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1. Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri collected from the lower Chao Phraya estuary in this<br />

study were all immature. In the future, more sampling at the same site is needed to<br />

possibly afford at least a group of mature L. hoffmeisteri.<br />

2. The study on biological aspects of L. hoffmeisteri such as life history,<br />

population dynamics and other biological factors (e.g. worm size, feeding and<br />

metabolic activities) are needed to investigate for further works, as well as<br />

concentrating on environmental characteristics (e.g. laboratorial conditions,<br />

temperature variability and the quantity and quality of food adding in sediments),<br />

representing important factors which may influence growth or reproduction of<br />

L. hoffmeisteri.<br />

3. The data of this study provide information about short-term sediment<br />

toxicity tests with a freshwater oligochaete L. hoffmeisteri using naphthalene as a<br />

chemical pollutant. Further experiments over longer periods are necessary to evaluate<br />

chronic effects and modify some guidelines for better studying.<br />

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