DIN EN ISO 23611-6:2013-11

This part of ISO 23611 provides guidance for the design of field studies with soil invertebrates (e. g. for the monitoring of the quality of a soil as a habitat for organisms). Detailed information on the sampling of the most important soil organisms is provided in the other parts of this standard (ISO 23611-1 to ISO 23611-5). This document gives information on site-specific risk assessment of contaminated land, study of potential side effects of anthropogenic impacts (e. g. the application of chemicals or the building of roads), the biological classification and assessment of soils in order to determine the biological quality of soils and long-term biogeographical monitoring in the context of nature protection or restoration, including global change (e. g. as in long-term ecological research projects).