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Biological properties

Parent Category: Soil quality

Standards in development (88)
Published standards (34)
Committees (3)

Standards in development (88)

Standard Title	Status
BS 10175+A1 Investigation of potentially contaminated sites. Code of practice	Accepted
BS 8485 Code of practice for the characterization and remediation from groundgas in affected developments	null
BS EN 13946 Water quality - Guidance standard for the routine sampling and pre-treatment of benthic diatoms from rivers and lakes	Public Comment
BS EN 14184 Water quality - Guidance standard for the surveying of aquatic macrophytes in running waters	Public Comment
BS EN 14407 Water quality - Guidance standard for the identification, enumeration and interpretation of benthic diatom samples from rivers and lakes	Public Comment
BS EN 14757 Water quality - Sampling of fish with multi-mesh gillnets	Idea
BS EN 16493 Water quality - Nomenclatural requirements for the recording of biodiversity data, taxonomic checklists and keys	Public Comment
BS EN 16503 Water quality - Guidance standard on assessing the hydromorphological features of transitional and coastal waters	Public Comment
BS EN 60297-3-108 Mechanical structures for electronic equipment - Dimensions of mechanical structures of the 482,6 mm (19 in) series - Part 108: Dimensions of R-type subracks and plug-in units	Accepted
BS EN 60352-2+A1 Solderless connections Part 2: Crimped connections - General requirements, test methods and practical guidance	Approval
BS EN 60512-1-101 Connectors for electronic equipment - Basic testing and measurements Part 1-101x: Blank detail specification	Accepted
BS EN 60512-17-5 Connectors for electronic equipment - Tests and measurements - Part 17-5: Cable clamping tests - Test 17X: Cable clamp resistance to dynamic cable	null
BS EN 60512-29-100 ED 1.0 Connectors for electronic equipment - Tests and measurements Part 29-100: Signal integrity tests up to 500 MHz on M12 style connectors - Tests 29a to 29g	Accepted
BS EN 61076-2-104 ED 2.0 Connectors for electronic equipment - Product requirements Part 2-104:Circular connectors - Detail specification for circular connectors with M8 screw-locking or snap-locking	Public Comment
BS EN 61076-2-109 Connectors for electronic equipment - Product requirements Part 2-109: Circular connectors - Detail specification for connectors M 12 x 1 with screw-locking, for data transmissions with frequencies up to 500 mhz	Public Comment
BS EN 61076-2-111 Connectors for electronics equipment Part 2-111: Circular connectors - Detail specification for plug and jack for 2 mm barrel-type battery charging interface	null
BS EN 61076-2-112 Connectors for electronic equipment Part 2-112: Product requirements - Circular connectors, Detail specification for M12 power connectors up to12 Amps with screw-locking	null
BS EN 61076-3-104 Connectors for electronic equipment - Product requirements Part 3-104: Detail specification for 8-way, shielded free and fixed connectors for data transmissions with frequencies up to 2 000 MHz	null
BS EN 61076-3-104 Ed 3.0 Connectors for electronic equipment - Product requirements Part 3-104: Detail specification for 8-way; shielded free and fixed connectors for data transmissions with frequencies up to 1000 MHz	Accepted
BS EN 61076-4-116+A1 equipment - Product requirements Part 4-116: Printed board connectors - Detail specification for a high-speed two-part connector with integrated shielding function	Accepted
BS EN 61587-5 Mechanical structures for electronic equipment - Tests for IEC 60917 and and IEC 60297 Part 5: Seismic tests for chassis, subracks, and associated plug-in unit	Public Comment
BS EN 61837-2:2011+A1 Surface mounted piezoelectric devices for frequency control and and selection - Standard outlines and terminal lead connections - Part 2: Ceramic enclosures Amendment 1	null
BS EN 62449 Connectors for electronic equipment – Product requirements – Detail specification for SCA-2 (Single Connector Attach -2) unshielded connectors	Public Comment
BS EN 62451 HSSDC-2 Shielded Connectors	Accepted
BS EN 62610-4 ED 1.0 Mechanical structures for electronic equipment-Thermal management Part 4:Cooling performance tests for water supplied heat exchangers in electron cabinets	Approval
BS EN ISO 11267 Soil quality - Inhibition of reproduction of Collembola (Folsomia candida) by soil pollutants (ISO 11267:1999)	Public Comment
BS EN ISO 16387 Soil quality - Effects of pollutants on Enchytraeidae (Enchytraeus sp.) - Determination of effects on reproduction	Approval
BS EN WI 00230306 Water quality - Guidance on methods for sampling invertebrates in the hyporheic zone of rivers	Idea
BS ENISO 11063 Soil quality - Method to directly extract DNA from soil samples	Publication
BS ENISO 11269-2 Soil quality - Determination of the effects of pollutants on soil flora Part 2: Effects of contaminated soils on the emergence and early growth of higher plants	Publication
BS ENISO 11272 Soil quality - Determination of dry bulk density (ISO 11272)	Accepted
BS ENISO 11274 Soil quality - Determination of the water-retention characteristic - Laboratory methods (ISO 11274:1998 + C1:2009)	Accepted
BS ENISO 11275 Soil quality - Determination of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity and water-retention characteristic - Wind's evaporation method (ISO 11275)	Accepted
BS ENISO 11276 Soil quality - Determination of pore water pressure - Tensiometer method (ISO 11276)	Accepted
BS ENISO 11461 Soil quality - Determination of soil water content as a volume fraction using coring sleeves - Gravimetric method (ISO 11461)	Accepted
BS ENISO 11508 Soil quality - Determination of particle density (ISO 11508)	Accepted
BS ENISO 14238 Soil quality - Biological methods - Determination of nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in soils and the influence of chemicals on these processes (ISO/DIS 14238)	Approval
BS ENISO 15009 Soil quality - Gas chromatographic determination of the content of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons, naphthalene and volatile halogenated hydrocarbons - Purge-and-trap method with thermal desorption	Approval
BS ENISO 16198 Soil quality - Plant-based biotest to assess the environmental bioavailability of trace elements to plants	Public Comment
BS ENISO 16558-1 Soil quality - Risk based petroleum hydrocarbons Part 1: Determination of aliphatic and aromatic fractions of volatile petroleum hydrocarbons using gas chromatography (static headspace method)	Public Comment
BS ENISO 16558-2 Soil quality - Risk-based petroleum hydrocarbons Part 2: Determination of aliphatic and aromatic fractions of semi-volatile petroleum hydrocarbons using gas chromatography with flame ionisation detection (GC/FID)	Public Comment
BS ENISO 16665 Water quality - Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macrofauna	Approval
BS ENISO 17184 Soil quality - Determination of carbon and nitrogen by near infrared spectrometry	Public Comment
BS ENISO 17380 Soil quality - Determination of total cyanide and easily liberatable cyanide - Continuous-flow analysis method	Approval
BS ENISO 22155 Soil quality - Gas chromatographic determination of volatile aromatic and halogenated hydrocarbons and selected ethers - Static headspace method (ISO 22155:2011)	Publication
BS ENISO 23611-5 Soil quality - Sampling of soil invertebrates Part 5: Sampling and extraction of soil macro-invertebrates	Publication
BS ENISO 23611-6 Soil quality - Sampling of soil invertebrates Part 6: Guidance for the design of sampling programmes with soil invertebrates	Approval
BS ISO 11074 Soil quality - Vocabulary	Public Comment
BS ISO 11268-3 Soil quality - Effects of pollutants on earthworms Part 3: Guidance on the determination of effects in field situations	Public Comment
BS ISO 11916-1 Soil quality - Determination of selected explosive compounds Part 1: Method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with ultraviolet detection	Approval
BS ISO 11916-2 Soil quality - Determination of selected explosive compounds Part 2: Method using gas chromatography with electron capture detection (ECD)or mass spectrometric detection (MS)	Approval
BS ISO 13859 Soil quality - Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)by gas chromatography (GC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)	Public Comment
BS ISO 13876 Soil quality — Determination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) by gas c hromatography with mass selective detection (GC-MS) and gas chromatograp hy with electron-capture detection (GC ECD)	Public Comment
BS ISO 13913 Soil quality — Determination of selected phthalates using capillary gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC/MS)	Public Comment
BS ISO 13914 Soil quality — Determination of dioxins and furans and dioxinlike polych lorinated biphenyls by gas chromatography with high-resolution mass sele ctive detection (HR GC/MS)	Public Comment
BS ISO 14388-1 Soil quality - Acid-base accounting procedure for acid sulfate soils Part 1: Introduction and definitions, symbols and acronyms, sampling and sample preparation	Public Comment
BS ISO 14388-2 Soil quality - Acid-base accounting procedure for acid sulfate soils Part 2: Chromium reducible sulfur (CRS) methodology	Public Comment
BS ISO 14388-3 Soil quality - Acid-base accounting procedure for acid sulfate soils Part 3: Suspension peroxide oxidation combined acidity and sulfur (SPOCAS) methodology	Public Comment
BS ISO 14858 Soil quality - Assessment of bioavailability in terrestrial systems - Use of extracts for the estimation of the transfer of metals	Public Comment
BS ISO 16191 Water quality - Determination of the toxic effect of sediment and soil on the growth behaviour of Myriophyllum aquaticum - Myriophyllum test	Approval
BS ISO 16303 Water quality - Determination of toxicity of fresh water sediments using Hyalella azteca	Public Comment
BS ISO 16727 Soil quality - Determination of mercury in aqua regia and nitric acid digests - Cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS)	Accepted
BS ISO 16729 Soil quality - Digestion of nitric acid soluble fractions of elements	Public Comment
BS ISO 16778 Water quality - Calanoid copepod development test with Acartia tonsa	Public Comment
BS ISO 16965 Soil quality - Determination of trace elements using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)	Accepted
BS ISO 17073 Soil quality - Determination of trace elements in aqua regia and nitric acid digests - Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry method (GFAAS)	Accepted
BS ISO 17182 Soil quality - Determination of some selected phenols and chlorophenols - Gas chromatographic method with mass spectrometric detection	Public Comment
BS ISO 17183 Soil quality - Screening soils for alcohol-extracted organic compounds by turbidity analysis	Accepted
BS ISO 17244 Water quality - Bio-indicator of potential toxicity in aqueous media - Determination of the potential toxicity of aqueous samples on bivalve embryo-larval development	Public Comment
BS ISO 17586 Soil quality - Assessment of the bioavailability - Extraction of metals using 0,43 mol/l nitric acid solution	Accepted
BS ISO 17601 Soil quality - Method to quantify the abundance of microbial communities from soil DNA extracts	Accepted
BS ISO 18105 Soil quality - Detection of water soluble chromium(VI) using a test-kit method	Accepted
BS ISO 18187 Soil quality - Quality of solid samples - Solid contact test using the dehydrogenase activity of Arthrobacter globiformis	Accepted
BS ISO 18220 Water quality - Larval development test with the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes	Accepted
BS ISO 18227 Soil quality - Determination of elemental composition by X-ray fluorescence	Public Comment
BS ISO 18311 Soil quality - Method for testing effects of soil contaminants on the feeding activity of soil dwelling organisms - Bait-lamina test	Accepted
BS ISO 18400-101 Soil quality - Sampling Part 101: Framework for the preparartion and application of a sampling plan	Accepted
BS ISO 18400-102 Soil quality - Sampling Part 102: Selection and application of sampling techniques	Accepted
BS ISO 18400-103 Soil quality - Sampling Part 103: Safety	Accepted
BS ISO 18400-105 Soil quality - Sampling Part 105: Package, transport, storage, preservation	Accepted
BS ISO 18400-106 Soil quality - Sampling Part 106: Quality control and quality assurance	Accepted
BS ISO 18400-107 Soil quality - Sampling Part 107: Recording and reporting	Accepted
BS ISO 18400-201 Soil quality - Sampling Part 201: Pretreatment in the field	Accepted
BS ISO 18504 Soil quality - Guidance on sustainable remediation	Idea
BS ISO 28258 Soil quality - Digital exchange of soil-related data	Approval
BS ISO 29200 Soil quality — Assessment of genotoxic effects on higher plants — Vicia faba micronucleus test	Approval
PD IEC/TS 62450 Technical Specification for 40 pin SCA 2 connector with parallel selection	Public Comment
PD IEC/TS 62452 Testing and performance requirements for high speed serial and parallel- serial copper links	Accepted

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Published standards (34)

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Standard reference	Name	Status
DD ISO/TS 17924:2007	Soil quality. Assessment of human exposure from ingestion of soil and soil material. Guidance on the application and selection of physiologically based extraction methods for the estimation of the human bioaccessibility/bioavailability of metals in soil	Current
BS 7755-4.1.1:1995	Soil quality. Biological methods. Biodegradability - Guidance on laboratory testing for biodegradation of organic chemicals in soil under aerobic conditions	Current
BS EN ISO 22030:2011	Soil quality. Biological methods. Chronic toxicity in higher plants	Current
BS 7755-4.4.3:1997	Soil quality. Biological methods. Effects of pollutants on microbes - Determination of nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in soils and the influence of chemicals on these processes	Current, Work in Hand
BS 7755-4.4.4:1997	Soil quality. Biological methods. Effects of pollutants on microbes - Laboratory incubation systems for measuring the mineralization of organic chemicals in soil under aerobic conditions	Current
BS 7755-4.2.2:1998	Soil quality. Biological methods. Effects of pollutants on soil fauna - Determination of effects on reproduction on earthworms (Eisenia fetida)	Current, Work in Hand
BS 7755-4.2.3:1999	Soil quality. Biological methods. Effects of pollutants on soil fauna - Effects of pollutants on earthworms. Guidance on the determination of effects in field situations	Current
BS 7755-4.2.4:1999	Soil quality. Biological methods. Effects of pollutants on soil fauna - Inhibition of reproduction of Collembola (Folsomia candida) by soil pollutants	Current
BS 7755-4.2.1:1994	Soil quality. Biological methods. Effects of pollutants on soil fauna - Determination of acute toxicity to earthworms (Eisenia fetida) using artificial soil substrate	Current, Work in Hand
BS 7755-4.3.1:1994	Soil quality. Biological methods. Effects of pollutants on soil flora - Method for the measurement of inhibition of root growth	Withdrawn
BS 7755-4.3.2:1996	Soil quality. Biological methods. Effects of pollutants on soil flora - Method for measuring the effects of chemicals on the emergence and growth of higher plants	Withdrawn
BS ISO 17155:2002	Soil quality. Determination of abundance and activity of soil microflora using respiration curves	Withdrawn
BS ISO 17155:2012	Soil quality. Determination of abundance and activity of soil microflora using respiration curves	Current
BS EN ISO 23753-1:2011	Soil quality. Determination of dehydrogenase activity in soil - Method using triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC)	Current
BS EN ISO 23753-2:2011	Soil quality. Determination of dehydrogenase activity in soils - Method using iodotetrazolium chloride (INT)	Current
BS EN ISO 14240-1:2011	Soil quality. Determination of soil microbial biomass - Substrate-induced respiration method	Current
DD ISO/TS 29843-1:2010	Soil quality. Determination of soil microbial diversity - Method by phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA) and phospholipid ether lipids (PLEL) analysis	Current
DD ISO/TS 29843-2:2011	Soil quality. Determination of soil microbial diversity - Method by phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA) using the simple PLFA extraction method	Current
BS EN ISO 11269-1:2012	Soil quality. Determination of the effects of pollutants on soil flora - Method for the measurement of inhibition of root growth	Current
BS ISO 11269-2:2012	Soil quality. Determination of the effects of pollutants on soil flora - Effects of contaminated soil on the emergence and early growth of higher plants	Current
BS ISO 11269-2:2005	Soil quality. Determination of the effects of pollutants on soil flora - Effects of chemicals on the emergence and growth of higher plants	Withdrawn
BS ISO 17126:2005	Soil quality. Determination of the effects of pollutants on soil flora. Screening test for emergence of lettuce seedlings (Lactuca sativa L.)	Current
BS ISO 16387:2004	Soil quality. Effects of pollutants on Enchytraeidae (Enchytraeus sp.). Determination of effects on reproduction and survival	Current, Work in Hand
BS EN ISO 20963:2011	Soil quality. Effects of pollutants on insect larvae (Oxythyrea funesta). Determination of acute toxicity	Current
BS EN ISO 15952:2011	Soil quality. Effects of pollutants on juvenile land snails (Helicidae). Determination of the effects on growth by soil contamination	Current
BS EN ISO 16072:2011	Soil quality. Laboratory methods for determination of microbial soil respiration	Current
DD ISO/TS 22939:2010	Soil quality. Measurement of enzyme activity patterns in soil samples using fluorogenic substrates in micro-well plates	Current
BS ISO 23611-5:2011	Soil quality. Sampling of soil invertebrates - Sampling and extraction of soil macro-invertebrates	Current
BS ISO 23611-6:2012	Soil quality. Sampling of soil invertebrates - Guidance for the design of sampling programmes with soil invertebrates	Current
BS EN ISO 23611-1:2011	Soil quality. Sampling of soil invertebrates - Hand-sorting and formalin extraction of earthworms	Current
BS EN ISO 23611-2:2011	Soil quality. Sampling of soil invertebrates - Sampling and extraction of micro-arthropods (Collembola and Acarina)	Current
BS EN ISO 23611-3:2011	Soil quality. Sampling of soil invertebrates - Sampling and soil extraction of enchytraeids	Current
BS EN ISO 23611-4:2011	Soil quality. Sampling of soil invertebrates - Sampling, extraction and identification of soil-inhabiting nematodes	Current
BS EN ISO 16712:2006	Water quality. Determination of acute toxicity of marine or estuarine sediment to amphipods	Current

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Committees (3)

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Committee Reference	Title
EH/3/5	Biological Methods
EPL/48	Electromechanical components and mechanical structures for electronic equipment
EH/4	Soil quality

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