Soil and Water Research, 2014 (vol. 9), issue 4
INDEX OF VOLUME 9
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Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):I | DOI: 10.17221/7706-SWR 
How to reach a compromise solution on technical and non-structural flood control measuresOriginal Paper
Pavel KOVÁŘ, Martin PELIKÁN, Darina HEŘMANOVSKÁ, Ivan VRANA
Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):143-152 | DOI: 10.17221/27/2014-SWR
Harmful impacts of floods are the result of an interaction between extreme hydrological events and environmental, social, and economic processes. Flood management should consider many diverse aspects and influences and an integrated approach to flood management therefore plays an important role. In order to make an analysis and provide an adequate flood management, it is necessary to bring together a team comprising experts e.g. from the fields of hydrology and water resources, nature protection, risk management, human security, municipal administration, economics, and land use. Estimates by experts can serve finding solutions to given YES/NO problems,...
Pedogenesis on volcanic rocks in protected landscape areas in Central and North BohemiaOriginal Paper
Anna ŽIGOVÁ, Martin ŠŤASTNÝ
Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):153-160 | DOI: 10.17221/23/2014-SWR
The development of soil cover on volcanic rocks in Central and North Bohemia was analyzed. The study was performed in the protected landscape areas on basalt, andesite, and dolerite. Parent material was characterized on the basis of thin-section study. Petrography of the parent material makes it possible to document the differences in the texture, character, and amount of rock-forming minerals. All the studied sequences exhibit the same configuration of soil profiles but various thicknesses. The soil profiles were evaluated on the basis of particle size distribution, chemical properties, soil organic matter parameters, and mineral composition of clay...
Testing of activated carbon for water and non-volatile LNAPL quantitative determination in porous media under laboratory conditionsOriginal Paper
Kamila BÁŤKOVÁ, Svatopluk MATULA, Markéta MIHÁLIKOVÁ, Ayele Teressa CHALA, João Manuel MOREIRA BARRADAS, Getu Bekere MEKONNEN
Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):161-168 | DOI: 10.17221/124/2014-SWR
Activated carbon is a highly porous form of carbon, which has an exceptionally large surface area. Activated carbon material has been artificially processed as a set of plates, within which two different types of pores are present: micropores (< 2 nm) and transport pores (macropores > 50 nm and mesopores 2-50 nm). The transport pores bring molecules of different substances (organic compounds) into the micropores, which are basically the active centres where the adsorption takes place. Activated carbon, due to its high adsorption potential, is used in many applications such as air, water, wastewater or chemical purification. In this study, the...
Runoff trends analysis and future projections of hydrological patterns in small forested catchmentsOriginal Paper
Anna LAMAČOVÁ, Jakub HRUŠKA, Pavel KRÁM, Evžen STUCHLÍK, Aleš FARDA, Tomáš CHUMAN, Daniela FOTTOVÁ
Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):169-181 | DOI: 10.17221/110/2013-SWR
The aims of the present study were (i) to evaluate trends in runoff from small forested catchments of the GEOMON (GEOchemical MONitoring) network during the period 1994-2011, and (ii) to estimate the impact of anticipated climate change projected by ALADIN-Climate/CZ regional climate model coupled to ARPEGE-Climate global circulation model and forced with IPCC SRES A1B emission scenario on flow patterns in the periods 2021-2050 and 2071-2100. There were no general patterns found indicating either significant increases or decreases in runoff on either seasonal or annual levels across the investigated catchments within 1994-2011. Annual...
Characteristics of extreme heavy precipitation events occurring in the area of Cracow (Poland)Original Paper
Andrzej WALEGA, Boguslaw MICHALEC
Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):182-191 | DOI: 10.17221/99/2013-SWR
The variability of extremely heavy precipitation events with duration of 120 min occurring in the area of Cracow, southern Poland was assessed. The analysis was performed using time series of maximum annual precipitation events with durations t = 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, and 120 min, recorded at the Botanical Garden station at the Jagiellonian University in the period of 1906-1990. The periodicity of precipitation was analyzed using the autocorrelation function and Fourier spectral density analysis. The Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) was calculated by Hershfield's statistical method. The analysis of the autocorrelation function of sequences...
Effect of agricultural lands afforestation and tree species composition on the soil reaction, total organic carbon and nitrogen content in the uppermost mineral soil profileOriginal Paper
Ondřej HOLUBÍK, Vilém PODRÁZSKÝ, Jan VOPRAVIL, Tomáš KHEL, Jiří REMEŠ
Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):192-200 | DOI: 10.17221/104/2013-SWR
Forests occupy one third of the world's land area and govern carbon (C) transfers and influence nitrogen (N) content in the biosphere. Afforestation leads to soil changes of specific dynamics, often accompanied by acidification. Especially at higher altitudes this effect is accelerated and increased with the stand age since forestation. The change in soil C and N content following afforestation is controlled by a number of factors, including: previous land use (grasslands, cropland, etc.), tree species, soil cultivation method, soil properties (clay content, pH), stand age, site management, topography, and climate. In the Czech Republic, large area...
Fluctuations in the properties of forest soils in the Central European highlands (Czech Republic)Original Paper
Pavel Samec, Aleš Kučera, Pavel Tuček
Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):201-213 | DOI: 10.17221/68/2013-SWR
Fluctuations in forest soil properties were described using a time series analysis of the clay content, the chemical (CaO, MgO, Corg, and Ntot) and physicochemical (pH and base saturation (BS)) soil parameters from 1953 to 2008. The analysis involved the dominant acidic, nutrient-rich, and waterlogged forest ecosystems on the territory of the Bohemian Massif and the Outer Western Carpathians (Czech Republic). Trends in the development of the time series of soil properties were optimized by Gauss-Newton's transformation of the exponential combination of the cyclometric function and Euler's number. Identical functions of regression...
The evaluation of degraded land by application of the contingent methodOriginal Paper
Jaroslava JANKŮ, Dagmar KUČEROVÁ, Jakub HOUŠKA, Josef KOZÁK, Adéla RUBEŠOVÁ
Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):214-223 | DOI: 10.17221/227/2014-SWR
Industrial activities in the Czech Republic have brought into existence many degraded and contaminated sites. Such areas are not suitable for farming, building or recreation purposes. The necessary reclamation is typically very expansive. In this study, the contingent valuation method (CVM) was used to estimate the public's willingness to pay for soil reclamation, and also to find out the desire of habitants to live in a good environment with respect to soil quality, and generally to improve the publics awarness of soil protection. This study can help to improve understanding of the local public willingness to pay for reclamation of degradated land...
Nitrate removal from aqueous solution using natural zeolite-supported zero-valent iron nanoparticlesOriginal Paper
Saloome SEPEHRI, Manoucher HEIDARPOUR, Jahangir ABEDI-KOUPAI
Soil & Water Res., 2014, 9(4):224-232 | DOI: 10.17221/11/2014-SWR
A report on the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale zero-valent iron in the presence of natural zeolite as a stabilizer is presented. This novel adsorbent (Ze-nZVI) was synthesized by the sodium borohydride reduction method. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images revealed that the stabilized nZVI particles were uniformly dispersed across the zeolite surface without obvious aggregation. The synthesized Ze-nZVI material was then tested for the removal of nitrate from aqueous solution. The effect of various parameters on the removal process, such as initial concentration of nitrate, contact time, initial pH, and Ze-nZVI dosage, was studied....