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| DOI: | 10.1016/0038-0717(82)90091-8 |
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| Web URL(s): | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0038071782900918/pdf?md5=371dc4f006153ed558e696afe6e61462&pid=1-s2.0-0038071782900918-main.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Ross, D. J.;
Cairns, Annette |
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| Author Affiliation: | Soil Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
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| Title: | Effects of earthworms and ryegrass on respiratory and enzyme activities of soil |
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| Source: | Soil Biology & Biochemistry. Vol. 14, No. 6, 1982, p. 583-587. |
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| Publishing Information: | Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0038071782900918
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Oligochaeta; Enzymes; Allolobophora Caliginosa; Lolium perenne; Enzyme activity
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| Geographic Terms: | New Zealand |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The effects of earthworms (Allolobophora caliginosa) and ryegrass (Lolium perenne) on the respiratory and enzyme activities of the subsoil of Judgeford silt loam, from which 15 cm of topsoil had been removed, were studied in a glasshouse pot trial over some 13 months. Treatments were subsoil alone, subsoil + ryegrass, subsoil + earthworms, and subsoil + earthworms + ryegrass; activities were assessed every 4 months. In subsoil alone, oxygen uptakes and xylanase, urease, phosphatase, and sulphatase activities declined, but invertase activity increased, during the trial. The presence of earthworms resulted in increased oxygen uptakes, and cellulase and sulphatase activities at some samplings. Generally, the presence of ryegrass enhanced all of the biochemical activities. The additional presence of earthworms further stimulated the activities of invertase, amylase, urease, and phosphatase. Earthworms therefore stimulate biochemical activities and nutrient cycling, and thereby contribute to the restoration of pasture productivity after topsoil removal." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 27 |
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| Note: | Summary as abstract
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Ross, D. J., and A. Cairns. 1982. Effects of earthworms and ryegrass on respiratory and enzyme activities of soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 14(6):p. 583-587. |
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| DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(82)90091-8 |
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