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Title: | Assessing the microbiological, biochemical, soil-physical and hydrological effects of amelioration of degraded soils in semiarid Spain |
Authors: | Hernández Fernández, María Teresa; Mataix-Solera, Jorge; Lichner, L’ubomír; Štekaurová, Vlasta; García Izquierdo, Carlos | Keywords: | Amelioration Degraded soil Sewage sludge compost |
Issue Date: | Oct-2007 | Publisher: | Springer | Citation: | Biologia, Bratislava 62: 562-564( 2007) | Abstract: | The way of improving degraded soils fertility and particularly of improving its microbial activity is to add “young” exogenous organic matter that contribute to provide labile organic matter to stimulate the life of the microorganisms existing in the soil. This organic matter will also improve both the retention and hydraulic characteristics of the degraded soils, all this contributing to soil restoration. In this study, the microbiological, biochemical, soil-physical and hydrological effects of the addition of a municipal solid waste compost to a degraded soil in El Campello, SE Spain were evaluated in a field experiment. Soil samples from experimental plots were analyzed 6 and 18 months after soil amendment. In both sampling time treated plots showed significantly higher microbial biomass carbon and dehydrogenase activity values than control, indicating that soil microbial population’s development and activity were stimulated by compost addition, this effect being not ephemeral but lasting in the time. Soil urease activity was not affected by compost addition while protease hydrolysing N-α-benzoil-L-argininamide (BAA) activity was strongly stimulated by the incorporation of compost into the soils. Phosphatase and β-glucosidase activities were also stimulated by the organic amendment, this stimulation being particularly noticeable 18 months after the compost addition. Nevertheless, this increase in soil microbial populations and activity did not result in an increase in soil aggregation and hydrological parameters. This can be due to the high content of carbonates and Ca2+ ions in these calcareous soils, that lead to an initially high content of water-stable macroaggregates. | Description: | Presented at the International Conference on Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards, Poľana nad Detvou, Slovakia, 17–20 September 2007 | Publisher version (URL): | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-007-0107-3 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/16016 | DOI: | 10.2478/s11756-007-0107-3 | ISSN: | 0006-3088 | E-ISSN: | 1336-9563 |
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