Soil monitoring in Europe: a review of existing systems and requirements for harmonisation
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Official frameworks for soil monitoring exist in most member states of the European Union. However, the uniformity of methodologies and the scope of actual monitoring are variable between national systems. This review identifies the differences between existing systems, and describes options for harmonising soil monitoring in the Member States and some neighbouring countries of the European Union. The present geographical coverage is uneven between and within countries. In general, national and regional networks are much denser in northern and eastern regions than in southern Europe. The median coverage in the 50 km x 50 km EMEP cells applied all over the European Union, is 300 km(2) for one monitoring site. Achieving such minimum density for the European Union would require 4100 new sites, mainly located in southern countries (Italy, Spain, Greece), parts of Poland, Germany, the Baltic countries, Norway, Finland and France. Options are discussed for harmonisation of site density, considering various risk area and soil quality indicator requirements.
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Some indicators such as organic carbon (or soil organic matter) content and pH are often measured, whereas others such as bulk density or earthworm diversity are rarely assessed.
“However, some indicators such as organic carbon (or soil organic matter) content and pH are often measured, whereas others such as bulk density or earthworm diversity are rarely assessed (Morvan et al., 2008).”
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- Authors
- Morvan, X., Saby, N. P. A., Arrouays, D., Le Bas, C., Jones, R. J. A., Verheijen, F. G. A., Bellamy, P. H., Stephens, M., & Kibblewhite, M. G.
- Affiliations
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (FR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Cranfield University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Morvan, X.
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-02
- Volume
- 391
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-12
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2150480154
- Cited by
- 246
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 2.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Science and Environmental Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Heavy metals in environment
- Keywords
- soil monitoring, soil quality indicators, EU member states, Southern Europe, soil quality assessment
- MeSH terms
- Environmental Monitoring, Europe, European Union, International Cooperation, Soil Pollutants, Databases, Factual
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