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DOI	10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.4
	Earthworm biodiversity in Morocco: First survey of earthworm richness, diversity and distribution in the Souss-Massa region
	Hallam, Jamal; Abail, Zhor; Benmrich, Ahmed Mansour; Bouamair, Ahmed; Lahlali, Maryam
通讯作者	Hallam, J
来源期刊	ZOOTAXA
ISSN	1175-5326
EISSN	1175-5334
出版年	2022
卷号	5213 期号:3 页码:269-278
英文摘要	Although earthworms are the key drivers of most valuable ecosystem services and the main indicators of soil health, the existing ecotypes in Moroccan soils are largely unknown. The lack of records for many regions and limited data for others is a major obstacle to making the most of earthworms in sustaining the key ecosystem services they provide. This study investigates, for the first time, the earthworm biodiversity in cultivated soils in 4 irrigated perimeters of the arid region of Souss-Massa. Soil pits (25 x 25 x 30cm, n = 5) at 40 sampling sites were examined by digging, hand-sorting, and using a chemical expellant solution. From the 200 pits dug, 418 adult earthworms and 1182 juveniles were collected. Five new regional records of earthworms, namely Aporrectodea caliginosa, Aporrectodea longa, Aporrectodea rosea, Eiseniella tetraedra, and Microscolex dubius, were identified. A. longa was identified as a new species record for the earthworm fauna of Morocco raising the numbers from 13 declared species to 14. Most earthworms (60 %) were endogeic species in the majority of sampled sites. The occurrence of A. rosea (50% of sampled sites) and A. caliginosa (48% of sampled sites) reflects their frequent detection in the study area. Our results indicate that earthworms do exist in arid and semi-arid climates at significant densities, particularly along the crop rows where the drip irrigation laterals lie.
英文关键词	Oligochaeta Lumbricidae endogeic soil organisms ecosystem engineers irrigated perimeters
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000891297400002
WOS关键词	ABUNDANCE ; OLIGOCHAETA ; SOUTH ; FAUNA
WOS类目	Zoology
WOS研究方向	Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/394927
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hallam, Jamal,Abail, Zhor,Benmrich, Ahmed Mansour,et al. Earthworm biodiversity in Morocco: First survey of earthworm richness, diversity and distribution in the Souss-Massa region[J],2022,5213(3):269-278.
APA	Hallam, Jamal,Abail, Zhor,Benmrich, Ahmed Mansour,Bouamair, Ahmed,&Lahlali, Maryam.(2022).Earthworm biodiversity in Morocco: First survey of earthworm richness, diversity and distribution in the Souss-Massa region.ZOOTAXA,5213(3),269-278.
MLA	Hallam, Jamal,et al."Earthworm biodiversity in Morocco: First survey of earthworm richness, diversity and distribution in the Souss-Massa region".ZOOTAXA 5213.3(2022):269-278.