Abstract
Fourteen tubificid species and one lumbriculid make up the oligochaete population of the northern half of Lake Constance, a meso- to mesoeutrophic lake. Tubifex tubifex makes up 72% of the total abundance, the clean water species Stylodrilus heringianus only 0.1%. No correlation exists between total worm abundance and organic carbon content of the sediment, only 4% of the organic carbon being used by the worms. A highly significant correlation between particulate organic matter loading and its organic carbon content from 10 tributaries and total oligochaete abundance is demonstrated. The ecological index IPA is defined and used to assess the biologically relevant trophic status of the lake bed. This integrates information on the percent representation of three groups of worm species classified on a trophic basis and total abundance of the worms. Despite control of the increase in phosphorus loadings progressive eutrophication of sediments was observed after an 8 year interval.
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Probst, L. (1987). Sublittoral and profundal Oligochaeta fauna of the Lake Constance (Bodensee-Obersee). In: Brinkhurst, R.O., Diaz, R.J. (eds) Aquatic Oligochaeta. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3091-9_35
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