| Title: |
The development and use of soil quality indicators for assessing the role of soil in environmental interactions
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> report
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| Country: |
United Kingdom
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| Year: |
2006 |
| Availability: |
Science Report SC030265
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Environment Agency
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Soil-->Soil quality
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| Short description: |
This this project established:
• a process for assessing the suitability of soil quality indicators (SQIs) to measure
the soil function of environmental interaction for a national soil monitoring network
• a tiered, risk-based approach to using these indicators which caters for the broad
soil interests of agencies and stakeholders;
• agreement on a minimum dataset (MDS) of soil quality indicators for the soil
function of environmental interaction that is soil organic carbon, total nitrogen,
Olsen P, available and total copper (Cu), nickel (Ni) and zinc (Zn), bulk density
and pH;
• approaches to determine critical changes in these indicators to trigger further
action
• agreement from technical representatives and the UK Soil Indicators Consortium
on approaches and findings.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 30/05/2009
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