Temperature effects on tubificid worms and their relation to sediment oxygen demand

John Otubu; Joseph Hunter; Kelly Francisco; Christopher Uchrin

doi:10.1080/10934520600754219

Temperature effects on tubificid worms and their relation to sediment oxygen demand

John Otubu, Joseph Hunter, Kelly Francisco, Christopher Uchrin

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science

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Sediment samples were collected from the Dead River in New Jersey and tested in the laboratory under two temperature conditions, 4°C and 20°C. The study was conducted to determine the effect of worm density on the sediment oxygen demand (SOD) rate and if temperature affects the ability for tubificid worms to deplete dissolved oxygen (DO) from the overlying stream water. The study showed that the DO concentration was affected by tubificid worm density and that higher temperature increased the metabolic activity of the worms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1607-1613
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
Volume	41
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10934520600754219
State	Published - Aug 1 2006

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Environmental Engineering

Keywords

Benthic
Dissolved oxygen
Oxygen
Oxygen demand
Sediment
Temperature
Tubificid

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