Human-induced development of mollic and umbric horizons in drained and farmed swampy alluvial soils

Łabaz, Beata; Kabała, Cezary

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2015.12.013

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“…As reported by many authors, the development of the A horizon currently depends to a larger extent on human intervention, including the depth of ploughing, rather than on natural factors. Nearly all mollic and umbric horizons reported by [35] and other unnamed thick topsoil humus horizons of alluvial soils reported by [30,44] had clear or sharp lower limits testifying to their origination by deep ploughing. Even if these soils were reforested, the anthropogenic origin of thick mollic/umbric horizons is recognizable for a long time.…”

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“…The elimination of floods and lowering of the groundwater table allow deeper penetration of the soil by plant roots, soil fauna, and microorganisms, and these changes also create more favorable conditions for the agricultural use of soils [30][31][32]. The transformation of the morphology and properties of agriculturally used alluvial soils in Poland and Central Europe has already been extensively characterized [7,10,12,13,[33][34][35], whereas the studies in the forest areas have primarily focused on the phytosociological transformation of plant communities and changes in tree stand productivity, with the transformation of soils remaining insufficiently documented. Meanwhile, the proper recognition of the phenomena occurring in all components of the forest habitat is the basis for a wise, environmentally-oriented planning of the sustainable, long-term forest management.…”

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Morphology and Physicochemical Properties of Alluvial Soils in Riparian Forests after River Regulation

Kawałko

Jezierski

Kabała

2021

Forests

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The elimination of flooding and lowering of the groundwater table after large-scale river regulation allow deep penetration of soils by plant roots, soil fauna, and microorganisms, thus creating favorable conditions for advanced pedogenesis. Although the changes of the morphology and properties of agriculturally used drained alluvial soils in Central Europe have been well characterized, studies in riparian forests remain insufficient. An analysis of 21 profiles of forest soils located on the Holocene river terrace (a floodplain before river regulation and embankment) in SW Poland confirmed a noticeable pedogenic transformation of soil morphology and properties resulting from river regulation. Gleyic properties were in most profiles replaced with stagnic properties, testifying to a transition from dominant groundwater supply to precipitation-water supply. The development of a diagnostic mollic and cambic horizons, correlated with the shift in soil classification from Fluvisols to Phaeozems, and in the majority, to Cambisols, demonstrated a substantial change in habitat conditions. The transformation of alluvial soils may result in an inevitable modification of forest management in the river valley, including quantitative alteration in species composition of primarily riparian forests.

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Morphology and Physicochemical Properties of Alluvial Soils in Riparian Forests after River Regulation

Kawałko

Jezierski

Kabała

2021

Forests

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“…An experiment with sweet sorghum cultivated for biomass aimed at food and energy production was conducted in years 2013–2015 at the experimental field station of the Department of Crop Production of Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences. According to WRB classification (Kabala et al 2016a ), the experiment was conducted on sandy-textured soils, originally Brunic Arenosols, recently converted into Gleyic Phaeozems (Anthric, Arenic, Brunic) due to long-term and intense cultivation, including deep ploughing, liming, and fertilization (Labaz and Kabala 2016 ). The soils have a thick humus horizon (28–32 cm), characterized by medium–high content of organic carbon (0.5–2%), neutral reaction, and high base saturation (>75%).…”

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Seasonal dynamics of nitrate and ammonium ion concentrations in soil solutions collected using MacroRhizon suction cups

Kabała

Karczewska

Gałka

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Environ Monit Assess

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The aims of the study were to analyse the concentration of nitrate and ammonium ions in soil solutions obtained using MacroRhizon miniaturized composite suction cups under field conditions and to determine potential nitrogen leaching from soil fertilized with three types of fertilizers (standard urea, slow-release urea, and ammonium nitrate) at the doses of 90 and 180 kg ha−1, applied once or divided into two rates. During a 3-year growing experiment with sugar sorghum, the concentration of nitrate and ammonium ions in soil solutions was the highest with standard urea fertilization and the lowest in variants fertilized with slow-release urea for most of the months of the growing season. Higher concentrations of both nitrogen forms were noted at the fertilizer dose of 180 kg ha−1. One-time fertilization, at both doses, resulted in higher nitrate concentrations in June and July, while dividing the dose into two rates resulted in higher nitrate concentrations between August and November. The highest potential for nitrate leaching during the growing season was in July. The tests confirmed that the miniaturized suction cups MacroRhizon are highly useful for routine monitoring the concentration of nitrate and ammonium ions in soil solutions under field conditions.

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“…The results of these investigations may contribute to the limitation of the mobility of elements and harmful substances in the environment and their leakage into the food chain. It should be emphasized that while soil science literature (Polish and international) supplies numerous data on the sorption properties determined in the entire soil mass (Chojnicki, 2002;Labaz and Kabala, 2016;Scarciglia et al, 2011) there are rather few studies devoted to the sorption capacity of particular granulometric fractions (Okołowicz, 1996;Soares et al, 2005). One of the reasons is the time-consuming and labour-intensive analytical process of distinguishing particular granulometric fractions from the solid phase of soils without centrifugation and use of chemical peptizers.…”

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Sorption properties of separate granulometric fractions in Haplic Cambisol

Brogowski

Chojnicki

2019

Int. Agrophys.

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A b s t r a c t. The research was focused on testing the sorption properties of granulometric fractions isolated from genetic horizons of Haplic Cambisol developed from old-alluvial deposits of the Vistula River valley. The granulometric fractions were isolated using the Atterberg method, without centrifugation and application chemical peptizers. Granulometric fraction exchangeable sorption capacity was particularly similar to the fraction of soils developed from post-glacial rocks in the studied soil. The cation exchange capacity of the granulometric fractions increased with decrease of grain dimensions with mean value in cmol(+)kg -1 and contribution in particular fractions at 1-0.1 mm -0.89 (0.9%), 0.1-0.02 mm -2.3 (2.2%), 0.01-0.02 mm -7.91 (8.0%), 0.01-0.005 mm -16.17 (15.6%), 0.005-0.002 mm -27.6 (27.6%) and <0.002 mm -78.98 (45.7%). Sorption properties of the examined soil determine its high agricultural value and resistance to chemical degradation. The dominating cations in the particular granulometric fractions sorption complex were exchangeable calcium and hydrogen, and the leaching process reduced the granulometric fraction calcium content in the surface levels and at the same time increased the hydrogen content. Leaching process intensity in individual fractions decreased gradually as their dimensions decreased, which explains the high susceptibility of coarsegrained soils (sandy soils) to this process. K e y w o r d s: granulometric fractions, cation exchange capacity Note

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Human-induced development of mollic and umbric horizons in drained and farmed swampy alluvial soils

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Morphology and Physicochemical Properties of Alluvial Soils in Riparian Forests after River Regulation

Morphology and Physicochemical Properties of Alluvial Soils in Riparian Forests after River Regulation

Seasonal dynamics of nitrate and ammonium ion concentrations in soil solutions collected using MacroRhizon suction cups

Sorption properties of separate granulometric fractions in Haplic Cambisol

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