Microbial observatory for monitoring the effect of global change on the sustainability of soil resources
Establishment of a microbial observatory whose purpose is to monitor the effect of global change on the sustainability of soil resources.
Specific objectives:
- Selecting a suitable location as microbial observatory for the overall project goal.
- Selection of the suitable soil sampling technique.
- Selection of soil microbiological properties depending on the indicator value of global change effect on the sustainability of soil resources.
- Selecting the most suitable methods for determining these properties and storage techniques of soil samples over time.
- Designing a monitoring program of selected microbiological properties.
- Soil sampling and analysis of soil microbiological properties.
- Site botany and other relevant properties identification (slope, aspect, weather, etc.).
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Assessing the effectiveness of microbial observatory established to evaluate the effect of global change on the sustainability of soil resources.