Are Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) good indicators of agricultural management practices?

C Pelosi, J Römbke - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities and particularly agricultural management may harm soil organisms
such as enchytraeids (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta, Annelida), also known as potworms …

Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons from crude oil-contaminated soil with the earthworm: Hyperiodrilus africanus

OA Ekperusi, FI Aigbodion - 3 Biotech, 2015 - Springer
A study on the bioremediation potentials of the earthworm Hyperiodrilus africanus (Beddard)
in soil contaminated with crude oil was investigated. Dried and sieved soils were …

[HTML][HTML] Combined impacts of bioaugmentation and vermiremediation on crude oil-contaminated soil: Mitigating strategies for prospective environmental management

F Ameen, AA Al-Homaidan - Emerging Contaminants, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to address the remediation of crude oil-contaminated soil by employing
four different factorial setups: I-used the earthworms (Eudrilus eugeniae) for …

Differences in sensitivity between earthworms and enchytraeids exposed to two commercial fungicides

S Bart, C Laurent, ARR Pery, C Mougin… - … and Environmental Safety, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of pesticides in crop fields may have negative effects on soil Oligochaeta Annelida,
ie, earthworms and enchytraeids, and thus affect soil quality. The aim of this study was to …

Earthworms increase mineral soil nitrogen content–a meta-analysis

B Lang, B Betancur-Corredor, DJ Russell - Soil Organisms, 2023 - soil-organisms.org
Soil organisms and their interactions play a key role in various ecosystem processes and
functions, such as the provision of nutrients. The main actors in nitrogen transformation …

Bioremediation assessment, hematological, and biochemical responses of the earthworm (Allolobophora caliginosa) in soil contaminated with crude oil

SE Nassar, RM Said - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
Soil contamination with crude oil is a major environmental problem. The aim of this study
was to assess whether the earthworm Allolobophora caliginosa could improve the …

Earthworm invasion alters enchytraeid community composition and individual biomass in northern hardwood forests of North America

J Schlaghamerský, N Eisenhauer, LE Frelich - Applied Soil Ecology, 2014 - Elsevier
European earthworms are invading many ecosystems worldwide and fundamentally
transform habitats by acting as dominant ecosystem engineers. However, there is little …

The contributions of enchytraeids and earthworms to the soil mineralization process in soils with fungicide

C Pélosi, P Thiel, S Bart, J Amossé, J Jean-Jacques… - Ecotoxicology, 2021 - Springer
Pesticides may harm soil organisms such as earthworms and enchytraeids, but knowledge
is lacking on their relative sensitivity to these chemicals and the consequences on soil …

The chemical convergence and decomposer control hypotheses explain solid cattle manure decomposition in production grasslands

MI Rashid, EA Lantinga, L Brussaard… - Applied Soil Ecology, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently, we reported for the first time that home field advantage (HFA) of litter
decomposition also exists in agricultural production systems, in addition to earlier reports …

Effects of cadmium and lead on the biodegradation of diesel-contaminated soil

OP Abioye, PF Aina, JUJ Ijah… - Journal of Taibah …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In this research, the soil samples were contaminated with 0.05% and 0.1% of cadmium and
lead. Seventy pots containing 200 g of soil were polluted with 5% diesel (w/w)(10 g). The …