Soil organic matter properties in Stagnic Luvisols under different land use types
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| Authors: | Jerzy Jonczak1 1Department of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Institute of Geography and Regional Studies, Pomeranian University in Słupsk ul. Partyzantów 27, 76-200 Słupsk |
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| Abstract : | The aim of the study was an assessment of the influence of land use type on some properties of soil organic matter (SOM) and susceptibility to oxidation of organic carbon in Stagnic Luvisols in the area of the Sławno Plain. Soil samples from humic horizon were taken in five replications from six stands under different land uses – more than 100-year old beech-oak forest (BOF), meadow (M), arable field (AF), fallow (F), post-arable afforestation with 15 year-old birch (SAB) and 30-year-old alder (SAA). Soil samples were analysed for chemical properties with standard methods used in soil science, fractional composition of humus with Shnitzer method, absorbance ratios of 0.01% alkaline solutions of humic acids and suscetibility to oxidation of organic carbon with 0.033, 0.167 and 0.333 mol dm-3 KMn O4 solutions. The data obtained confirm a strong influence of land use type on SOM properties. Especially high differences were observed between forest soils, soils never used for agriculture, and arable or post-arable soils. Contribution of fulvic acids after dacalcification in total organic carbon (TOC) was the highest in the soils of fallow, slightly lower in secondary afforestation with birch and arable field, and much lower in the remaining stands. Some differences were also observed between the stands in the contribution of fulvic and humic acids in TOC. Humic acids predominated over fulvic acids in BOF, AF, F and SAB stands. Absorbance ratios of alkaline solutions of humic acids proves higher maturity of humus in stands under grass vegetation in relation to other stands. The content of KMnO4-oxidisable fractions of organic carbon varied among the stands, especially between forest and arable/post-arable soils. Statistically significant, positive correlation coefficients between the contribution in TOC of the most susceptible to oxidation carbon fraction and light absorbance ratios of alkaline solutions of HA indicate higher susceptibility to oxidation of young humic acids over more mature ones. |
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| Keywords : | soil organic matter, soil organic carbon, Stagnic Luvisols, forest soils, arable soils | ||||||||
| Language : | English | ||||||||