a combination of microbial activity and physical processes (interparticle bonding due to clays and other colloids). The roots of the test species contributed little to aggregation. In contrast, the effect of earthworm activity on soil aggregation was rapid and important. The effects of both biomass and, to a lesser extent, size were significant. After 79 days, aggregation reached a maximum with 3 g per container of small earthworms (ca. 59% of soil as aggregates >2.0 mm) and a minimum with 1 g per container of large earthworms (ca. 35% of aggregates >2.0 mm). Aggregation was considered to occur through three different mechanisms: (1) A rapid aggregation due to the interactions of colloids; (2) an intermediate aggregation due to a combination of unquantified processes related to earthworm activity (mucus secretion, development of fungus hyphae); (3) egestion of soil as earthworm casts which are stable macroaggregates. 相似文献
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Summary Some physical and chemical properties of 1-to 2-mm aggregates obtained from casts and the burrow-wall material of the earthworm species Lumbricus terrestris, Aporrectodea longa, and Aporrectodea caliginosa were determined in order to show the effects of earthworms on the stabilization of soil aggregates. The results were compared with those of the natural soil from the Ap horizon of a Parabraunerde (Luvisol, FAO). Both the tensile strength and the water stability of aggregates from casts and burrow-wall material were reduced compared with those of the natural aggregates but were increased compared with those of remoulded aggregates. These results indicate that to a great extent existing bonds are destroyed by earthworm ingestion. Nevertheless, earthworm activities are advantageous for the stabilization of reformed aggregates. The coarse sand fraction is reduced by selective ingestion by earthworms. The organic C content is increased by 4.1–21.0% for burrow-wall material and by 21.2–43.0% for casts. The carbonate content of aggregates from casts and burrow-wall material of L. terrestris was reduced by more than 50%, while that of A. longa showed no noticeable changes and that of A. caliginosa was increased by more than 60%. The total content of polysaccharides was increased by 35–87% for casts and by 33–46% for the burrow-wall material of all earthworm species. The most frequently detected monosaccharides were glucose, galactose, and glucosamine. L. terrestris appeared to have the strongest effect on the interparticle bonding of the reformed aggregates, measured both as tensile strength and water stability, followed by A. longa and A. caliginosa. 相似文献
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The aim of the study was to quantify the alteration of soil surface roughness caused by the casting activity of mesofauna.
Undisturbed soil monoliths with a surface area of 5000mm2 were taken from the upper 4cm of the Ap-horizon in agricultural land. Two tillage systems were studied: conventional tillage
(CT) and conservation tillage (CS). The sampling plots were mechanically compacted by wheeling with graded loads. Sampling
occurred in spring after compaction and before seeding. The soil monoliths were defaunated before inoculating one half of
the monoliths with 150 individuals of Collembola (Folsomia candida) and the other half with 100 individuals of Enchytraeidae (90% Enchytraeus minutus and 10% E. lacteus). Soil surface roughness was measured using a noncontact laser scanner: before inoculation and 6 months later. Photographs
show the soil surface covered with casts. Results from laser scanning show that in most cases the surface roughness increased
due to mesofaunal activity. However, roughness decreased when cracks were filled with casts. The casting activity and surface
roughness changes are highest in uncompacted soil. A high degree of soil compaction significantly reduced the activity at
the surface. In most cases the soil surface is more altered in CT than in CS. When the content of carbon and nitrogen were
determined, both elements were accumulated in the casts but more by Collembola than Enchytraeidae. The results are discussed
in the context of the hemiedaphic (F. candida) and the euedaphic (Enchytraeus spp.) mode of living.
Received: 6 December 1996 相似文献
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A. Eynard T.E. Schumacher M.J. Lindstrom D.D. Malo R.A. Kohl 《Soil & Tillage Research》2006,88(1-2):205-216
Soil wettability is especially important for rainfed agriculture in climates with a dry period during the growing season. The effect of aggregate structure and soil organic C content on wettability of soil aggregates was determined for grassland (grass) and tilled fields (tillage). Soil organic C, plastic limit, aggregate total porosity, and wettability at 100 mm (rapid wetting) and 300 mm (slow wetting) water tension were measured on soil at 0–0.2 m depth. Natural aggregates from tillage and grass were compared to soil pellets formed by remolding aggregates. At both tensions, wettability of grass aggregates was significantly greater than that of tillage aggregates (P ≤ 0.001). Pellets were significantly less wettable than natural aggregates at 300 mm tension and during the initial wetting at 100 mm tension, but became significantly more wettable with time at 100 mm tension. Cumulative water uptake during 60 min exceeded the initial total porosity of pellets and natural tillage aggregates, suggesting incipient failure (formation of microcracks) during fast wetting. Grass aggregates contained twice as much organic C as tillage aggregates (26 g kg−1 versus 13 g kg−1). Organic C was linearly and positively related to plastic limit, total porosity, and the wettability of natural aggregates at 300 mm tension. At 100 mm tension, organic C was negatively related to wettability of natural aggregates under grass, but unrelated to wettability under tillage. Aggregate wettability was positively related to organic carbon content, except when the arrangement of soil constituents reduced or prevented incipient failure and soil dispersion during rapid wetting resulted in cumulative water uptake (60 min) similar to initial aggregate total porosity. Organic C increased wettability of grass aggregates when compared to tillage aggregates and also stabilized natural aggregates during fast wetting (100 mm tension). Both soil organic C content and aggregate structure were key factors controlling aggregate stability and wettability. 相似文献
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Quantitative analysis of earthworm burrow systems with respect to biological soil-structure regeneration after soil compaction 总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6
M. Langmaack S. Schrader U. Rapp-Bernhardt K. Kotzke 《Biology and Fertility of Soils》1999,28(3):219-229
On arable land, tilled with conventional tillage (CT) and conservation tillage (CS) respectively, plots were compacted by
wheeling them 6 times with a 5 Mg wheel load in spring 1995. Immediately after compaction, undisturbed soil monoliths were
excavated from the compacted and uncompacted plots. The monoliths were defaunated and inoculated with either Lumbricus terrestris or Aporrectodea caliginosa. One monolith from each plot remained uninoculated as a control. After 6 months the monoliths were defaunated again and then
scanned with X-ray helical computed tomography. The data were transformed, the void systems inside the monoliths were reconstructed
and visualised, and the parameters total void length, total void volume, tortuosity and continuity were quantified. The parameters'
values were generally lower in the controls than in the inoculated monoliths. Differences in burrow construction could be
explained by the different life strategies of the two earthworm species. Changes in burrow morphology due to tillage system
and soil compaction were minor. Only the continuity of the burrow systems clearly changed: decreasing for L. terrestris and increasing for A. caliginosa. This can be explained by a change in the earthworms' burrowing activity to minimise energy expenditure in compacted soil.
By extrapolating field data, we concluded that earthworms have great potential for biologically regenerating the soil structure
after a single compaction event. Due to higher earthworm abundances in soil managed by CS the regeneration of the soil structure
is assumed to be better in these plots than those tilled by CT.
Received: 17 December 1997 相似文献
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蚯蚓粪施用量对黄土区典型土壤团聚体及其有机碳分布的影响 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0
为探究蚯蚓粪施用量对黄土区典型土壤团聚体及其结合碳的影响,该研究采用土柱培养试验,研究了黄绵土(CS)、黑垆土(DS)和风沙土(AS)团聚体和有机碳的数量及稳定性对不同蚯蚓粪施用量(0、1%、3%和5%)的响应。结果表明,施用蚯蚓粪后粒径不大于0.25 mm团聚体含量在CS和DS中降低了9.2%～24.7%和7.0%～21.3%;AS中在3%和5%用量条件下减少了25.9%～34.0%。3%用量蚯蚓粪对CS、DS和AS水稳性团聚体数量、平均重量直径、几何平均直径和粒径大于0.25 mm团聚体含量提高有显著作用,但用量增加至5%后效果未进一步改善。施用1%～5%用量蚯蚓粪可使土壤有机碳增加17.9%～66.9%,同时也提高了各级团聚体结合碳含量。施用蚯蚓粪后,不大于0.25mm团聚体对总有机碳贡献率在CS和DS中降低了21.4%～41.1%和15.7%～20.4%,3%和5%用量处理间没有差异。各级团聚体中易氧化碳含量随蚯蚓粪施用量的增加而增大。综合考虑土壤团聚体和有机碳对蚯蚓粪施用量的响应可知,3%用量蚯蚓粪即可有效提升土壤团聚体和有机碳稳定性。研究可为合理利用蚯蚓粪对黄土区土壤结构进行改良提供依据。 相似文献
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New non-tillage or reduced tillage agricultural practises are being increasingly adopted but generally result in higher soil compaction. Due to their recognised physical influence mainly through burrow creation, it is often claimed that earthworm activity could alleviate soil compaction in these systems. To put this assumption to the test, an experimental compaction event was carried out on one plot of arable land. The abundance and biomass of earthworms were evaluated in compacted (under wheel tracks) and non-compacted (between wheel tracks) zones, seven times over a two-year period. In addition, the functional consequences of earthworm activity, defined by burrow abundance assessed in 2D and 3D and water infiltration, were measured three times over the same period. The short-term (less than three months) effects of the compaction were clear: soil bulk density increased from 1.46 to 1.57 g cm−3, the abundance and biomass of earthworms were greatly reduced (−40% and −70% respectively) and the number and continuity of macroporosity were lower under wheel tracks at least until a depth of 30 cm. After these initial detrimental effects, we observed a rapid recovery of earthworm populations with no statistical difference between compacted and control zones more than three months after the compaction. However, the recovery of soil functional properties linked to earthworm activity, macroporosity and water infiltration, was much slower and took between 12 and 24 months. Despite these modifications, there were no significant changes in soil bulk density with time during the two-year period. This study demonstrates that earthworms are important actors in the regeneration of compacted soil. Although the complete regeneration of compacted soil by earthworms is a slow process, agricultural practises that promote earthworm density and activity should be encouraged in reduced or minimum tillage systems. 相似文献
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依据吉林省德惠市田间定位试验（始于2001年）,对玉米-大豆轮作和玉米连作模式下秋翻（MP）、垄作（RT）和免耕（NT）3种耕作方式的机械稳定性团聚体和水稳性团聚体粒级分布、水稳性团聚体有机碳含量及团聚体稳定性进行了研究。结果表明,3种耕作方式下,〉0.25 mm机械稳定性团聚体含量均在70%以上,最高可达93.29%,各粒级含量在两个土层中表现规律性不强。水稳性团聚体含量均在20%以上,最高可达35.5%,且表层高于底层。与干筛法测定的团聚体相比,〉0.25 mm团聚体含量明显减少,最大减少幅度为58.76%。两个土层中玉米-大豆轮作和玉米连作下的机械稳定性团聚体与水稳性团聚体对耕作处理的响应表现出一定的相似性,即RT〉NT〉MP。水稳性团聚体有机碳含量随粒径的减小而增大,3种耕作方式下有机碳含量表现为NT〉RT〉MP,表层高于底层,且玉米-大豆轮作高于玉米连作。比较3种耕作方式,垄作更有利于团聚体的形成和稳定,且玉米-大豆轮作好于玉米连作。 相似文献
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F. Ponder Jr Fumin Li Diann Jordan Edwin C. Berry 《Biology and Fertility of Soils》2000,32(2):166-172
The influence of compaction on Diplocardia ornata (Smith) burrowing and casting activities, soil aggregation, and nutrient changes in a forest soil were investigated using
pot microcosms. Treatments included two levels each of compaction, organic matter, and earthworms. Both burrowing and casting
activities were more abundant in uncompacted soil than in compacted soil. Bulk density decreased in microcosms of compacted
soil containing D. ornata from 1.76 g cm–3 to 1.49 g cm–3 over the study period. The overall percent of aggregates in the same size classes in compacted soil was less than the percent
of aggregates in uncompacted soil. The mean percent of aggregates in earthworm casts for size classes 0.25–1.00 mm was higher
for compacted soil than for uncompacted soil. The reverse was true for aggregates in class sizes 2.00–4.00 mm. Soil compaction
also affected soil microbial biomass carbon and soil inorganic N concentrations. These results indicate that the burrowing
and casting activities of earthworms in compacted forest soils, as in soils of agricultural and pastured lands, can help ameliorate
disturbed soils by improving aggregation, reducing bulk density, and increasing nutrient availability.
Received: 1 September 1999 相似文献
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一膜两年覆盖条件下耕作方法对旱作玉米产量及土壤物理性状的影响 总被引：6，自引：1，他引：5
为了优化全膜双垄沟播玉米土壤耕作技术,实现土壤质量保育和增产增效,布设田间定位试验,比较研究了一膜两年全膜双垄覆盖条件下,少免耕对玉米产量、水分利用效率(WUE)、经济效益及土壤物理性状的影响。结果表明:一膜两年用条件下,深松耕—免耕较对照能显著提高玉米的籽粒产量、水分利用效率、收获指数、总产值及产投比,其籽粒产量、水分利用效率、收获指数、总产值及产投比分别较对照提高22.8%,22.0%,15.0%,17.4%,17.4%;深松耕—免耕具有降低表层土壤容重、紧实度,增加土壤总孔度、大团聚体含量及饱和导水率的作用,全膜双垄沟播玉米采用深松耕—免耕具有明显的稳增产增效及土壤结构改善的作用,建议在全膜双垄沟播玉米种植体系中推广应用。 相似文献
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The production and stability of soil aggregates produced by laboratory cultures of the endogeic earthworm Hormogaster elisae was studied using three different techniques: the determination of the soil mean weight diameter (MWD), the aggregate tensile strength, and by the Blanchart method, which involves three different tests. The MWD index of soils was higher in microcosms containing H. elisae. Tensile strength was significantly higher in earthworm casts than in naturally formed aggregates. The Blanchart method also showed aggregates produced by earthworms to be more stable. The results of all three methods concur in that aggregates produced by H. elisae are larger and more stable than those produced in control microcosms without earthworms. 相似文献
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Burrowing ability of the earthworm Aporrectodea longa limited by soil compaction and water potential
A. Kretzschmar 《Biology and Fertility of Soils》1991,11(1):48-51
Summary Adult earthworms (Aporrectodea longa) were maintained for 199 days in soil columns (h=30 cm; ø=10 cm) where the water potential ranged from -7 to-65 kPa and compaction from 50 to 350 kPa. The weight of casts on the soil surface was measured at the end of two periods of activity (spring and autumn). Cast production increased with bulk density, but the activity of earthworms was limited both by the mechanical strength of the soil and by decreasing water potential. The results obtained in the laboratory conditions of this study were consistent with field observations on casting and burrowing activities. The effects of water potential and soil compaction on these activities were estimated. 相似文献
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保护性耕作对潮土团聚体组成及其有机碳含量的影响 总被引：8，自引：2，他引：6
利用保护性耕作长期定位试验平台,研究了小麦-玉米轮作条件下连续5年实施免耕与秸秆还田对农田潮土团聚体组成、团聚体中有机碳含量的影响。结果表明:相比于常规翻耕,常规翻耕+秸秆还田、免耕、免耕+秸秆还田处理下5 mm粒级机械稳定性团聚体含量显著提升,增加比例分别为16.62%、16.05%、44.23%;而免耕、免耕+秸秆还田能显著提升5~2 mm粒级水稳性团聚体含量,提升比例分别为29.81%和64.28%,同时团聚体稳定率也有一定的提高;实施免耕能显著提高5~2、2~1 mm粒级水稳性团聚体中有机碳含量;除常规翻耕+秸秆还田处理下2~1 mm粒级外,秸秆还田对各粒级团聚体中有机碳含量均有不同程度的提升作用。 相似文献
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Summary Some physicochemical and biological measurements were carried out on the gut content and casts of Allolobophora molleri, an earthworm which lives in humid soils of Northern Spain. In the anterior part of the gut, water (22% of moist weight of soil) and soluble organic matter (27.4%) had been added to the ingested soil and pH had increased from 5.75 to 7.0. The amount of water-soluble compounds decreased sharply in the middle and posterior parts of the gut and were hardly detectable in control soil or casts. The average O2 consumption, measured at 28° and 21°C, indicated respectively 2.75-to 12-fold increases in microbial respiration in the gut content compared to the non-ingested soil. These results extend the hypothesis of a mutualistic digestion in earthworms previously proposed for tropical endogeic species. 相似文献
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Abstract. Changes in aggregate stability, density, and porosity as well as the water retention and nutrient contents of different aggregate size fractions due to intensive tillage were investigated. Three soils from Vicarello, Fagna and Gambassi in North Central Italy which had been under permanent vegetation, minimum or conventional tillage for more than seven years were studied. The aggregates on conventionally tilled plots were slightly denser and less porous than those on the untilled or minimum-tilled plots. The aggregates were less stable under conventional tillage on all soils. Conventional tillage reduced the proportion or macro-aggregates by 22% at Vicarello and 35% at Gambassi. There were no differences in macro-aggregate proportions between minimum- and conventionally tilled plots at Fagna. The potential of the dry aggregates to distintegrate upon contact with water was greatest in the conventionally tilled and least in the untilled treatments. The proportions of dry macro-aggregates (> 0.25 mm) in the untilled and tilled plots were 90 and 71%, respectively. The soil of the tilled plots contained less carbon and nitrogen than that of the untilled plots in all aggregate size fractions. The silt-plus-clay contents of the aggregates accounted for between 65 and 93% of variability in the water they retained at small potentials while organic carbon contents accounted for between 71 and 90% of variability in the stability of the aggregates irrespective of the tillage treatments. 相似文献
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Radish plants infested with a soil-borne plant pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. raphani PEG-4, which is resistant to hygromycin B, were placed on the surface of a soil microcosm containing earthworms (Pheretima sp.). The earthworms ate the radish plants and scattered individual casts everywhere in the burrows. The fungal propagules were detected in the gut of the earthworms and in 26 out of 28 casts. These results suggested that the pathogen could survive passage through the alimentary canal of the earthworms and be disseminated anywhere earthworms wandered. The collected casts were incubated in a moist chamber at 28°C for 14 days, which resulted in a decline in the number of the propagules. The effects of the earthworms on the population dynamics of the pathogen were estimated. The earthworms seemed to cause a decline in total propagules of the pathogen in soil, although they expanded its distribution in soil. 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