Standard

BS EN ISO 14240-1:2011

Soil quality. Determination of soil microbial biomass - Substrate-induced respiration method

Current, Under Review

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Published:

15 May 1997

1 Scope

This part of ISO 14240 specifies a method for estimating the active aerobic, heterotrophic microbial biomass in aerated agricultural and mineral soils.

Determination of the effects of chemicals on biomass is outside the scope of this part of ISO 14240.

Product Details

Descriptors

Determination of content

Respiratory system

Soil testing

Quality

Mass

Microbiological analysis

Biological analysis and testing

Soils

Soil science

Carbon dioxide

Nitrifying bacteria

Chemical analysis and testing

ICS Codes

13.080.30 Biological properties of soils

Committee

EH/4

International relationships

Identical to:

EN ISO 14240-1 (ISO 14240-1:1997) AS

ISO 14240-1:1997

ISBN

978 0 580 73148 8

Publisher

BSI