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Development and improvement of soil biological methods.

Project management Bruckner Alexander
organizational unit Institute of Zoology
duration 01.01.1993 to- 31.12.2008
Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Program none
Funder none
Competencies 

Abstract

Soil biology is a young science which produced a large amount of knowledge in a few decades. Despite this dynamic situation, many of the methods used are antiquated and make modern research difficult. The long-term project 'method development' intends to provide basics predominantly for applied work (e.g. analysis and monitoring of anthropogenic soil disturbance). Some recent research: quantification of the confidence of mesofauna sample data (estimation of abundance and species number), development of a composite sampling technique which increases data confidence of soil mesofauna, co-development of a technique for the estiamation of soil ciliate (Ciliophora) abundance, quantification of the volumetric bias of standard soil corers (used for mesofauna sampling).

Publications

Project staff

Portrait Alexander Bruckner

Alexander Bruckner

ao.Univ.Prof. Mag.Dr.rer.nat. Alexander Bruckner
alexander.bruckner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83333

Project Leader

01.01.1993 - 31.12.2008

Portrait Pascal Querner

Pascal Querner

Mag.Dr. Pascal Querner
pascal.querner@boku.ac.at

Project Staff

01.01.1993 - 31.12.2008

BOKU partners

Institute of Zoology

role coordinator