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Fig. 1

Equivalent circuit (a), exemplary impedance (b) and phase spectra (c) of tap water and worm biomass in tap water, incl. fitting results. R, W and CPE are resistance, Warburg impedance and constant phase element simulating electrode polarization and ion migration; Caq and Raq the capacitance and resistance of buffered tap water when no current runs through the worms; Cw and Rw are capacitance and resistance of the worms, and Caq,w and Raq,w represent capacitance and resistance of the water between worms and electrodes.
Equivalent circuit (a), exemplary impedance (b) and phase spectra (c) of tap water and worm biomass in tap water, incl. fitting results. R, W and CPE are resistance, Warburg impedance and constant phase element simulating electrode polarization and ion migration; Caq and Raq the capacitance and resistance of buffered tap water when no current runs through the worms; Cw and Rw are capacitance and resistance of the worms, and Caq,w and Raq,w represent capacitance and resistance of the water between worms and electrodes.

Fig. 2

Lumbriculus variegatus in the open measuring cell
Lumbriculus variegatus in the open measuring cell

Fig. 3

Impedance (a) and phase (b) against frequency plotted for 6 different amounts of living Lumbriculus variegatus fed with TetraMin® measured in buffered tap water. The two evaluation frequencies and the contribution of electrode polarization to the phase shift are marked grey.
Impedance (a) and phase (b) against frequency plotted for 6 different amounts of living Lumbriculus variegatus fed with TetraMin® measured in buffered tap water. The two evaluation frequencies and the contribution of electrode polarization to the phase shift are marked grey.

Fig. 4

Comparison of impedance (a) and phase (b) of buffered tap water before and after 60 minutes exposure to living aquatic worms.
Comparison of impedance (a) and phase (b) of buffered tap water before and after 60 minutes exposure to living aquatic worms.

Fig. 5

Phase response at 90 kHz against worm biomass of two different kinds of Lumbriculus variegatus measured in tap water. The two groups of worms were fed with TetraMin® and secondary potato sludge, respectively.
Phase response at 90 kHz against worm biomass of two different kinds of Lumbriculus variegatus measured in tap water. The two groups of worms were fed with TetraMin® and secondary potato sludge, respectively.

Fig. 6

Phase response per mg of worm for 6 groups of differently sized groups of worms from different diets at 440 Hz. Diets from left to right: TetraMin® / starch mix COD/N=37; TetraMin® / starch mix COD/N=56; TetraMin® pure; Okara; soy meal; chlorella. Error bars are due to worm weight variation (abscissa) and measurement error (ordinate), respectively.
Phase response per mg of worm for 6 groups of differently sized groups of worms from different diets at 440 Hz. Diets from left to right: TetraMin® / starch mix COD/N=37; TetraMin® / starch mix COD/N=56; TetraMin® pure; Okara; soy meal; chlorella. Error bars are due to worm weight variation (abscissa) and measurement error (ordinate), respectively.

Fig. 7

Phase response per mg of worm for 6 groups of differently sized groups of worms at 90 kHz. Diets from left to right: TetraMin® / starch mix COD/N=37; TetraMin® / starch mix COD/N=56; TetraMin® pure; Okara; soy meal; chlorella. Error bars are due to worm weight variation (abscissa) and measurement error (ordinate), respectively. The dotted grey lines are a visual aid showing the upper and the lower end of the measurement error.
Phase response per mg of worm for 6 groups of differently sized groups of worms at 90 kHz. Diets from left to right: TetraMin® / starch mix COD/N=37; TetraMin® / starch mix COD/N=56; TetraMin® pure; Okara; soy meal; chlorella. Error bars are due to worm weight variation (abscissa) and measurement error (ordinate), respectively. The dotted grey lines are a visual aid showing the upper and the lower end of the measurement error.

Covariance analysis of the regression slopes of mass (m) against phase (φ) at 90 kHz of worms fed with either TetraMin® (T) or secondary potato sludge (S) as shown in Fig. 5. SD means standard deviation.

TetraMin® (T)Sec. potato sludge (S)
n18.0030.00
meanm / mg140.00142.00
SDm / mg118.27110.09
meanφ / °-4.11-4.50
SDφ / °3.313.63
r-1.00-1.00
t-46.18-65.32
p< 0.0001< 0.0001
Slope k / (°/mg)-0.0278-0.0328
Const c / °-0.22270.163
Com. Slope / (°/mg)-0.0308
Com. const. / °-0.534