ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 23611-6 First edition 2012-09-15 Soil quality Sampling of soil invertebrates - Part 6: Guidance for the design of sampling programmes with soil invertebrates Qualité du sol-Prelevement des invertebrés du sol - Partie 6: Lignes directrices pour la conception de programmes d'échantillonnage des invertebrés du sol Reference number ISO 23611-6:2012(E) LSO @ ISO 2012 HS under ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO23611-6:2012(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56·CH-1211Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2012 -All rights reserved No reproductic etworking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 23611-6:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 3.1 Soil biology 3.2 Soil protection 3 3.3 Methods 4 Principle. 4.1 4 4.2 Question to be answered when planning a field study 5 Objectives of sampling 6 5.1 General 6 5.2 Generalremarks 5.3 Pre-conditions. 5.4 The performance of the site-specific assessment of contaminated land. 5.5 Thestudyof potential sideeffectsofanthropogenic impacts.... 5.6 The biological classification and assessment of soils in order to determine the biological quality of soils.. 5.7 Biogeographical monitoring in nature protection or restauration. .8 6 Samples and sampling points .8 6.1 General. 8 6.2 Sampling patterns.. 8 6.3 Selecting and identifying the sampling location .9 6.4 Preparation of the sampling site.. 9 6.5 Further general advice on sampling performance. 10 7 Practical considerations for the biological sampling of soils. 10 7.1 General.. 10 7.2 Formal preparations ... 10 7.3 Requirements on sampling personnel and safety precautions 10 7.4 Preliminary survey.. 11 7.5 Main study..... 12 8 Design options for sampling soil invertebrates 12 8.1 Introduction... 12 8.2 Description of possible sampling strategies.... 8.3 Recommendations from the European programme ENVAsso (Environmental Assessment of Soil for Monitoring). 17 9 Sampling report .19 10 Quality control and quality assurance .20 Annex A (informative) Case studies 21 Bibliography 37 ili ted withoutlicensefrom IHS Not for Resale