Summary

Aprobation of te Results
Te results of the thesis are published in 1 monograph, 5 scientific articles and
presented in 5 international conferences.
Te results of researches are used for academic courses and for supervising of
bachelor's and master's thesis in faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences of
University of Latvia.
Monograph
Gemste I., Smilga H., Ventiņš J. 2009. Notekūdeņu dūņas un augsne. Jelgava; LLU
Ūdenssaimniecības un zemes zinātniskais institūts, 272 lpp.
Scientific publications
Ventiņš, J. 1991. Latvijas meža augšņu lumbricīdu fauna. Jaunākais Mežsaimniecībā.
33. 105-109
Laiviņš M., Heniņa E., Kraukle M., Ventiņš J. 1993. The impact of the Saulkalne
lime processing facilities on the biotic diversity of pine forest. Proceedings of the
Latvian Academy of Sciences. B., 7: 552, 63-69
Ventiņš J. 1994. Earthworms (Lumbricidae) and some other groups of soil
mesofauna as bioindicators of eutrophication of dune soils in Jurmala. In: Proc. of
Int. Conf. "Coastal Conservation and Managemrnt in the Baltic Region", Klaipeda.
Vucāns A., Gemste I., Līvmanis J., Ventiņš J., Ivbulis P. 2000. Slieku izplatība
lauksaimniecībā izmantojamo platību augsnēs. LLU Raksti, 6, 22-29
Ventiņš J. 2011. Formation of earthworm (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) communities in
the most common soil types under intensive agricultural practice in Latvia. Proceedings
of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. B. (Pieņemts publicēšanai).
Abstracts of reports presented at international conferences
Ventiņš J. 1995. Earthworms (Lumbricidae) as bioindicators of eutrophication of
oligotrophic pine forest soils in Latvia. In: Proc. of 8th International Bioindicators
Symposium, Ceske Budejovice.
Ventiņš J., Gemste I., Vucāns A. 1999. Population dynamic of the earthworms
(Lumbricidae) in different agricultural soils in Latvia. In: Proc. Of International
conference "Biodiversity of Terrestrial and Soil invertebrates in the North",
Syktyvkar, Russia.
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