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THE ecology of the terrestrial Enchytraeidae has been neglected mainly because of the lack of an adequate technique for assessing population size and partly because of taxonomic difficulties. Recently, Overgaard Nielsen1 has described a method for the large-scale extraction of these worms from soil. This consists of heating soil cores in an earthenware cylinder over a water-bath, and driving the worms upwards into a layer of cooled sand on top of the soil. The enchytraeids are then recovered by washing from the sand.
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Nielsen, C. Overgaard, Oikos, 4, 11 (1952–53).
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O'CONNOR, F. Extraction of Enchytraeid Worms from a Coniferous Forest Soil. Nature 175, 815–816 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175815b0
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