title: [Soil nematode as a bioindicator of environment pollution].
abstract: As a part of mesofauna in soil ecosystem, nematode plays an important role in essential soil processes. Because of its unique attributes, nematode was widely used in the study of soil health indication. Based on the current studies at home and abroad, this paper discussed the function and application of nematode in indicating and diagnosing soil pollution, and the indices (maturity index, diversity index, similarity index, key species, N/C ratio, and physiological index) and their characteristics of nematode communities used as indicators. As a useful index of bioindicators in ecotoxicological diagnosis, the prospect of soil nematode application was of potential.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Process, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China. zhangweiLm@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yufang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Tieheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xueying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Qixing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D009348:Nematoda / Q000502:physiology*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants