Roundworms are small, but have a potential role in recycling of nutrient and minerals in soil along with other micro-fauna they form the large base of soil ecosystem and helps in sustainability of soil health and by studying these nematode fauna one can suggest the status and health of soil ecosystem through community analysis means they are really good bio-indicators. But I want to know what are the characteristic of good bioindicators?
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Maybe a paper that can help: Sochova, I., Hofman, J., Holoubek, I., 2006. Using nematodes in soil ecotoxicology. Environment International 32, 374–383. doi:doi: DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.08.031
An older one: Bongers, T., 1990. The maturity index: an ecological measure of environmental disturbance based on nematode species composition. Oecologia 83, 14–19.
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