linkedin post 2016-07-09 06:08:29

SOIL PROCESSING. “In one square metre of a favourable soil environment roughly one litre of soil is contained within an earthworm population’s gut where 4-10% of total soil is consumed annually. Extrapolation indicates that over 10 years ~50% of soil will have passed through an earthworm and ~90% within 40 years. Within the United Kingdom an estimated 89.5 million litres of soil resides in the earthworm gut at any one time (1L M(-2) of favourable UK soil) and therefore the egested material clear represents the major constituent of soil.”

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