ECT contributed significantly to the standardisation of the following methods and guidelines.

• ISO 18311 (2014) Soil quality – Effects of soil contaminants on the feeding activity of soil contaminants on soil-dwelling organisms (bait-lamina test)
• ISO 18187 (2014) Soil quality – Solid contact test using the dehydrogenase activity of Arthrobacter globiformis
• ISO 23611-6 (2011) Soil quality – Sampling of soil invertebrates – Part 6: Guidance for the design of sampling programs with soil invertebrates
• OECD 235 (2011) Chironomus sp., acute immobilisation test
• OECD 233 (2010) Sediment-water chironomid life-cycle toxicity test
• OECD 317 (2010) Bioaccumulation in terrestrial oligochaetes
  Project: Validation of a method to measure bioaccumulation in terrestrial organisms…
• OECD GD 122 (2010) Guidance document on the determination of the toxicity of a test chemical to the dung beetle Aphodius constans
  Projects: Development of a standardized laboratory test laboratory test with dung…
  and Supply of dung beetles for the performance of a ring test as a precondition…
• OECD 226 (2008) Predatory mite (Hypoaspis (Geolaelaps) aculeifer) reproduction test in soil
  Project: Preparation of a test guideline – Hypoaspis reproduction test – in particular…
• OECD 228 (2008) Dung flies (Scathophaga stercoraria, Musca autumnalis) laboratory tests
  Project: Determination of developmental toxicity of a test chemical to dipterian…
• OECD 315 (2008) Bioaccumulation in sediment-dwelling benthic oligochaetes
  Project: Validation of a sediment bioaccumulation test with endobenthic aquatic…
• UBA (2008) Recommendations for the ecotoxicological characterization of wastes
  Project: Evaluation of a biotest battery for the ecotoxicological characterisation…
• OECD 225 (2007) Sediment-water Lumbriculus toxicity test using spiked sediment
  Project: Validation of a sediment toxicity test with the endobenthic aquatic oligochaete…
• ISO 17512 (2007) Soil Quality – avoidance test with earthworms (Eisenia fetida/andrei)
• ISO 23611-3 (2007) Soil quality – sampling of soil invertebrates – Part 3: Sampling and soil extraction of enchytraeids
• ISO 23611-1 (2006) Soil quality – sampling of soil invertebrates – Part 1: Hand-sorting and formalin extraction of earthworms
• OECD GD 54 (2006) Breakdown of organic matter in litter bags in the field
• OECD 220 (2004) Enchytraeidae reproduction test
• OECD 222 (2004) Earthworm reproduction test (Eisenia fetida/andrei)
• ISO 16387 (2004) Soil Quality – effects of pollutants on Enchytraeidae (Enchytraeus sp.). Determination of effects on reproduction and survival
• ISO 22030 (2004) Chronic toxicity in higher plants
• ASTM 1676 (2004) Standard guide for conducting laboratory soil toxicity or bioaccumulation tests with the lumbricid earthworm Eisenia fetida and the enchytraeid potworm Enchytraeus albidus
  Project: Organisation and performance of an international ringtest for the…