Selecting biological indicators appropriate for European soil monitoring
The selection of biological indicators for monitoring progress towards policy goals for soil quality should be without bias and in line with individual scenarios of need. Here we describe the prescription of a suite of appropriate indicators for potential application in such monitoring schemes across Europe. We applied a structured framework of assessment and ranking (viz. a ‘logical sieve’), building upon published data and a new survey taken from a wide segment of the global soil biodiversity research and policy community.
The top ten indicators included four indicators of biodiversity (three microbial and one meso faunal) by various methods of measurement and three indicators of ecological function (multiple enzyme assay, multiple substrate induced respiration and the exploration of functional genes by molecular means). Within the techniques assessed, seven out of the top ten indicators made use of molecular methods.
STONE Dorothy;
RITZ Karl;
GRIFFITHS Bryan;
ORGIAZZI Alberto;
CREAMER Creamer;
2015-12-09
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
JRC95921
0929-1393,
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929139315300585,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC95921,
10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.08.005,
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