Table 6

Substrate	Initial No. of earthworms	Total earthworm	Cocoons no.	Mean Biomass worm⁻¹ (mg)		Net biomass worm⁻¹ (mg)
Substrate	Initial No. of earthworms	Total earthworm	Cocoons no.	Initial	Final	Net biomass worm⁻¹ (mg)
Control	20	31 ± 4*	11 ± 4*	235 ± 2.5*	375 ± 12*	140 ± 11.2*
S1	20	28 ± 5	23 ± 2*	238 ± 1.7	368 ± 12	130 ± 5.6
S2	20	42 ± 4*	18 ± 4	240 ± 3.6	390 ± 14	150 ± 15.6
S3	20	47 ± 6*	07 ± 1	230 ± 1.7	325 ± 11*	95 ± 2.4*
S4	20	31 ± 2	04 ± 3	230 ± 1.6	284 ± 4.3*	54 ± 4.9*
S5	20	29 ± 5	03 ± 2	225 ± 1.7*	278 ± 11*	53 ± 15.2*

All values are mean (n=3) ± S.D.
*Significant (P<0.001).

Table 6: Changes in growth, cocoon production and net biomass of earthworms.