Quantitative image analysis of earthworm-mediated soil displacement

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 821-828

  Barnett, Christina M ^a,b   Bengough, Anthony G ^a   Mckenzie, Blair M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Earthworms; Particle image velocimetry; Soil displacement

Indexed keywords

APORRECTODEA LONGA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84893658699     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-009-0392-9     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Adrian RJ (2005) Twenty years of particle image velocimetry. Exp Fluids 39:159-169
2. Bolton PJ, Phillipson J (1976) Burrowing, feeding, egestion and energy budgets of Allolobophora rosea (Savigny) (Lumbricidae). Oecologia (Berl.) 23:225-245
3. Brown GG (1995) How do earthworms affect microfloral and faunal community diversity? Plant Soil 170:209-231
4. Buck C, Langmaack M, Schrader S (2000) Influence of mulch and soil compaction on earthworm cast properties. J Appl Soil Ecol 14:223-229
5. Capowiez Y, Pierret A, Moran CJ (2003) Characterization of the threedimensional structure of earthworm burrow systems using image analysis andmathematicalmorphology. Biol Fertil Soils 38:301-310
6. Darwin CR (1881) The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. Murray, London, pp 93-94
7. Dexter AR (1987) Compression of soil around roots. Plant Soil 97:401-406
8. Dorgan KM, Jumars PA, Johnson BD, Boudreau BP (2006) Macrofaunal burrowing: the medium is the message. Oceanogr Mar Biol Annu Rev 44:85-121
9. Drucker EG, Lauder GV (1999) Locomotor forces on a swimming fish: three-dimensional vortex wake dynamics quantified using digital particle image veolcimetry. J Exp Biol 202:2393-2412
10. Edwards CA, Lofty JR (1978) The influence of arthropods and earthworms upon root growth of direct drilled cereals. J Appl Ecol 15:789-795
11. Edwards WM, Shipitalo MJ (1998) Consequences of earthworms in agricultural soils: aggregation and porosity. In: Edwards CA (ed) Earthworm ecology. St. Lucie, Boca Raton, pp 147-161
12. Ehlers W, Klipke U, Hesse F, Bohm W (1983) Penetration resistance and root growth of oats in tilled and untilled loess soil. Soil Till Res 3:26l-275l
13. Grant I, Liu A (1990) Directional ambiguity resolution in paticle image velocimetry by pulse tagging. Exp Fluids 10:71-76
14. Hendenström A, Van Grienthuijen L, Rosén M, Spedding GR (2006) Vortex wakes of birds: recent developments using digital particle image velocimetry in a wind tunnel. J Animal Biol 56:535-549
15. Hamilton WE, Dindal DL (1989) Impact of landspread sewage sludge and earthworm introduction on established earthworms and soil structure. Biol Fertil Soils 8:160-165
16. Jégou D, Hallaire V, Cluzeau D, Tréhen P (1999) Characterization of the burrow system of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris and Aporrectodea giardi using X-ray computed tomography and image analysis. Biol Fertil Soils 29:314-318
17. Keudel M, Schrader S (1999) Axial and radial pressure exerted by earthworms of different ecological groups. Biol Fertil Soils 29:262-269
18. Langmaack M, Schrader S, Rapp-Bernhardt U, Kotkze K (1997) Quantitative analysis of earthworm burrow systems with respect to biological soil-structure regeneration after soil compaction. Biol Fertil Soils 28:219-229
19. McKenzie BM, Dexter AR (1988a) Axial pressure generated by the earthworm Aporrectodea rosea. Biol Fertil Soils 5:323-327
20. McKenzie BM, Dexter AR (1988b) Radial pressure generated by the earthworm Aporrectodea rosea. Biol Fertil Soils 5:328-332
21. Newell GE (1950) The role of the coelomic fluid on the movement of earthworms. J Exp Biol 27:110-122
22. Quillin KJ (2000) Ontogenetic scaling of burrowing forces in the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. J Exp Biol 203:2757-2770
23. Schrader S (1993) Semi-automatic image analysis of earthworm activity in 2D soil sections. Geoderma 56:257-264
24. Schrader S, Rogasik H, Onasch I, Jégou D (2007) Assessment of soil structural differentiation around earthworm burrows by means of X-ray computer tomography and scanning electron microscopy. Geoderma 137:378-387
25. Sims RW, Gerard BM (1985) Earthworms: key and notes for the identification of the species. In: Brill EJ, Backhuys W (eds) Synopses of the British fauna (new series) no 31. Linnean Society of London, London, pp 62-64 106-108
26. Mathworks (2000) Using Matlab, the language of technical computing, computation, visualization, and programming, version 6. The Mathworks, Natick
27. White DJ, Take WA, Bolton MD (2001) Measuring soil deformation in geotechnical models using digital images and PIV analysis. Proceeding of the 10th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson Arizona, pp 997-1002
28. White DJ, Take WA, Bolton MD (2003) Soil deformation measurement using particle image velocimetry (PIV) and photogrammetry. Géotechique 53:619-631
29. Yapp WB (1956) Locomotion of worms. Nature 177:614-615