Description
Book SynopsisMaintaining soil health is fundamental to successful crop production and ecosystem sustainability. To enable effective management soil health must first be measured and then monitored and so the authors review and evaluate how soil organisms can be used to fulfil this role. This book is essential for all soil scientists and consultants. It is of particular relevance to those involved in soil health monitoring and maintenance as well as those undertaking soil remediation. It is also important reading for agronomists, ecologists and environmentalists. This book is a comprehensive and effective resource for all those working to sustain healthy soils.
Table of Contents1: Defining and Assessing Soil Health and Sustainable Productivity 2: Soil Health: its Relationship to Ecosystem Health D J Rapport 3: Rationale for Developing Bioindicators of Soil Health 4: Bioindicators: Perspectives and Potential Value for Landusers 5: Soil Microbial Biomass, Activity and Nutrient Cycling as Indicators of Soil Health 6: Soil Enzyme Activities as Integrative Indicators of Soil Health 7: Soil Microflora as Bioindicators of Soil Health 8: Potential Use of Plant Root Pathogens as Bioindicators of Soil Health 9: Soil Microfauna as Bioindicators of Soil Health 10: Community Structure of Soil Arthropods as a Bioindicator of Soil Health 11: Can the Abundance or Activity of Soil Macrofauna be used to Indicate the Biological Health of Soils? 12: Biodiversity of Soil Organisms as an Indicator of Soil Health 13: Biomonitoring of Soil Health by Plants 14: Bioindicators to Detect Contamination of Soils with Special Reference to Heavy Metals 15: Chemical and Molecular Approaches for Rapid Assessment of the Biological Status of Soils 16: Use of Genetically Modified Biosensors for Soil Ecotoxicity Testing 17: Biological Indicators of Soil Health: Synthesis
