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Table 1 continued Selected soil test methodologies<br />

Test Organism Duration Endpoints Reference/Source Comments<br />

Invertebrate Fauna (continued)<br />

Brachydesmus<br />

superus (Diplopoda)<br />

Lithobius mutabilis<br />

(Chilopoda)<br />

Philonthus cognatus<br />

(Coleoptera)<br />

Table 1 continued overleaf<br />

70 d S/R Tajovsky (1998). Test on the Millipede Brachydesmus<br />

superus. In “H<strong>and</strong>book of Soil Invertebrates” (Eds. Hans<br />

Løkke & Cornelis A.M. Van Gestel). John Wiley & Sons:<br />

Chichester, UK.<br />

28 – 84 d S/G/L/M Laskowski et al. (1998). Test on the Centipede Lithobius<br />

mutabilis. In “H<strong>and</strong>book of Soil Invertebrates” (Eds. Hans<br />

Løkke & Cornelis A.M. Van Gestel). John Wiley & Sons:<br />

Chichester, UK.<br />

42 – 70 d S/R Metge & Heimbach (1998). Test on the Staphylinid Philonthus<br />

cognatus. In “H<strong>and</strong>book of Soil Invertebrates” (Eds. Hans<br />

Løkke & Cornelis A.M. Van Gestel). John Wiley & Sons:<br />

Chichester, UK.<br />

− Animal number, nest number, egg number <strong>and</strong> offspring number<br />

determined weekly.<br />

− Difficult to maintain culture throughout year.<br />

− Alimentary uptake via dosed food or soil.<br />

− Millipedes are important primary decomposers of leaf litter <strong>and</strong><br />

organic detritus.<br />

− Their faecal pellets provide a micro-environment <strong>for</strong> microorganisms<br />

such as fungi <strong>and</strong> micro-arthropods.<br />

− Important prey <strong>for</strong> carabid beetles, centipedes <strong>and</strong> spiders <strong>and</strong><br />

insectivorous birds <strong>and</strong> mammals. Diplopoda are present at 10 –<br />

100 per m 2 .<br />

− Mortality, biomass, respiration rate <strong>and</strong> locomotor activity<br />

determined after 4 weeks (degradable compounds) to 12 weeks<br />

(persistent compounds).<br />

− Food chain effect measured via use of dosed prey (fly larvae).<br />

− Centipedes are important carnivorous arthropods feeding on small<br />

earthworms, millipedes, woodlice <strong>and</strong> springtails. They are in turn<br />

prey <strong>for</strong> birds <strong>and</strong> mammals. Chilopoda are present up to 100 per<br />

m 2 .<br />

− Beetles exposed <strong>for</strong> one week to determine subsequent effect on<br />

egg production <strong>and</strong> hatching rate over 6 – 10 weeks. Mortality may<br />

also be assessed.<br />

− Predators of springtails, aphids, dipterans & coleopteran larvae.<br />

Prey to birds, mice <strong>and</strong> large arthropods.<br />

− Estimated densities of 1 adult per 2 – 5 m 2 .<br />

APPENDIX V

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