ISO 16072:2002

Soil quality — Laboratory methods for determination of microbial soil respiration

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ISO 16702:2002 describes methods for the determination of soil microbial respiration of aerobic, unsaturated soils. The methods are suitable for the determination of O₂ uptake or CO₂ release, either after addition of a substrate (substrate-induced respiration), or without substrate addition (basal respiration).

ISO 16702:2002 is applicable to the measurement of soil respiration in order to:

determine the microbial activity in soil (see [2]);
establish the effect of additives (nutrients, pollutants, soil improvers, etc.) on the metabolic performance of microorganisms;
determine the microbial biomass (see [3]);
determine the metabolic quotient qCO₂.

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Status : Published

Standard Type: Main

Document No: ISO 16072:2002

Document Year: 2002

Pages: 19

Edition: 1

Section Volume:
ISO/TC 190/SC 4. Biological methods

ICS:
13.080.30 Biological properties of soils

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