Characterising soil microbial ecological functions using mol

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As part of RECORD's work on assessing the success of ecological rehabilitation operations on degraded sites and soils, an operational monitoring tool for managers and industry has been proposed. One of the matrices established in this study identifies the ecological functions and processes performed by soils, the indicators of these processes and the measurement tools available to assess them. These tools include quantifying the molecular biomass of soils, assessing microbial diversity by sequencing microbial DNA and measuring the abundance of genes involved in specific activities. The aim of this note is to present the molecular approaches for measuring the genetic and functional diversity of microbial communities, which are currently at different levels of operationality.

Keywords: milieux urbains, réhabiliation, sites et sols pollués, fonctions écologiques, services écosystémiques, indicateurs, solutions fondées sur la nature, Biodiversité, SFN, urban environments, rehabilitation, polluted sites and soils, ecological functions, ecosystem services, indicators, nature-based solutions, Biodiversity, NBS

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Publication date: June 2021

Achievement: Biotope, BRGM, Vertigo Lab

Reference: RECORD, Outil de conception et de suivi de la réhabilitation écologique de sites dégradés intégrant les solutions fondées sur la nature. Exemples d’application en contexte urbain, 2021, 111 p, n°19-1024/1A

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Characterising soil microbial ecological functions using molecular approaches

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