Table of Contents

Contributors
1: R. D. Boone et al.: Soil Sampling, Preparation, Archiving, and Quality Control
2: D. F. Grigal et al.: Site and Landscape Characterization for Ecological Studies
I. Soil Physical Properties
3: W. M. Jarrell et al.: Soil Water and Temperature Status
4: E. T. Elliott et al.: Soil Structural and Other Physical Properties
II. Soil Chemical Properties
5: P. Sollins et al.: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen: Pools and Fractions
6: G. P. Robertson et al.: Exchangeable Ions, pH, and Cation Exchange Capacity
7: K. Lajtha et al.: Soil Phosphorus: Characterization and Total Element Analysis
8: M. E. Harmon and K. Lajtha: Analysis of Detritus and Organic Horizons for Mineral and Organic Constituents
9: K. Lajtha et al.: Collection of Soil Solution
III. Soil Biological Processes
10: E. A. Holland et al.: Soil CO[2, N[2O, and CH[4 Exchange
11: M. E. Harmon, K. J. Nadelhoffer, and J. M. Blair: Measuring Decomposition, Nutrient Turnover, and Stores in Plant Litter
12: D. D. Myrold, R. W. Ruess, and M. J. Klug: Dinitrogen Fixation
13: G. P. Robertson et al.: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Availability: Nitrogen Mineralization, Nitrification, and Soil Respiration Potentials
14: P. M. Groffman et al.: Denitrification
IV. Soil Organisms
15: E. A. Paul et al.: The Determination of Microbial Biomass
16: R. L. Sinsabaugh et al.: Characterizing Soil Microbial Communities
17: D. C. Coleman et al.: Soil Invertebrates
18: N. C. Johnson, T. E. O'Dell, and C. S. Bledsoe: Methods for Ecological Studies of Mycorrhizae
19: C. S. Bledsoe et al.: Measurement of Static Root Parameters: Biomass, Length, and Distribution in the Soil Profile
20: T. J. Fahey et al.: Fine Root Production and Demography
Index

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"Sure an old farmer can taste the dirt and tell whether to plant cotton or corn, but scientists working on studies that may stretch over decades and will probably include other people need some uniformity in how they take measurements and record the results. So in 1996 a group of scientists began developing a set of common protocols that could be used to characterize the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil and soil organisms from disparate
sites ranging from tundra permafrost to desert aridosols, and with the land use ranging from annual cropping systems to old-growth forest. Their report also includes protocols for soil sampling,
preparation, archiving, and quality control and for characterizing sites and landscapes for ecological studies."--SciTech Book News
"Sure an old farmer can taste the dirt and tell whether to plant cotton or corn, but scientists working on studies that may stretch over decades and will probably include other people need some uniformity in how they take measurements and record the results. So in 1996 a group of scientists began developing a set of common protocols that could be used to characterize the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil and soil organisms from disparate
sites ranging from tundra permafrost to desert aridosols, and with the land use ranging from annual cropping systems to old-growth forest. Their report also includes protocols for soil sampling,
preparation, archiving, and quality control and for characterizing sites and landscapes for ecological studies."--SciTech Book News