Community census analysis with macroinvertebrate

The feasibility of using community census as a tool to monitor the impact of chemical contamination and land-use change on soil ecosystems has been addressed in two studies  

The SOILPACS study (Weeks et al. 1998). This study investigated the feasibility of the community census approach for soils. The study concluded that a system could be constructed but substantial development was needed. In particular, full faunistic, physical, geological and chemical surveys of many (diverse) reference sites would be needed to develop a system with predictive capability. For development of the UK river invertebrate prediction and classification scheme, over 400 sites were sampled in this manner. The fact that this number would need to be matched for SOILPACS presents a substantial hurdle to development. 

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