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Earthworm casts

Appears in 3 processs and 7 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Earthworm drilosphere: gut passage, casts, middens and greenhouse gas effects

4 steps

Earthworm gut passage, casts and the drilosphere

2 steps

Fresh casts hold more ammonium, nitrate, available phosphorus and microbial activity than bulk soil
Casts age, dry and harden; microaggregates inside casts protect organic carbon for months to years

Soil fauna

1 step

Casts and gut passage create stable aggregates

Often found with

Carbon 3 Nitrate 3 Nitrogen 2 Soil microbes 2 Ammonium 2 Phosphorus 2 Soil aggregates 2 Soil organic matter 2 Gut microbes 1 Minerals 1 Clay minerals 1 Soil aggregates 1

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