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Potential of Earthworm Burrows to Transmit Injected Animal Wastes to Tile Drains

Martin J. Shipitaloa and Frank Gibbsb

a USDA-ARS, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed, P.O. Box 488, Coshocton, OH 43812-0488 USA
b Usda-Nrcs, Findlay, OH 45840 USA



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Fig. 1 Turbine blower used to force smoke into the tile line

 


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Fig. 2 Smoke emerging from middens in an {approx}1 m wide band above the buried tile

 


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Fig. 3 Average infiltration rate in individual earthworm burrows as a function of distance from the buried tile

 


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Fig. 4 Earthworm burrow closely associated with the buried tile. This burrow approached within 3 cm of the tile and had an average infiltration rate of 236 mL min-1

 





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