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xi, 451 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Preface / C. E. Pankhurst, B. M. Doube and V. V. S. R. Gupta -- 1. Defining and Assessing Soil Health and Sustainable Productivity / J. W. Doran and W. Safley -- 2. Soil Health: its Relationship to Ecosystem Health / D. J. Rapport, J. McCullum and M. H. Miller -- 3. Rationale for Developing Bioindicators of Soil Health / E. T. Elliott -- 4. Bioindicators: Perspectives and Potential Value for Landusers, Researchers and Policy Makers / J. M. Lynch and L. F. Elliott -- 5. Soil Microbial Biomass, Activity and Nutrient Cycling as Indicators of Soil Health / G. P. Sparling -- 6. Soil Enzyme Activities as Integrative Indicators of Soil Health / R. P. Dick -- 7. Soil Microflora as Bioindicators of Soil Health / M. M. Roper and K. M. Ophel-Keller -- 8. Potential Use of Plant Root Pathogens as Biodicators of Soil Health / D. Hornby and G. L. Bateman -- 9. Soil Microfauna as Bioindicators of Soil Health / V. V. S. R. Gupta and G. W. Yeates. 10. Community Structure of Soil Arthropods as a Bioindicator of Soil Health / N. M. van Straalen -- 11. Can the Abundance or Activity of Soil Macrofauna be used to Indicate the Biological Health of Soils? / B. M. Doube and O. Schmidt -- 12. Biodiversity of Soil Organisms as an Indicator of Soil Health / C. E. Pankhurst -- 13. Biomonitoring of Soil Health by Plants / T. Pandolfini, P. Gremigni and R. Gabbrielli -- 14. Bioindicators to Detect Contamination of Soils with Special Reference to Heavy Metals / G. N. Mhatre and C. E. Pankhurst -- 15. Chemical and Molecular Approaches for Rapid Assessment of the Biological Status of Soils / D. C. White and S. J. Macnaughton -- 16. Use of Genetically Modified Microbial Biosensors for Soil Ecotoxicity Testing / G. I. Paton, E. A. S. Rattray and C. D. Campbell [et al.] -- 17. Biological Indicators of Soil Health: Synthesis / C. E. Pankhurst, B. M. Doube and V. V. S. R. Gupta. edited by C. Pankhurst, B.M. Doube and V.V.S.R. Gupta. Includes bibliographical references and index. Soil biology Indicators (Biology) QH84.8 .B54 1997 631.46 BIO 0851991580 (alk. paper) 97013061 BD-DhUL 970325 20150109190723.0 28654 eng