Interactions between Eisenia andrei (Oligochaeta) and nematode populations during vermicomposting

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-60

  Domínguez, Jorge ^a   Parmelee, Robert W ^b   Edwards, Clive A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle manure; Decomposition; Earthworms; Eisenia andrei; Nematodes; Sewage sludge; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MANURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEMATODE; SEWAGE;

ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; EISENIA ANDREI; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0037273007     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00169     Document Type: Article

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