INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- George Brown – Embrapa Florestas (BR)
- Edwin Cooper – University of California (USA)
- Jorge Domínguez – Universidad de Vigo (SP)
- Clive Edwards – The Ohio State University (USA)
- Alex Feijoo – Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (CO)
- R.Jeyaraaj – Kongunadu Arts and Science College (IN)
- Patrick Lavelle – UMR BIOSOL IRD (FR) & CIAT (CO)
- John Morgan – Cardiff University (UK)
- Anna Rozen – Jagiellonian University (PL)
- Stefan Schrader – Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute (GER)
- Jérôme Tondoh – CIAT-TSBF (IC)
- Sophie Viljoen – Stellenbosch University (SA)
- Sun Zhenjun – College of Resources and Environmental Sciences (CH)
NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- Enrique Alarcón – Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales – Universidad Veracruzana
- Eduardo Aranda – Terranova Lombricultores
- Isabelle Barois – Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
- Francisco Bautista – Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental-UNAM
- Silvia Maribel Contreras – Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y
- Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C.
- Carlos Fragoso – Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
- Esperanza Huerta – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Villa Hermosa
- Ángel Ortiz – Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología aplicada – Universidad Veracruzana
- Dora Trejo – Facultad de Ciencias agrícolas – Universidad Veracruzana
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Isabelle Barois – Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
- Ana Calero – Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
- Guadalupe López Alarcón – Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
- Juan Arturo Piña – Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
Welcome
The organizing Committee is pleased to welcome you on the 9th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology. So, welcome to Xalapa, the eternal green city. Joining us, you will meet other scientists for reciprocal inspiration and the sharing of mutual knowledge and … fun !
Registration
The participants and persons need to register after arrival. Only participants wearing their Symposium badges will be allowed to enter in the conference room and to participate in the full scientific programme.
The registration desk will be opened on Sunday 5th at the “Museo de Antropología de Xalapa” from 15:00 to 20:00 and for on-site registration and enquires every day from 09:00 to 17:00 in the symposium office at the host hotel “Hotel Xalapa”.
Certificates of attendance
Certificates of attendance will be available in the Symposium office at host hotel
Poster presentation
All posters will be exposed during the whole Symposium. Posters should be set up on Sunday or Monday morning and must be down by Saturday morning.
Posters can be mounted to the boards with double-sided tape, which will be available at the “posters room”
Computer room
A computer room is at your disposal in the Symposium office. All details regarding internet connection will be given to you in this office.
Hotels in Xalapa and Hotels in Coatepec
Some good hotels where you can stay:
- Hotel San Jose Coatepec – New, modern style, great service, modern hotel in coatepec
- Hotel Posada de las Flores – Boutique Hotel, small and beautiful
- Hotel Posada del Pilar – Located in the very center of Xalapa Veracruz, great to discover around
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME – Oral Sessions
SUNDAY – September 5th
Venue:Museo de Antropología de Xalapa
15:00 – 20:00 Registration
16:00 – 18:15 Guided tour to the Museum of Anthropology of Xalapa
18:30 – 19:30 Opening Ceremony
Welcome address
19:30 – 20:10 Introductory and Magistral lecture – Patrick Lavelle
Earthworms, Gaia’s best friends
20:10 – 22:00 Welcome and inauguration cocktail with “jarocha” music
MONDAY – September 6th
Venue:Hotel Xalapa
08:50 – 09:00 Welcome and Introduction
Session 1:Earthworm Biodiversity & DNA Bar-coding
Session Chairs: Samuel James and Carlos Fragoso
09:00 – 09:20 Plenary Samuel James
Molecular data on the point of revolutionizing earthworm systematics
09:20 – 09:35 Juhani Terhivuo, Anne-Mari Halmepuro, Anssi Saura
Shifting clone diversity and morphometry across northern Europe in the parthenogenetic earthworm Eiseniella tetraedra (Sav.) including samples from sites exposed to radioactive pollution
09:35 – 09:50 Pierfrancesco Sechi
Phylogeographic and adaptive study in the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus sampled from locations corresponding to southern European glacial refugia and extending into northern Europe
09:50 – 10:05 Rosa Fernández, Marta Novo, Mónica Gutiérrez, Ana Almodóvar and Darío J. Díaz Cosín
The neverending story of the Aporrectodea caliginosa species complex: new insights into its phylogeny
10:05 – 10:20 Ben Elsworth, Marian Thompson, Karolina Grabara, Anna Montazam, Denis Cleven, Peter Kille, John Morgan, Stephen Sturzenbaum, David Spurgeon and Claus Svendsen
The genome of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus
10:20 – 10:35 PeterKille, Ben Elsworth, David Spurgeon, Stephen R. Sturzenbaum, Claus Svendsen, John Morgan and Mark L. Blaxter
SeqAWorm: Sequencing a Soil Sentinel
10:35 – 10:50 Marta Novo, Rosa Fernández, Mónica Gutiérrez, Ana Almodóvar, Gonzalo Giribet, Darío Díaz Cosín
The taxonomic puzzle of Hormogastridae earthworms: molecular insights
10:50 – 11.05 David Porco, Samuel W. James, Thibaud Decaëns, Benoit Richard, Christer Erséus, Isabelle Meusnier, Rodolphe Rougerie, Paul D. N. Hebert
Taxonomic chimaera: an overlooked plague exemplified by the common nightcrawler (Lumbricus terrestris L.)
11:05 – 11:20 Martin Potthoff
Genetic diversity and structure in European populations of Lumbricus terrestris (L. 1758) (Lumbricidae) as detected by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP)
11:20 – 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 – 12:05 Stephane Boyer and Stephen D. Wratten
DNA bar-coding of New Zealand endemic earthworms
12:05 – 12:20 Chih-Han Chang andSamuel James
10 years of earthworm molecular phylogenetics: lessons learned and perspectives
Session 2:Earthworm Immunology & Physiology
Session Chairs: Edwin Cooper and Isabelle Barois
12:20 – 12:40 Plenary Joe Francis andEdwin Cooper
Earthworm Innate Immunity in the Genomic Era: The Search f or the Elusive Recognition Receptors
12:40 – 12:55 Bilej M., Prochazkova P., Joskova M., Silerova M., Dvorak J, Skanta F., Trefilova T., Rossmann P.and Kauschke E
A model of innate immunity in Eisenia andrei earthworms
12:55 – 13:10 Sheryl L. Fuller-Espie, Timothy Nacarelli, Erin L. Blake, Frank M. Bearoff and Madeleine A. Minutillo
Exposure of coelomocytes from Eisenia hortensis to oxidizing agents and heavy metals: A study examining effects on phagocytosis, apoptosis and ROS production
13:10 – 13:25Agnieszka Irena Mazur, A. John Morganand Barbara Plytycz
Riboflavin as chemoattractant for earthworm coelomocytes and mammalian immunocompetent cells
13:25 – 14:25 Lunch
14:25 – 15:25 Poster Sessions 1, 2 and 3
15:25 – 15:40 Xing Wan, Chang Li, Zhenjun Sun and Qian Su
A two-dimensional electrophoresis reference map of the earthworm Eisenia fetida
15:40 – 15:55 Balamurugan M., Parthasarathi K., L.S.Ranganathanband E.L. Cooper
Antimicrobial activity of Lampito mauritii (kinberg) extract and its probable mode of action
15:55 – 16:10 Weilin Fang and Chong Wang
Vermipharmaceuticals isolated from earthworms
16:10 – 16:25 Preetha Nair, Sharanya Selvakumar and Radha D Kale
Mitogenicity of earthworm lectins
16:25 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 17:15 Jiun-Hong Chen, Po-Chen Chen, Ya-Fan Wu and Shu-Chun Chuang
Oxidative stress caused by UV radiation or heavy metal exposure in earthworms
17:15 – 17:30 A. John Morgan, O’Reilly M., Winters, C., Fisher, P. Charnock J.M., Kille P., Andre, J., Turner, M.and Bennett A.
Metal mapping and ligand-speciation across the alimentary epithelia of earthworms native to metalliferous field soils: correlative electron microprobe and synchrotron microbeam X-ray analyses on frozen sections
17:30 – 17:45 Edwin Cooper
Earthworm immunity: a tale of survival by innate but not adaptive immunity
Session 3:Earthworms as Indicators of Change on a Local, Regional and Global Scale
Session Chairs: George Brown and José Antonio García
17:45 – 18:05 Plenary Maurizio G. Paoletti
Are earthworms good bioindicators of human activities?
18:05 – 18:20 G. Pérès, F. Vandenbulcke, M. Guernion, D. Piron, L. Rougé, M. Hedde, A. Bispo, L. Galsomies, C. Grand, D. Cluzeau
The use of earthworms as tool for soil monitoring, characterization and risk assessment. Example of a Bioindicator Programme developed at National scale (France)
18:20 – 18:35 Fernando Roberto Momo, Rosana Sandler, Liliana Beatriz Falco
A conceptual model to understand the role of earthworms as bioindicators in the Argentine Pampa steppe
18:35 – 18:50 Jerome E. Tondoh, Arnauth M. Guéi and Csaba Csuzdi
Quality in semi-deciduous forest areas (Centre-West, Ivory Coast)
18:50 – 19:05 Francisco Bautista Zúñiga, Cecilia Díaz Castelazo, Marisol García Robles
Earthworm communities in deciduous forest and productive systems in Yucatan, Mexico. Changes, disturbance responses and indicator species
19:05 End of Sessions
TUESDAY – September 7th
08:50 – 09:00 Welcome and Introduction
09:00 – 09:15 Bart Muys, Gorik Verstraeten, Jakub Hlava, Jan Valckxl, Kris Verheyen
Change trajectories of earthworm communities after conversion of mixed semi-natural broadleaved forest to spruce monoculture along a soil trophic gradient
09:15 – 09:30 Anna Rozen, Robert W. Mysłajek and Łukasz Sobczyk
Earthworm and other soil invertebrate communities along an altitudinal gradient in the Silesian Beskid mountains (Southern Poland)
09:30 – 09:45 Appolline Auclerc, Pierre Huguier, Yvan Capowiez, François Guérold and Johanne Nahmani
Using earthworm behaviour (avoidance, cast production and burrowing activities) to assess the effects of liming on the functioning of anthropogenically acidified forest soils
09:45 – 10:00 Jack Faber, Marieke de Lange and Koen Kramer
Resilience to inundation in earthworm communities in river floodplain grassland: trait attributes and diversity
10:00 – 10:15 Raphael Marichal, Catarina Praxedes, George G. Brown, Edana Castaneda, Thierry Desjardins, Valery Gond, Michel Grimaldi, Edward Guevara, Johan Oswald, Max Sarrazin, Patrick Lavelle
Earthworm biological traits, soil and landscape characteristics
10:15 – 10:30 Michael W. Bruford, Gabriela Juma, Robert Donnelly, Jake Bundy, Peter Kille, Georgina Harper and A. John Morgan
An integrated assessment of metal adaptation in the sentinel earthworm Lumbricus rubellus
Session 4:Earthworms and Ecosystem Services
Session Chairs: Mirjam Pulleman and Esperanza Huerta
10:30 – 10:50 Plenary Thibaud Decaëns
Earthworm activities, soil functioning and ecosystem services
10:50 – 11:05 Stefan Schrader, Helmut Rogasik, Ingrid Onasch, Joachim Kiesel and Horst H. Gerke
Micro-spatial heterogeneity of the drilosphere structure formed by the earthworm species Lumbricus terrestris
11:05 – 11:20 N.L. Schon, A.D. Mackay and M.A. Minor
Anecic earthworms in New Zealand sheep- and dairy-grazed pastures
11:20 – 11:35 Jan Valckx, Gerard Govers, Martin Hermy and Bart Muys
Manipulated earthworm populations decrease runoff and erosion rates in arable land with distinct soil tillage treatments
11:35 – 12:05 Coffee break
12:05 – 12:20 Friederike Wolfarth, Stefan Schrader, Elisabeth Oldenburg, Joachim Weinert and Joachim Brunotte
Earthworms promote the reduction of Fusarium biomass and deoxynivalenol content in wheat straw under field conditions
12:20 – 12:35 J.W. van Groenigen, B. Paul, I.M. Lubbers, L. Brussaard
Nitrous oxide emission as a function of earthworm feeding strategy
12:35 – 12:50 L. Bernard, L. Chapuis-Lardy, T. Razafimbelo, A.L. Pablo, E. Legname, T. Brüls, A. Brauman, J.L. Chotte and E. Blanchart
Effect of earthworms on priming effect intensity and involved microbial communities
12:50 – 13:05 Aidan M. Keith, Olaf Schmidt, Bas Boots and Mary Stromberger
Anecic earthworm removal in the field: Putting keystone species to the test using stable isotopes
13:05 – 13:20 Mark E Hodson, Denise Lambkin, Kerry Gwilliam, Caroline Layton, Matt Canti and Trevor Piearce
Can earthworms help us sequester C? Production and dissolution rates of earthworm secreted calcium carbonate
13:20 – 13:35 Steve Wratten, Harpinder Sandhu, Stephane Boyer and Sofia Orre
Earthworm ecosystem services in organic and biofuel agriculture
13:35 – 14:35 Lunch
14:35 – 15:35 Poster Sessions 4, 5 and 6
15:35 – 15:50 I.M. Lubbers, L. Brussaard and J.W. van Groenigen
Are earthworms good or bad for the soil greenhouse gas balance? A review
15:50 – 16:05 Manuel Blouin, Daniel Cluzeau, Eduardo Aranda Delgado, Geoff Baker, Lijbert Brussaard, Kevin Butt Jun Dai, Luc Dendooven, Mark E. Hodson and Patrick Lavelle
The ecology of earthworm impact on ecosystem services
Session 5:Earthworm interaction
Session Chairs: Olaf Schmidt and Enrique Alarcón
16:05 – 16:25 Plenary Seana Davidson, Powell Ryan, Go Ruth and James Sam
Diversity of bacterial symbionts in earthworm nephridia
16:25 – 16:40 ThakuriaDwipendra, Schmidt Olaf, Doohan Fiona M.
Determinants of gut wall bacterial communities in earthworms
16:40 – 17:10 Coffee Break
17:10 – 17:25 Liu Xuelian, Yu Yu, Yao Lan and Sun Zhenjun
Lactobacillus spp. maybe helps earthworms against dangerous pathogens in the environment?
17:25 – 17:40 Cécile Monard, Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse, Fabrice Martin-Laurent andFrançoise Binet
Biotic interaction between earthworms and pesticide degrading bacteria – Impact on the detoxification service of soil
17:40 – 17:55 Lara Zirbes, Philippe Thonart, Jean-Paul Wathelet and Eric Haubruge
Interaction between earthworms and soil fungi: volatiles attraction
17:55 – 18:10 D. Lucas Nebert, Japp Bloem, Ingrid Lubbers and Jan Willem van Groenigen
Earthworm – denitrifier interactions play a role in increased nitrous oxide emissions from soil mesocosms amended with crop residue
18:10 – 18:25 Stephane Boyer, Stephen D. Wratten, Andrew Holyoake, Robert H. Cruickshank and Jawad Abdelkrim
Using molecular diet analysis to evaluate the role of earthworms in food webs
18:25 – 18:40 Thibaud Decaëns, Estelle Forey, Julia Clause, Stefan Scheu, Sebastien Barot, Estelle Langlois, Pierre Margerie, Laossi Kam-Rigne and Nico Eisenhauer
Importance of earthworm – seed interactions for the composition of plant communities: a review
18:40 – 18:55 Kent Harrison, Emilie Regnier, Liu Jianyang, Norman Arancon and Clive Edwards
Secondary seed dispersal of Ambrosia trifida by Lumbricus terrestris: Implications for Earthworm – Weed Interactions
18:55 End of Sessions
WEDNESDAY – September 8th
08:30 – 20:00 Symposium Excursion
THURSDAY – September 9th
08:50 – 09:00 Welcome and Introduction
09:00 – 09:15 Erin K. Cameronand Erin M. Bayne
Do non-native earthworms cause invasional meltdowns?
09:15 – 09:30 Benoit Richard, Marc Legras, Jerôme Mathieu andThibaud Decaëns
Spatial distribution of earthworm species assemblages in pasture of northwestern France
Session 6:Earthworms and Soil Fertility
Session Chairs: Geoff Baker and Angel Ortiz
09:30 – 09:50 Plenary Kevin Butt
Soil improvement and earthworms: Production and behavioural results since ISEE4
09:50 – 10:05 Alexandre Barrigossi, Carlos Pedretti Júnior, Marie L.C. Bartz, Ana Cláudia R. Lima, Dirceu N. Gassen, Amarildo Pasini and George G. Brown
Earthworms as new pests of irrigated rice in Brazil
10:05 – 10:20 Yan Liao, Ning Zhang, Chong Wang and Zhenjun Sun
Relationship analysis between earthworm population and soil fertility in different land-use types
10:20 – 10:35 Tatiana De Oliveira, Michel Bertrand and Jean Roger-Estrade
Effects of mouldboard ploughing on changes with time in earthworm abundance, in an organic farming system in Northern France
10:35 – 10:50 N. Bottinelli, V. Hallaire, S. Menasseri-Aubry, C. Le Guillou, Y. Benard and D. Cluzeau
Effect of management practices and earthworm biostructures on soil hydraulic conductivity
10:50 – 11:05 Ruben Puga-Freitasand Manuel Blouin
Evidence of the involvement of the auxin pathway in the impact of earthworm on plants
11:05 – 11:20 Pascal Jouquet
Darwin’s dream comes true: NIRS allows quantifying the impact of earthworms on soil and Carbon dynamic
11:20 – 11:35 Kavitha B. and Bagyaraj. D. J
Fungal Diversity in the Burrow Wall Soil of Two Earthworms Species
11:35 – 12:05 Coffee break
12:05 – 12:20 Shobha A. Reddy, D. J. Bagyaraj and Radha D. Kale
Vermicompost as biocontrol agent in suppression of three soil-borne plant pathogens at field level
12:20 – 12:35 Tunira Bhadauria, Krishan Gopal Saxenaand Jawahar Laal Nehru
Integrated use of vermi compost and chemical fertilizer for enhanced crop productivity in biologically reclaimed sodic agro ecosystems in Indogangetic plains
12:35 – 12:50 Sabyasachi Nathand Priyasankar S. Chaudhuri
Growth and reproduction in Pontoscolex corethrurus (Muller) – a dominant species of rubber plantation
Session 7:Earthworms, Soil Contamination and Bioremediation
Session Chairs: A.John Morgan and Silvia Maribel Contreras
12:50 – 13:10 Plenary Joerg Röembke and Jose Paulo Sousa
Experiences with the earthworm avoidance test as a new tool for the environmental risk assessment of individual chemicals and contaminated soils
13:10 – 13:25 Mark E Hodson, Anne Fraser, Denise Lambkin, Martin R Lee, Paul F Schofield and Fred Mosselmans
Interaction of lead with earthworm secreted calcium carbonate granules
13:25 – 13:40 R.Claire Le Bayon, V. Matera, R. Kohler-Milleret, C. Degen and J.M. Gobat
The effects of earthworm activities (Aporrectodea giardi) on the distribution of geogenic arsenic and soil nutrients in the Jura Mountains (Switzerland)
13:40 – 14:40 Lunch
14.40 – 15:40 Poster Sessions 7 and 8
15:40 – 15:55 Tom Sizmur, Jeremy Wingate, Tony Hutchings and Mark E. Hodson
Impact of earthworms on the remediation efficiency of contaminated soil
15:55 – 16:10 Barbara Plytycz, Jane Andre and A. John Morgan
Suitability of Dendrodrilus rubidus and Lumbricus rubellus coelomocytes for monitoring soil pollution: mini-review
16:10 – 16:25 Robert Donnelly
The worm that turned? Inferring possible genetic adaptation of Lumbricus rubellus (Hoffmeister) populations along a Ni-pollution gradient, and in adjacent non-pollutedgeochemically contrasting soils with microsatellite markers
16:25 – 16:40 Silvia M. Contreras-Ramos, Dioselina Alvarez-Bernal and Luc Dendooven
Earthworms, are a means to accelerate removal of hydrocarbons from soil? A review
16:40 – 17:10 Coffee Break
17:10 – 17:25 Gabriela A Pinto-Juma, Robert K Donelly, Jacob G Bundy, Michael W. Bruford and A.John Morgan
Genetic diversity of Lumbricus rubellus in unpolluted and polluted habitats
17:25 – 17:40 Xiaohui Mo, Yuhui Qiao, Yang Li and Zhenjun Sun
Molecular toxicology of cadmium on earthworms in low polluted soil
17:40 – 17:55 Jake Bundy
Metabolomics in earthworm biology
17:55 – 18:10 Dave Spurgeon, Claus Svendsen, Peter Kille and John Morgan
Mixture interactions and mechanisms of joint effects of stressors in earthworms exposed to stressor combinations
SESSION 8:Vermicomposting and Waste Management
Session Chairs: Jorge Dominguez and Eduardo Aranda
18:10 – 18:30 Plenary Clive A. Edwardsand Norman Q. Arancon
Effects of Vermicomposts and Aqueous Extracts from Vermicomposts (‘Teas’) on Plant Diseases and Pests
18:30 – 18:45 Arvinder Kaur, Jaswinder Singh, Adarsh Pal Viga and Pushpinder Jai Rup
Comparison of co-composting with and without Eisenia fetida for bioremediation of distillery sludge
18:45 – 19:00 Guohua Dai, Jing Li and Zhenjun Sun
Extraction condition influenced vermicompost tea function
19:00 End of sessions
FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 10th
08:50 – 09:00 Welcome and Introduction
09:00 – 11:30 Workshop 1: Ken Lee & his Work on Earthworms
Workshop 2: Earthworms & Medicine
Workshop 3: Lumbricus terrestris& Eisenia fetidaGenoma
Workshop 4: Earthworm biostimulation – the way forward
Workshop 5: Vermicomposting
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 12:30 Workshops 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
12:30 – 12:45 Feifan Guo, Qin Zhang and Zhenjun Sun
Vermicomposting of sewage sludge: Effect of PAM (Polyacrylamide) on the growth and reproduction of the earthworm Eisenia foetida
12:45 – 13:00 Jaswinder Singh and Arvinder Kaur
Vermitechnology for fast conversion of toxic wastes of a soft drink industry intoquality manure
13:00 – 13:15 Fernando Monroy, Manuel Aira and Jorge Domínguez
Mechanisms of reduction of total coliform numbers during vermicomposting
13:15 – 13:30 Yatheesh K. Rawgol, Priyadarshini P. Maddi, Venugopal Sharmaand Radha D. Kale
Efficacy of vermiwash-smeared mulberry leaves on cocoon characters of multivoltine hybrid mulberry silkworm Bombyxmori L.: Kolar Gold (K.G.) Race
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 14:45 Luth Saja, Paul Robin, Philippe Germain, Marcel Lecomte, Brigitte Landrain and Daniel Cluzeau
Earthworm effect on gaseous emissions during vermifiltration of animal wastewater
14:45 – 15:00 Rhonda L. Sherman
Vermicomposting inBusinesses and Institutions in N. America
15:00 – 15:15 Ludibeth Solis Mejía, Marina Islas Espinoza and Maria Vicenta Esteller Alberich
Vermicomposting of biosolids: earthworm population growth and agronomic characteristics
15:15 – 15:30 Uma Thavamani, D. J. Bagyarajand Radha D. Kale
Suppressive compost: Vermicompost enriched with biocontrol agents
15:30 – 16:00 Workshops Summaries
16:00 – 16:30 Critique and overview of ISEE9
16:30 – 17:15 Closing Session
