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. 1999 Aug;65(8):3599–3604. doi: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3599-3604.1999

TABLE 3.

In vivo emission of N2O by earthworms moistened with 2 mM potassium nitrate, potassium nitrite, or ammonium chloride

Earthworm source Earthworm species Mean N2O emission rate (nmol h−1 g [fresh wt]−1) in the presence of:
Nitrate Nitrite Ammonium H2O
Garden soil (Heinersreuth) A. caliginosa, O. lacteum 0.62 5.83 0.25 0.27
Garden soil (Weidenberg) A. caliginosa, O. lacteum 0.55 13.24 0.01 0.02
Beech forest soil L. rubellus 2.77 12.44 0.00 0.06