Mulder Christian, Schouten Anton J, Hund-Rinke Kerstin, Breure Anton M
Laboratory for Ecological Risk Assessment, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, NL 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2005 Oct;62(2):278-89. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.03.028.
Although there has been extensive applied agricultural research (research on plant-parasitic species has a long tradition), insufficient taxonomical knowledge, especially of free-living nematodes, is a serious problem concerning the use of nematodes in soil classification and assessment. However, due to their essential and various roles in ecosystem functioning and their high diversity and abundance, interest in using these organisms for the assessment of soil quality is increasing. In particular in The Netherlands, but also in other countries (e.g., Germany, United Kingdom), progress in taxonomy is being achieved and evaluation strategies are being elaborated. While examples exist for the successful use of nematodes as part of a community approach comprising several organism groups, much work concerning the establishment of an adequate reference database remains to be done. This article is a general overview of the suitability and application of soil nematodes in soil assessments.
尽管已经有了广泛的应用农业研究（对植物寄生线虫物种的研究有着悠久的传统），但分类学知识不足，尤其是关于自由生活线虫的知识，是在土壤分类和评估中使用线虫时面临的一个严重问题。然而，由于它们在生态系统功能中起着至关重要且多样的作用，以及它们具有高度的多样性和丰富度，利用这些生物进行土壤质量评估的兴趣正在增加。特别是在荷兰，而且在其他国家（如德国、英国），分类学也正在取得进展，评估策略也在不断完善。虽然存在将线虫成功用作包含多个生物群体的群落方法一部分的例子，但在建立一个合适的参考数据库方面仍有许多工作要做。本文是对土壤线虫在土壤评估中的适用性和应用的总体概述。
