Proposed MDS | Sites types | References |
N:P ratio, carbon, enzyme | Alkaline soil | |
pH, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, potassium, soil organic matter, soil salinity | River delta soil | |
Alkali hydrolysable nitrogen, soil organic matter, microbial biomass nitrogen: total nitrogen, available zinc | White and maize cropping system | |
pH in water, exchangeable calcium, available phosphorus, bulk density, soil organic carbon | Shifting cultivation | |
Soil organic matter, top soil depth, infiltration, aggregation, pH, electrical conductivity, suspected soil pollutants, soil respiration | Agro-ecosystem | |
Soil texture, content coarse material, available water capacity, organic matter content, potentially mineralizable nitrogen, pH, available phosphorus | Remediation sites | |
Organic matter, organic carbon, bulk density, aggregate stability, pH, salinity, forms of nitrogen, microbial biomass, microbial respiration | Agricultural | |
Electrical conductivity, bulk density, exchangeable magnesium, available phosphorus | Tropical moist deciduous forest | |
Soil texture, depth of ground water table, soil organic matter, pH, sodium, available potassium, phosphorus, zinc | Arable soil | |