The potential of regulating ecosystem service – filtering potential for inorganic pollutants – supplied by soils of Slovakia

Makovníková, Jarmila; Pálka, Boris; Širáň, Miloš; Kizeková, M.; Kanianska, Radoslava

doi:10.15201/hungeobull.68.2.5

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“…The most evident difficulty here was assessing the role of supporting services, because uncertainty led to stakeholders assigning similar average values to the different land cover types. In addition to the weak implementation of participatory planning procedures and an insufficient multi-sectoral approach applied in Slovakia [28], the ecosystem service assessment in Slovak literature frequently relies on a single service or category without stakeholder engagement [68][69][70]. Moreover, participatory studies implemented at the landscape scale are rare, whether they are focused on specific service or land cover types [71][72][73][74], or they cover the overall landscape structure [75,76].…”

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Perception of Ecosystem Services in Constituting Multi-Functional Landscapes in Slovakia

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Landscape provides many services for human wellbeing through its mosaic of ecosystems. Although different landscape spatial structures limit some access to these services for local residents, their demand for landscape benefits creates a crucial component in landscape planning. Herein, we evaluate the ecosystem service supply from landscape structures in four different areas of Slovakia and we identify the public preferences for these services. This evaluation was assisted by expert-based ecosystem services (ES) matrix assessment and feedback from experts and key local stakeholders. The associated land cover assessment revealed that although forests are the most important for ES delivery, followed by extensive agricultural mosaics, cultural services have the highest average supply value. In contrast, the experts and local stakeholders considered that provisioning services were the most important of all ES groups because of products available from arable land. The overall public awareness of benefits provided by nature proved relatively high, and this is a good sign for the development of multi-functional landscapes. The comparison of study sites revealed that even stakeholders living in intensively used land, with its overall low ES supply, assessed ES as very important in general. The general public could therefore be included in environmental planning to promote a more multi-functional landscape. In addition, the analysis herein will communicate gained insights to the local planners and decision-makers and confirm the importance of this ES participatory approach using top-down methodology. This may require the following measures in Slovakia: establishing an interdisciplinary group of experts for regular assessment of strategic landscape planning documents and regulatory instruments, developing key directives which establish well-balanced participatory procedures, improving open local government, and supporting down-scaled implementation of integrated landscape planning in cooperation with local action groups.

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Perception of Ecosystem Services in Constituting Multi-Functional Landscapes in Slovakia

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“…Their microtopography acts on several processes, e.g., hydrodynamic, flow direction, and sediment transportation, land uses, and land cover; therefore, they play a crucial role in flood control [5]. During floods, it is not only water and sediments which are conveyed by rivers to floodplains, but also heavy metals [6,7], which get into the water due to natural processes (e.g., weathering) or human activities (e.g., mining) [8][9][10], either in soluble form, or with suspended matter [11]. Heavy metals can be dangerous for living organisms: if these metals are taken up by crops or grass in pastures, they can get into food chains and can pose a serious health threat through bioaccumulation and biomagnification [12,13].…”

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Geomorphology as a Driver of Heavy Metal Accumulation Patterns in a Floodplain

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The spatial complexity of floodplains is a function of several processes: hydrodynamics, flow direction, sediment transportation, and land use. Sediments can bind toxic elements, and as there are several pollution sources, the risk of heavy metal accumulation on the floodplains is high. We aimed to determine whether fluvial forms have a role in metal accumulations. Topsoil samples were taken from point bars and swales in the floodplain of the Tisza River, North-East Hungary. Soil properties and metal concentrations were determined, and correlation and hypothesis testing were applied. The results showed that fluvial forms are important drivers of horizontal metal patterns: there were significant differences (p < 0.05) between point bars and swales regarding Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn. Vertical distribution also differed significantly by fluvial forms: swales had higher metal concentrations in all layers. General Linear Models had different results for macro and micro elements: macro element concentrations were determined by the organic matter, while for micro elements the clay content and the forms were significant explanatory variables. These findings are important for land managers and farmers because heavy metal concentration has a direct impact on living organisms, and the risk of bioaccumulation can be high on floodplains.

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“…The assessment method of regulating agroecosystem service-cleaning potential of agricultural land, based on natural environment parameters and land use factors is described in detail in the study by Makovníková et al [16].…”

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“…The mountain soils on grassland are also strongly involved in very low category of filtering potential, predominantly in the Banská Bystrica, Žilina and Prešov regions. The greatest differences among regions were found in relation to climatic conditions, land use and the diversity of soil types [16].…”

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Changes in the Regulating Ecosystem Service on the Contaminated Site Used for Energy Purposes

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Soil cleaning, the ability of the soil to immobilize the risk elements, belongs to important agroecosystem services in terms of protection of the hydrosphere and plant production from contamination. Dynamic monitoring of selected indicators of soil quality was realized in a special network of site on soil used for planting fast growing willow (Salix viminalis). Monitoring of the study site Kuchyňa (Mollic Fluvisol) is running since 2010 year. The fast-growing willow was planted on an area of about 43 hectares. Study site Kuchyňa belonged to the degraded contaminated sites, at the time of planting (the total contents of the risk elements were as follows: Cd 1.016 mg•kg −1 , Zn 199.000 mg•kg −1 , Ni 51.500 mg•kg −1) There were positive changes in the total content of cadmium, zinc and nickel (in 2018 year), the zinc content decreased by 27% compared to 2010, the nickel content was lower by 23% and the Cd content by 57% in comparison to 2010 year, these elements have a declining trend during the monitored period. The remediation ability of the willow in relation to the risk elements was manifested by the accumulation of these elements in the wood mass and by their decrease in the soil below the limit value. The regulatory ecosystem service, the potential for the immobilisation of the risk elements, was evaluated based on the sum of the assessment of the contamination potential and the sorption potential of soil. The decrease of the total content of risk elements in the soil below the limit value was manifested in the increase of the potential of the agroecosystem regulatory service, the potential of risk element immobilisation, from very low category to medium category. If willow cultivation continued in the next decade, the value of risk element Zn would most likely reach the value 73 mg•kg −1 , which is less than 50% of the limit value, based on the results of the predictive model.

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The potential of regulating ecosystem service – filtering potential for inorganic pollutants – supplied by soils of Slovakia

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Perception of Ecosystem Services in Constituting Multi-Functional Landscapes in Slovakia

Perception of Ecosystem Services in Constituting Multi-Functional Landscapes in Slovakia

Geomorphology as a Driver of Heavy Metal Accumulation Patterns in a Floodplain

Changes in the Regulating Ecosystem Service on the Contaminated Site Used for Energy Purposes

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