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Titles of Abstracts and Posters
We give here the preliminary titles of the communications already proposed by some of the delegates. This list will be regularly updated. We encourage you to submit your subjects as soon as possible under Submission.
Deadline for the submission of abstracts is December 31, 2008.
► “The Worm Hunters” — A film project ()
► ABUKENOVA V.
Adaptive forms of life forms of Aporrectodea caliginosa (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) (poster)
► ALFARO M., RAMOS C.
Earthworm taxonomic structure of coffee plantations at three soil associations in Puerto Rico (oral presentation)
► AMINI-RANJBAR Z., HASHEMIZADEH Sh., MALEK M.
Taxonomy of the earthworms in the North-West of Tehran (poster)
► ARSLAN N.1, ÇIÇEK A.2, AKAN C.1, KILINÇ D.1, ACI E.1, KÖKMEN S.1
Accumulation of heavy metals by earthworms in boron contaminated area (Kırka-Eskişehir) (poster)
► BHARTI S., SHWETA S.
To develop a design for criteria for high cost effective simplification of fast-paced vermireactors based on epigeic earthworms (oral presentation)
► BLAKEMORE R.
Saga of Herr Hilgendorf's worms (oral presentation)
► BOOTHBY C.E., BORGES S.
Distribution of Pontodrilus litoralis in Puerto Rico and its population dynamics in Cabo Rojo (poster)
► BOROS G.1, DÓZSA-FARKAS K.2
Extension of employing ITS region with new analyzing methods in the investigation of Hungarian Fridericia species (oral presentation)
► BOYER S.1, WRATTEN S.D.2, SULLIVAN J.J.3
Using molecular tools to identify New Zealand endemic earthworms in a mine restoration project. (oral presentation)
► CHANG C.-H.1, JAMES S.2, SHEN H.-P.3, CHEN J.-H.1
The supporting role of DNA barcoding in earthworm taxonomy (oral presentation)
► COŞKUN Y.
The biodiversity of the Diyarbakır region, Turkey (oral presentation)
► CSUZDI Cs.1, POP V.V.2, POP A.A.3
Significance of the Apuseni Mountains (the Carpathians) in the origin and distribution of the Central European Earthworm fauna (oral presentation)
► DÓZSA-FARKAS K.
Usefulness of the nephridia in the taxonomy of the family of Enchytraeidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta) (poster)
► EZZATPANAH S., LATIF R., MALEK M.
Earthworm fauna of the western Mazandaran province, Iran (poster)
► EZZATPANAH S., LATIF R., MALEK M.
Intraspecific variations of the setae arrangement in three populations of Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) (poster)
► GARBAR A.V.1, MEZHZHERIN S.V. 2, ONISHCHUK I.P. 1, KOTSYUBA I.Y. 1, VLASENKO R.P.1
Diploid-polyploid complexes of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in the fauna of Ukraine: genetic structure and morphological peculiarities (poster)
► GOBI M. 1, GUNASEKARAN P. 1, VIJAYALAKSHMI G.S.2
Effect of herbicide (butachlor) on earthworm Lampito mauritii — Its histological perspicuity (oral presentation)
► GOBI M., GUNASEKARAN P.
Molecular systematics of selected South Indian species of earthworms by using 18s rDNA and amplified rDNA restriction analysis (poster)
► HONG J.1, JAMES S.2, INKHAVILAY K.3
Earthworm diversity of Phou Leoi mountain NBCA, Laos (oral presentation)
► HONG Y.1 and JAMES S.2
Six New Earthworm Species of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan-Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, Philippines (oral presentation)
► HONG Y.1, JAMES S.2 and KIM T.-H.
Occurrence of earthworms in the Korean agroecosystem (oral presentation)
► JAMES S.
Phylogeny of Crassiclitellata (oral presentation)
► JAMES S.1, CHANG C.-H.2, SHEN H.-P.3, CHEN J.-H.4
Preliminary molecular systematics of the Pheretima complex (oral presentation)
► JARIĆ D.1, HACKENBERGER B.K.2, KRČMAR S.
The characteristics of earthworm (Lumbricidae) communities along vertically stratified transect of Velika Kapela Mountain grasslands (Croatia) (poster)
► KÜHLE J. C.
The earthworms of Crete — faunistic aspects with consideration of vegetation and land use (oral presentation)
► KAYGORODOVA, I.
Taxonomical diversity of Oligochaeta in the Baikal region (East Siberia, Russia) (oral presentation)
► KAYGORODOVA, I.
Systematic position of Baikal Lumbriculidae: morphological and molecular phylogeny (oral presentation)
► KUU A.1, IVASK M.2
Distribution of Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny 1826) in Estonia 1993-2008 (oral presentation)
► LATIF R., EZZATPANAH S., MALEK M.
Taxonomic study of earthworms from the western parts of Iran (poster)
► LATIF R., EZZATPANAH S. MALEK M.
Earthworms of the Central Alborz Mountains, Iran (poster)
► MISIRLIOĞLU M.
Distribution of Anatolian endemic species in Turkey (poster)
► MOBARAKY F. Z.1, MALEK M.2, EZZATPANAH S.1, LATIF R.1
Earthworms of the Azarbaijan and Ardabil Provinces in Iran (poster)
► NAIR K.V.
Diversity of earthworms in Kerala, India. (oral presentation)
► OUAHRANI G.1, GHERIBI-AOULMI Z.2, KHELLOU M.1
Earthworms ecological demography in two palm groves situated at Oued Righ in the Saharian area of Touggourt (poster)
► PAVLÍČEK T.1, MISIRLIOĞLU M.2, CSUZDI Cs.3
Biodiversity in the soil: earthworms in the Middle East (oral presentation)
► PLISKO J.D.
A review of the South African endemic Proandricus lesothoensis species-group (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae) (oral presentation)
► POP A.A.1, CSUZDI CS.2, RAZAFINDRAKOTO M.3, BLANCHART E.4
Remarks on the status of the Madagascarian earthworm taxon Kynotus Michaelsen, 1891 (oral presentation)
► RAMEZANI M.1, YOUSEFI Z. 2, AKBARI MOHAMADI S.K. 3, ESLAMIFAR M.4, MOVAHEDI M.5
Identification of Oligochaeta species in the Sari Township, Northern Iran, 2007-2008 (poster)
► RAPOPORT I.
Morpho-ecological forms of Dendrobaena schmidti Мichaelsen, 1907 (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) of the North Caucasus (poster)
► ROŻEN A.1, SOBCZYK Ł.
Earthworm communities in forest monocultures. Siemianice common garden experiment. (oral presentation)
► SALOMÉ C.1, GOBAT J.-M.2, LE BAYON R.C.3
Earthworm communities and soil structure in alluvial river ecosystems (poster)
► SHERLOCK E.
A discussion on the relationship between Darwin's study of earthworms, his theory of evolution and his personal struggles (to mark the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his most important work, ‘On the Origin of Species’) (oral presentation)
► SINGH S.M., PRAKASH O., GANGWAR G.R., RACHANA
Hot-spot regions of earthworms in western Uttar-Pradesh, India (oral presentation)
► VAVOULIDOU E.1, DELLAPORTA L.2, BILALIS D.J.3
Histological study of the earthworm Octodrillus complanatus and collagen distribution in its tissues (poster)
► YILDIZ S., USTAOĞLU R., BALIK S.
Littoral Oligochaeta (Lumbriculidae and Enchytraeidae) communities of some mountain lakes on Eastern Black Sea range (Turkey) (oral presentation)
► ZENKOVA I.
Diversity and distribution of earthworms (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) in native soils of the Kola North (oral presentation)