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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

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Wilfried Schonborn; [Untersuchungen zur Produktion der Boden-Testaceen]. Pedobiologia 18:373-377, 1978

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In a beechwood-soil near Jena, production of Testacea for three months, the quantitative incorporation of detritus in this time and the dislocation of shells by rainfall were investigated. In the 3 months, the values for production are: 1.5x10E9 individuals/m2 (=18.8 g/m2 =943.0 mgC-org/m2) and 1.8 ml detritus/m2 were incorporated (=234 mg/m2 =85.2 mgC-org/m2). The average annual rate of dislocated shells into deeper layers amounted to 7.7%.