A georeferenced database of the edaphic biota currently available for Argentina

• Autores: Coviella, Carlos Eduardo; Falco, Liliana Beatriz; Velazco, Víctor Nicolás; Sanabria, María Cynthia Valeria; Tolosa, Gabriel
• Año de publicación: 2023
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Georeferencias; Edafología; Biodiversidad; Biodata edáfica; Composición del suelo; Lombrices; Uso del suelo
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Luján

Fil: Coviella, Carlos Eduardo. Universidad Nacional de Luján. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas; Argentina.
Fil: Falco, Liliana Beatriz. Universidad Nacional de Luján. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas; Argentina.
Fil: Velazco, Víctor Nicolás. Universidad Nacional de Luján. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas; Argentina.
Fil: Sanabria, María Cynthia Valeria. Universidad Nacional de Luján. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas; Argentina.
Fil: Tolosa, Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de Luján. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas; Argentina.
Our human activities, such as housing, health, clothing and food, are sustained by the use of natural resources. This use produces modifications in the environment that is the habitat of various biological communities and, at the same time, are an integral part of the ecosystems and the functions that occur therein. The study of biodiversity is presented as a challenge today because of the urgent need to know what types of organisms are present, where they are found and how biodiversity determines ecosystem functions, but, more importantly, because it is essential to maintain the structure of the edaphic. Integrated indices that group different indicators are used in a wide variety of disciplines because they cover complex and multidimensional concepts, synthesising a large amount of information in a simple and practical form. Currently, the evaluation of water quality shows extensive development in the use of different integrated indices, such as those used by the European Water Framework Directive (Chave 2001) or the Clean Water Act, the Federal Water Control Act, Water Pollution of the United States (ACT 2002). Constructing indices from biological data potentially constitutes a key tool to promote the care and rational sustainable use of soils. However, at present, there are no well-developed indicators for terrestrial systems (Knoepp et al. 2000) applicable at the regional level. This is why it is necessary to unify criteria, compile and synthesise existing information to achieve efficient use of resources that result in planning and correct regulation of sustainable land use. This systematised information will also be a valuable source of information to promote awareness and the adoption of protective measures (Rutgers et al. 2016). ecosystem in the face of the different uses it is subjected to and to understand the close relationship with the edaphic processes that provide key ecosystem services and benefit human beings (Marichal et al. 2004, Phillips et al. 2019).