relation: https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/56751/
title: BENCHMARKS soil sampling protocol: Guidelines for agricultural and forest experimental sites
creator: Symanczik, Sarah
creator: Lori, Martina
creator: Bacq-Labreuil, Aurélie
creator: Basile, Angelo
creator: Beriot, Nicolas
creator: Berlin, Alexander
creator: Bünemann, Else K.
creator: Cheval, Pénélope
creator: Cunha, Luis
creator: David, Felix
creator: Di Lonardo, Paolo
creator: Götzinger, Sophia
creator: Grahmann, Kathrin
creator: Hofman, Jakub
creator: Mäkipää, Raisa
creator: Möller, Julia
creator: Reis, Filipa
creator: Sanén, Taru
creator: Törmänen, Tiina
creator: Creamer, Rachel
subject:  Soil biology
subject:  Specific methods
description: To evaluate soil health, a diverse set of biological, chemical, and physical SHIs is proposed. To optimize soil samples for subsequent analyses, SHI-compliant sampling protocols are implemented, aligning with the BENCHMARKS sampling scheme.  For baseline site characterisation, soil samples will be collected using BENCHMARKS protocols for bulk soil, bulk density, earthworms, and mesofauna. Depending on site-specific challenges, additional samples may be collected using protocols tailored to plastic sampling or hydraulic property sampling. The document also provides detailed guidelines on sample processing, shipping, and storage tailored to each soil sampling protocol. Lastly, it outlines the SHIs recommended for assessment both in the laboratory and directly in the field.
date: 2025
type: Report
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: /id/eprint/56751/1/luke-luobio_39_2025.pdf
identifier:    Symanczik, Sarah; Lori, Martina; Bacq-Labreuil, Aurélie; Basile, Angelo; Beriot, Nicolas; Berlin, Alexander; Bünemann, Else K.; Cheval, Pénélope; Cunha, Luis; David, Felix; Di Lonardo, Paolo; Götzinger, Sophia; Grahmann, Kathrin; Hofman, Jakub; Mäkipää, Raisa; Möller, Julia; Reis, Filipa; Sanén, Taru; Törmänen, Tiina and Creamer, Rachel         (2025) BENCHMARKS soil sampling protocol: Guidelines for agricultural and forest experimental sites.   Natural resources and bioeconomy studies, no. 39. Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) .    
identifier: urn:ISSN:2342-7639
identifier: urn:ISBN:978-952-419-062-6
type: Report
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/report
relation: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/101091010
relation: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/101091010
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess