Paired with the MIDI‐Sherlock System
Tips and Tricks for FAME Extraction and Analysis
Calculations and Interpretation of FAME Data
Management Implications
References
13 Microbial Community Composition, Diversity, and Function
Introduction
Methods for Identifying and Quantifying Microbial Communities
Criteria for Method Selection
Selected Method Protocol
Analysis Section
References
Epilogue
References
List of Tables
1 Volume 1 - Chapter 3Table 3.1 Timeless generic strategies for improving soils.Table 3.2 Selected NRCS conservation practices identified as also having a so...Table 3.3 Categories of soil health tests, each with unique characteristics b...Table 3.4 Potential soil health tests for evaluating various natural resource...
2 Volume 1 - Chapter 4Table 4.1 Metadata related to temporal and spatial properties of soil health.
3 Volume 1 - Chapter 6Table 6.1 Examples of soil physical, chemical, and biological properties that...Table 6.2 Forest soil sampling intensity of FIA plots by forest‐type group.
4 Volume 1 - Chapter 7Table 7.1 Comparison of international residential and industrial lead (Pb) soil ...Table 7.2 Recommendations for food and soil management practices to reduce hu...Table 7.3 Published in vivo‐in vitro correlation (IVIVC) studies evaluating t...Table 7.4 Soil health practices to manage soil lead.Table 7.5 Comparison of methods used to measure or estimate total Pb.Table 7.6 Soil health practices to manage Pb exposure.Table 7.7 Comparison of in vitro bioaccessible soil lead reductions in respon...
5 EpilogueTable E.1 Selected quotes advocating for recognition and better management of...Table E.2 Selected Native American proverbs reflecting upon land and soil res...
6 Volume 2 - Chapter 1Table 1.1 Tier 1 Soil Health Indicators and Methods to be Assessed.Table 1.2 Tier 2 Soil Health Indicators and Methods to be Assessed
7 Volume 2 - Chapter 2Table 2.1 Synthesis of select resources addressing sampling considerations an...Table 2.2 Suggested minimum metadata for site characterization.Table 2.3 Definitions and attributes of different soil sampling designs.
8 Volume 2 - Chapter 3Table 3.1 Advantages and disadvantages of the most common methods for measuri...
9 Volume 2 - Chapter 6Table 6.1 Guidelines for Interpretations of Water Quality for Irrigation.Table 6.2 USDA‐NRCS Soil pH Classifications (Soil Survey Manual, 1993).
10 Volume 2 - Chapter 7Table 7.1 Average micronutrient concentrations in plants and the range of tot...Table 7.2 US state by state soil extractants used to determine soil micronutr...
11 Volume 2 - Chapter 8Table 8.1 Compilation of studies reporting associations between the flush of ...Table 8.2 Compilation of studies reporting associations between the flush of ...
12 Volume 2 - Chapter 9Table 9.1 Permanganate‐oxidizable C (POXC) coefficients of variation (CV) of ...
13 Volume 2 - Chapter 10Table 10.1 Advantages and disadvantages of selected soil N methods and potent...
14 Volume 2 - Chapter 11Table 11.1 Enzyme activities from selected studies across management and regi...Table 11.2 Description of the enzyme assay procedure and reagents needed for ...Table 11.3 Approaches for interpreting results from enzyme activities (EAs) a...
15 Volume 2 - Chapter 12Table 12.1 Comparison of PLFA and EL‐FAME methods.Table 12.2 Key PLFA microbial group assignments used by the MIDI Sherlock Sys...
16 Volume 2 - Chapter 13Table 13.1 Taxonomic and functional indicators of various soil functions that...
17 EpilogueTable E.1 Selected quotes advocating for recognition and better management of so...Table E.2 Selected Native American proverbs reflecting upon land and soil resour...
List of Illustrations
1 Volume 1 - Chapter 2Figure 2.1 An exponential increase in the use of soil quality and soil tilth...
2 Volume 1 - Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Key soil health research questions and selected responses (orange...Figure 3.2 Utilizing cover crops as a conservation practice to improve soil hea...Figure 3.3 Soil health documentation must recognize inherent (left) and dyna...Figure 3.4 Potential scales at which soil health indicators can be assessed....
3 Volume 1 - Chapter 5Figure 5.1 General shapes for standard scoring functions. From left to right...
4 Volume 1 - Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Soil organic matter percentage decreased with increasing distance...Figure 6.2 Carbon sequestration potential for various management systems in ...Figure 6.3 Geographic extent of LTSP sites in North America.Figure 6.4 Forest Inventory and Analysis samples collected by Forest‐type Gr...
5 Volume 1 - Chapter 7Figure 7.1 Timeline of Geometric mean (GM) and excessive (>10 ug/dL) blood l...Figure 7.2 Blood Lead Levels of children 0–71 months in Cuyahoga County, OH,...Figure 7.3 Sampling areas for current residences (left) and post‐demolition ...Figure 7.4 Decision Tree for Evaluating Soil Pb.
6 Volume 1 - Chapter 8Figure 8.1 Example of in situ profile estimation of soil properties using VN...Figure 8.2 Example of mapping clay content at multiple depths through fusion...Figure 8.3 Number of soil health observations by U.S. region (a) and samplin...Figure 8.4 Percentage of studies that assessed soil organic carbon (SOC), ch...
7 Volume 2 - Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Error components associated with soil property assessment.Figure 2.2 Generalized approaches to field evaluations of soil health. USDA‐...
8 Volume 2 - Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Soil sampling probes for aggregate size distribution. (A) Represe...Figure 4.2 Dimensional diagram
