Soil and Water Research, 2010 (vol. 5), issue 1
Application of RothC model to predict soil organic carbon stock on agricultural soils of SlovakiaOriginal Paper
Gabriela BARANČÍKOVÁ, Ján HALÁS, Monika GUTTEKOVÁ, Jarmila MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, Martina NOVÁKOVÁ, Rastislav SKALSKÝ, Zuzana TARASOVIČOVÁ
Soil & Water Res., 2010, 5(1):1-9 | DOI: 10.17221/23/2009-SWR 
Soil organic matter (SOM) takes part in many environmental functions and, depending on the conditions, it can be a source or a sink of the greenhouse gases. Presently, the changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) stock can arise because of the climatic changes or changes in the land use and land management. A promising method in the estimation of SOC changes is modelling, one of the most used models for the prediction of changes in soil organic carbon stock on agricultural land being the RothC model. Because of its simplicity and availability of the input data, RothC was used for testing the efficiency to predict the development of SOC stock during 35-year...
Creating GIS on the pilot area of the Litoměřice district. From soil survey to international information systemsOriginal Paper
Jitka Sládková
Soil & Water Res., 2010, 5(1):10-20 | DOI: 10.17221/1030-SWR
The procedure of processing and utilising the soil information entering the SOTER system is tested on the pilot area of the Litoměřice district. The reliability of the archive data is examined, the archive data being updated by a new soil survey, modern (geo)statistical methods, and pedotransfer rules. Using the SOTER methodology, a soil map of the district with the scale of 1:50 000 has been developed. Proposals for the adjustments to the currently valid soil classification system are processed.
The influence of heavy metals on soil biological and chemical propertiesOriginal Paper
Michaela FRIEDLOVÁ
Soil & Water Res., 2010, 5(1):21-27 | DOI: 10.17221/11/2009-SWR
Soil samples were collected at alluvial sites of the Litavka River, which flows through the Beroun and Příbram cities in Central Bohemia Region of the Czech Republic in 2005 and 2006. Higher heavy metal content in soils (Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu) is due to composition of the parent rock, emissions from lead processing industry and the leak of toxic material from the steel works sludge ponds in the 1970s and 1980s. The samples were collected from six sites located at different distances from the contamination source (the former sludge ponds) and chemical and biological properties were determined. The ratio of the microbial biomass carbon to oxidisable carbon...
Analysis of climate change effects on evapotranspiration in the watershed Uhlířská in the Jizera MountainsOriginal Paper
Michaela REMROVÁ, Milena CÍSLEROVÁ
Soil & Water Res., 2010, 5(1):28-38 | DOI: 10.17221/5/2009-SWR
This study has been conducted with the aim to analyse the hydrology balance in the experimental watershed Uhlířská under the actual atmospheric conditions and expected climate changes in the upcoming years. The main accent is put on the water availability for the water root uptake by the dominant grass vegetation (Calamagrostis villosa). Special attention is paid to the seasonal potential evapotranspiration estimation under mountain climatic conditions. Three methods for the potential evapotranspiration quantification are analysed in order to find out the most acceptable approach for future periods for which no adequate weather data are available....