Dr. Mathilde I. Zorn

She got her Ph.D. on December 21, 2004.

Presently she is working at the Dutch Board for the Authorisation of Pesticides in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Projects

• The effects of earthworm bioturbation on metal availability in river floodplains

• M.I. Zorn, C.A.M. van Gestel, E. Morrien, M. Wagenaar and H. Eijsackers (2008)) Flooding responses of three earthworm species, Allolobophora chlorotica, Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus rubellus, in a laboratory-controlled environment. Soil Biol. Biochem.40: 587-593.
• C. Klok, M. Zorn, J.E. Koolhaas, H.J.P. Eijsackers and C.A.M. van Gestel (2006) Does reproductive plasticity in Lumbricus rubellus improve the recovery of populations in frequently inundated river floodplains? Soil Biol. Biochem.38: 611-618.
• S. Wijnhoven, I. Thonon, G. van der Velde, R. Leuven, M. Zorn, H. Eijsackers and T. Smits (2006) The impact of bioturbation by small mammals on heavy metal redistribution in an embanked floodplain of the river Rhine. Water Air Soil Pollut.177: 183-210.
• M.I. Zorn, C.A.M. van Gestel and H. Eijsackers (2005) The effect of two endogeic earthworm species on zinc distribution and availability in artificial soil columns. Soil Biol. Biochem.37: 917-925.
• M.I. Zorn, C.A.M. van Gestel and H. Eijsackers (2005) The effect of Lumbricus rubellus and Lumbricus terrestris on zinc distribution and availability in artificial soil columns. Biol. Fertil. Soils41: 212-215. 
• M.I. Zorn, C.A.M. van Gestel and H. Eijsackers (2005) Species-specific earthworm population responses in relation to flooding dynamics in a Dutch floodplain soil. Pedobiologia49: 189-198.