Name: BS ISO 18311 : 2016
Brand: BSI

SOIL QUALITY - METHOD FOR TESTING EFFECTS OF SOIL CONTAMINANTS ON THE FEEDING ACTIVITY OF SOIL DWELLING ORGANISMS - BAIT-LAMINA TEST

Published date

01-02-2016

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Reagents and material
6 Apparatus (equipment)
7 Procedure
8 Expression of results
9 Validity of the test
10 Statistical analysis
11 Test report
Annex A (informative) - Use of the bait-lamina method for
        monitoring the biological quality of soils
Annex B (informative) - Examples are taken from one study
        performed in the Brazilian Amazon forest in which the
        removal of the litter layer was used as stressor
Bibliography

Defines a technique for determining the effects of anthropogenic impacts (e.g. substances) in the context of the prevailing environmental conditions on the feeding activity of soil organisms in the field.

Committee	EH/4
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes 14/30272314 DC. (02/2016)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
SupersededBy	BS EN ISO 18311:2018
Supersedes	14/30272314 DC : 0

Standards	Relationship
ISO 18311:2016	Identical

ISO 11268-3:2014	Soil quality Effects of pollutants on earthworms Part 3: Guidance on the determination of effects in field situations
ISO 11074:2015	Soil quality — Vocabulary
ISO 11272:2017	Soil quality — Determination of dry bulk density
ISO 11277:2009	Soil quality Determination of particle size distribution in mineral soil material Method by sieving and sedimentation
ISO 23611-6:2012	Soil quality — Sampling of soil invertebrates — Part 6: Guidance for the design of sampling programmes with soil invertebrates
ISO 11461:2001	Soil quality — Determination of soil water content as a volume fraction using coring sleeves — Gravimetric method
ISO 15799:2003	Soil quality Guidance on the ecotoxicological characterization of soils and soil materials
ISO 13878:1998	Soil quality Determination of total nitrogen content by dry combustion ("elemental analysis")
ISO 11268-2:2012	Soil quality — Effects of pollutants on earthworms — Part 2: Determination of effects on reproduction of Eisenia fetida/Eisenia andrei
ISO 11274:1998	Soil quality Determination of the water-retention characteristic Laboratory methods
ISO 10390:2005	Soil quality Determination of pH
ISO 10694:1995	Soil quality Determination of organic and total carbon after dry combustion (elementary analysis)