Front cover
PREFACE
CANADIAN SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCE
EDITORS
CONTRIBUTORS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section I. Soil Sampling and Handling
Chapter 1 Soil Sampling Designs
Chapter 2 Sampling Forest Soils
Chapter 3 Measuring Change in Soil Organic Carbon Storage
Chapter 4 Soil Sample Handling and Storage
Chapter 5 Quality Control in Soil Chemical Analysis
Section II. Diagnostic Methods for Soil and Environmental Managament
Chapter 6 Nitrate and Exchangeable Ammonium Nitrogen
Chapter 7 Mehlich 3-Extractable Elements
Chapter 8 Sodium Bicarbonate-Extractable Phosphorus
Chapter 9 Boron, Molybdenum, and Selenium
Chapter 10 Trace Element Assessment
Chapter 11 Readily Soluble Aluminum and Manganese in Acid Soils
Chapter 12 Lime Requirement
Chapter 13 Ion Supply Rates Using Ion-Exchange Resins
Chapter 14 Environmental Soil Phosphorus Indices
Chapter 15 Electrical Conductivity and Soluble Ions
Section III. Soil Chemical Analyses
Chapter 16 Soil Reaction and Exchangeable Acidity
Chapter 17 Collection and Characterization of Soil Solutions
Chapter 18 Ion Exchange and Exchangeable Cations
Chapter 19 Nonexchangeable Ammonium
Chapter 20 Carbonates
Chapter 21 Total and Organic Carbon
Chapter 22 Total Nitrogen
Chapter 23 Chemical Characterization of Soil Sulfur
Chapter 24 Total and Organic Phosphorus
Chapter 25 Characterization of Available P by Sequential Extraction
Chapter 26 Extractable Al, Fe, Mn, and Si
Chapter 27 Determining Nutrient Availability in Forest Soils
Chapter 28 Chemical Properties of Organic Soils
Section IV. Soil Biological Analyses
Chapter 29 Cultural Methods for Soil and Root-Associated Microorganisms
Chapter 30 Arbuscular Mycorrhizae
Chapter 31 Root Nodule Bacteria and Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
Chapter 32 Microarthropods
Chapter 33 Nematodes
Chapter 34 Earthworms
Chapter 35 Enchytraeids
Chapter 36 Protozoa
Chapter 37 Denitrification Techniques for Soils
Chapter 38 Nitrification Techniques for Soils
Chapter 39 Substrate-Induced Respiration and Selective Inhibition as Measures of Microbial Biomass in Soils
Chapter 40 Assessment of Soil Biological Activity
Chapter 41 Soil ATP
Chapter 42 Lipid-Based Community Analysis
Chapter 43 Bacterial Community Analyses by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis
Chapter 44 Indicators of Soil Food Web Properties
Section V. Soil Organic Matter Analyses
Chapter 45 Carbon Mineralization
Chapter 46 Mineralizable Nitrogen
Chapter 47 Physically Uncomplexed Organic Matter
Chapter 48 Extraction and Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter
Chapter 49 Soil Microbial Biomass C, N, P, and S
Chapter 50 Carbohydrates
Chapter 51 Organic Forms of Nitrogen
Chapter 52 Soil Humus Fractions
Chapter 53 Soil Organic Matter Analysis by Solid-State 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Chapter 54 Stable Isotopes in Soil and Environmental Research
Section VI. Soil Physical Analyses
Chapter 55 Particle Size Distribution
Chapter 56 Soil Shrinkage
Chapter 57 Soil Density and Porosity
Chapter 58 Soil Consistency: Upper and Lower Plastic Limits
Chapter 59 Compaction and Compressibility
Chapter 60 Field Soil Strength
Chapter 61 Air Permeability
Chapter 62 Aggregate Stability to Water
Chapter 63 Dry-Aggregate Size Distribution
Chapter 64 Soil Air
Chapter 65 Soil-Surface Gas Emissions
Chapter 66 Bulk Density Measurement in Forest Soils
Chapter 67 Physical Properties of Organic Soils and Growing Media: Particle Size and Degree of Decomposition
Chapter 68 Physical Properties of Organic Soils and Growing Media: Water and Air Storage and Flow Dynamics
Section VII. Soil Water Analyses
Chapter 69 Soil Water Analyses: Principles and Parameters
Chapter 70 Soil Water Content
Chapter 71 Soil Water Potential
Chapter 72 Soil Water Desorption and Imbibition: Tension and Pressure Techniques
Chapter 73 Soil Water Desorption and Imbibition: Long Column
Chapter 74 Soil Water Desorption and Imbibition: Psychrometry
Chapter 75 Saturated Hydraulic Properties: Laboratory Methods
Chapter 76 Saturated Hydraulic Properties: Well Permeameter
Chapter 77 Saturated Hydraulic Properties: Ring Infiltrometer
Chapter 78 Saturated Hydraulic Properties: Auger Hole
Chapter 79 Saturated Hydraulic Properties: Piezometer
Chapter 80 Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Laboratory Tension Infiltrometer
Chapter 81 Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties: Laboratory Evaporation
Chapter 82 Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties: Field Tension Infiltrometer
Chapter 83 Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties: Instantaneous Profile
Chapter 84 Estimation of Soil Hydraulic Properties
Chapter 85 Analysis of Soil Variability
Appendix A Site Description
Appendix B General Safe Laboratory Operation Procedures
Index