Research Article

Interaction between Soil Physicochemical Parameters and Earthworm Communities in Irrigated Areas with Natural Water and Wastewaters

Table 6

Results of statistical analyses of earthworms’ characteristics in different sites of the study.

RegionVariables Sites Abt.   (Ind./m2)Abd.   (Ind./m2)Abd.   (Ind./m2)Biom. Abd. (Ind./m2)Abd. epig.  (Ind./m2)Abd. (Ind./m2)Biom. (g/m2)Biom. epig.  (g/m2)Biom. (g/m2)IDS

El Madher
(sites irrigated by wastewaters downstream of El Gourzi effluent)
S1M16,605,2011,405,083,000,401,801,840,160,801,945
SD13,9393,49310,4553,5130,7070,5482,4900,6890,2301,131/
S2M19,4011,209,2010,354,600,006,602,070,006,511,401
SD3,6472,9503,8991,0412,0740,0002,1911,3240,0002,063/
S3M9,803,007,005,652,400,000,803,590,000,661,425
SD1,6431,0000,7071,8321,1400,0000,4472,0860,0000,521/
S4M43,8034,409,0020,0428,002,005,2010,561,377,522,192
SD13,75516,1653,5365,72621,3193,4645,5418,2482,6147,712
S5M49,6026,8022,8037,5619,800,007,0018,860,009,381,759
SD7,1626,49611,1676,3617,0140,0003,0826,8870,0003,190/
S6M38,6021,4017,2019,2215,400,805,406,400,126,331,799
SD22,0419,81313,4988,4505,3201,7893,5071,6200,2643,985/

Ouled Si Slimane
(sites irrigated by natural water of El Kochbi effluent)
S7M34,4015,2018,4021,050,600,0014,600,170,0014,110,636
SD6,2295,5869,0997,9480,8940,0005,6390,2440,0007,175/
S8M7,001,205,802,890,600,000,600,520,000,470,906
SD4,4161,7893,9622,6271,3420,0000,8941,1670,0000,663/
S9M2,600,402,202,210,000,200,200,000,190,191
SD2,7930,5482,6832,3080,0000,4470,4470,0000,4340,420/

Ranges values (site)MaxS5S4S5S5S4S4S7S5S4S7S4
MinS9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S8/S2/S3/
S5/S7/S8
S9S7

ANOVA resultsEffect Fd8888888888/
F13.4014,613,6625,958,681,279,8114,001,247,55/
P0.0000.0030.0000.0000.0000.2870.0000.0000.3010.000/

Highly significant. NS: not significant; M: mean; SD: standard difference; Ind./m2: individual/m2; F: Fischer number; P: probability level; Fd: freedom degree.