Soil quality in volcanic soils in a forest biosphere reserve in Mexico

Chavarin-Pineda, Yaselda; Reynoso, Eduardo C.; Torres, Eduardo; Cruz-Flores, Gerardo; Tenorio-Arvide, Ma. Guadalupe; Linares-Fleites, Gladys; Valera-Pérez, Miguel Ángel

doi:10.17221/108/2020-swr

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“…The soils of preserved sites (deep and humid canyons) had highest organic carbon percentages, while those that presented a marked environmental deterioration, due to their easy access or the extractive or tourist activities to which they are subjected, registered the lowest SOC percentages. Similar results have been recently reported by Chavarin-Pineda et al (2021), in research on soils quality of volcanic origin in Volcanoes Biosphere. Table 2 shows all the results of physical and chemical soil analyzes for each study site.…”

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Soil organic carbon and particulate carbon in water in riparian systems under different land use

Guerra-Hernández¹,

Cruz-Flores²,

Etchevers³

2021

Terra Latinoam

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Overexploitation of hydric resources and lack knowledge of interactions between riparian vegetation, water and soil, generates loss of environmental services and ecological degradation in many mountainous riparian environments. In order to characterizing riparian-soils and non-riparian soils, soil organic carbon content and particulate carbon was evaluated as ecological degradation indicators and also degree of association between physical and chemical water properties with those of riparian soils. Twenty sites were selected in lotic systems between 1900-3900 m on slopes Western in Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl National-Park and influence zone. Also variability soil organic carbon content was evaluated at 1 and 5 m from stream (riparian soils) and also at more than 5 m from river (non-riparian soils) in different types of land use. Results showed signif icant relationships between soil organic carbon, electrical conductivity, pH, total nitrogen and available phosphorus with water properties (temperature, pH, conductivity, nitrates, ammonia, total phosphorus, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand and particulate organic carbon). An inverse relationship was observed between soil organic carbon content of with particulate organic carbon, nitrates and nitrites, conductivity and dissolved oxygen. No signif icant differences were found in riparian-soils organic carbon (1 and 5 m), but there were signif icant differences in non-riparian soils organic carbon. Both soil organic carbon and water organic carbon particulate contents showed signif icant differences with respect to land use. Organic carbon contents in preserved riparian soils were higher than 240 Mg SOC ha-1 but in riparian-soils of degraded sites almost f ifty times smaller (5 Mg SOC ha-1).

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Soil organic carbon and particulate carbon in water in riparian systems under different land use

Guerra-Hernández¹,

Cruz-Flores²,

Etchevers³

2021

Terra Latinoam

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Pollen signal of modern vegetation registered in surface soil samples along an elevation gradient from Iztaccíhuatl volcano, central Mexico

Rodríguez-Pérez,

Vázquez Selem,

Cañellas-Boltà

et al. 2024

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Characterising the vegetation-pollen signal is a crucial task for enhancing the interpretation of fossil pollen records. This study analyses 28 surface soil samples collected in the surroundings of Iztaccíhuatl volcano, between 2,650 and 4,024 m asl. Pollen zones and ordination analysis were assessed to establish a qualitative connection between the pollen signal and the distribution of plant communities along the elevation gradient. The results show: (i) the predominant pollen type in the pollen assemblage is Pinus; (ii) pollen grains of Quercus and Alnus are present along the elevation gradient, even at high elevations where the parental plants are not typically found; (iii) samples taken between 2,650 and 3,338 m asl., where fir forests dominate, exhibit higher values of Abies pollen compared to samples above 3,405 m asl.; (iv) the locally-dispersed pollen of the hemiparasite Arceuthobium results key in identifying the presence of pine forests; and (v) pollen taxa such as Apiaceae, Eryngium, Valerianaceae, and Caryophyllaceae are linked to higher elevations, specifically where the plant communities of Pinus hartwegii and alpine grassland occur. The study suggests that the pollen signal along the elevation gradient is useful to characterise the main plant communities of the study site (fir forest, pine forest and alpine grassland). Additionally, the percentage variations of Abies in the pollen signal below 3,600 m asl. show the reduction of fir forest communities resulting from recent human activities in the area.

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Large-Scale Photovoltaic Farms in the Qinghai Desert: Soil Quality Assessment Methods

Yue,

Guo,

Yuan

et al. 2024

Environmental Engineering Science

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Soil quality in volcanic soils in a forest biosphere reserve in Mexico

Cited by 4 publications

References 25 publications

Soil organic carbon and particulate carbon in water in riparian systems under different land use

Soil organic carbon and particulate carbon in water in riparian systems under different land use

Pollen signal of modern vegetation registered in surface soil samples along an elevation gradient from Iztaccíhuatl volcano, central Mexico

Large-Scale Photovoltaic Farms in the Qinghai Desert: Soil Quality Assessment Methods

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