Soil and Water Research, 2015 (vol. 10), issue 2
Degradation of forest soils in the vicinity of an industrial zoneOriginal Paper
Lenka PAVLŮ, Ondřej DRÁBEK, Luboš BORŮVKA, Antonín NIKODEM, Karel NĚMEČEK
Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(2):65-73 | DOI: 10.17221/220/2014-SWR 
Forest soils near industrial zones can be endangered by acid deposition and by dust deposition containing potentially toxic elements (PTEs). Soils of the study area are acidified and the surface enrichment with Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn reflects anthropogenic contamination. Two forms of all PTEs were evaluated: potentially mobilized (2M nitric acid extraction) and mobile (0.01M CaCl2 extraction) - the most toxic form. Negligible amounts of Cu and Pb were found in the mobile form. Pb mobilization is decreased by co-emitted bases and Cu mobilization is mainly controlled by soil reaction. These elements represent just a potential risk for the ecosystem....
Predicting oxidizable carbon content via visible- and near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in soils heavily affected by water erosionOriginal Paper
Radim VAŠÁT, Radka KODEŠOVÁ, Aleš KLEMENT, Ondřej JAKŠÍK
Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(2):74-77 | DOI: 10.17221/18/2015-SWR
Soil spectroscopy represents a low-cost alternative to routine time-consuming and expensive laboratory analyses. Its ability to measure a wide range of different chemical and physical soil properties was shown previously in many studies. Particularly, for organic carbon content, a reliable prediction accuracy is usually achieved. This is due to strong spectral signature of soil organic carbon and other distinct spectral implications of soil characteristics strongly tied to it, e.g. soil colour. All the known studies, however, deal with situation where the study area is fully covered (either in the manner of design- or model-based sampling approach)...
Identifying the origin of soil water repellency at regional level using multiple soil characteristics: The White Carpathians and Myjavska pahorkatina Upland case studyOriginal Paper
Lucia KOŘENKOVÁ, Ivan ŠIMKOVIC, Pavel DLAPA, Bohdan JURÁNI, Peter MATÚŠ
Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(2):78-89 | DOI: 10.17221/28/2014-SWR
This paper evaluates the relationship between water repellency and multiple characteristics of topsoil samples belonging to seven Reference Soil Groups, taken from the area of the White Carpathians and the Myjavska pahorkatina Upland. In order to quantify water repellency, the Water Drop Penetration Time test and the Molarity of an Ethanol Droplet test were performed on 210 soil samples. The water repellency data were confronted with a number of categorical and numerical soil variables. It was observed that the particular land-use type and the nature of soil parent material, both are related towards detected water repellency of soil samples. All samples...
Assessment of land capability for different irrigation systems by parametric and fuzzy approaches in the Mashhad Plain, northeast IranOriginal Paper
Ali BAGHERZADEH, Parisa PAYMARD
Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(2):90-98 | DOI: 10.17221/139/2014-SWR
Water quality and quantity in agricultural systems of arid and semi- arid regions of the world are of great importance. In this regard the trend to pressurized irrigation systems compared to surface irrigation, elevating water use efficiency, has drastically increased in the agriculture sector. The present study aimed to assess land capability for different types of irrigation systems including surface, drip, and sprinkler practices by parametric and fuzzy approaches to evaluate the capability of cultivated lands on 6131 km2 of the Mashhad Plain, Khorasan Razavi Province, northeast Iran. In this regard land qualities (drainage and slope),...
Evaluation of growth-stage-specific crop coefficients of maize using weighing lysimeterOriginal Paper
Meysam ABEDINPOUR
Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(2):99-104 | DOI: 10.17221/63/2014-SWR
Weighing lysimeters are used to measure crop evapotranspiration (ETC) during the growing season. A ratio of crop evapotranspiration to reference evapotranspiration (ETo) determines a crop coefficient (Kc) value, which is related to a specific crop growth development stage. Determination of Kc is important for estimating crop irrigation requirements using meteorological data from weather stations. The research was conducted to determine growth-stage-specific Kc and compare them to existing FAO Kc values by investigating water use of maize (Zea mays L.) at the Water Technology Center Research Field in the Indian Agricultural Research Institute...
Land degradation by erosion and its economic consequences for the region of South Moravia (Czech Republic)Original Paper
Jana PODHRÁZSKÁ, Josef KUČERA, Petr KARÁSEK, Jana KONEČNÁ
Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(2):105-113 | DOI: 10.17221/143/2014-SWR
The quality of agricultural land fund in the Czech Republic is assessed via a valuation system based on the ecological-productive land evaluation. This system was established in the 1960-1980s after a complex survey of agricultural land. It provided integral information on the agricultural land quality and on the price of agricultural land parcels derived from their productive capacity. Starting from the 1990s, evidence in the database of Evaluated Soil-Ecological Units (ESEU) has been regularly updated. Intensive cultivation of wide-spaced crops, namely in extended, largely sloped land parcels, has resulted in degradation of land characteristics by...
Sustainability of the constructed wetland based on the characteristics in effluentOriginal Paper
Jasmina JOSIMOV-DUNDJERSKI, Radovan SAVIĆ, Andjelka BELIĆ, Atila SALVAI, Jasna GRABIĆ
Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(2):114-120 | DOI: 10.17221/133/2014-SWR
The constructed wetland (CW) in the settlement of Gložan is the first system of its kind for wastewater treatment constructed in Vojvodina (Serbia), aimed at treating local municipal wastewater. The common reed Phragmites australis, naturally growing at the CW location, was used as biofiltering vegetation. The monitoring effectiveness of the CW was based on removing suspended solids and reducing the amount of organic matter. The eight-year long study shows that the age of the constructed wetland does not significantly affect the changes (increase) in concentration of suspended particles and organic compounds from the wastewater effluent. We...
Influence of land use changes on alluviation of Volvi Lake wetland (North Greece)Original Paper
Aristeidis Kastridis, Vasiliki Kamperidou
Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(2):121-129 | DOI: 10.17221/174/2014-SWR
The study deals with Volvi Lake, the second largest natural lake in Greece, where gradual alluviation and a land use change have taken place in the last 60 years. The aim of the study was to estimate the influence of land use changes of the area on sedimentation and alluviation rate. Due to the lack of sediment measurements the Gavrilovic model was used to calculate the mean annual erosion of the two main drainage basins of the Lake for 1945 and 2007. Field research, orthophotographs, and topographic maps dating from 1945, 1971, and 2007 were used to determine the evolution of the vegetation cover and lake shoreline, in order to compare and evaluate...
Potential microbiological threat to the Vistula waters by its tributaries in the vicinity of KrakówOriginal Paper
Anna LENART-BOROŃ, Monika PUCHAŁA, Piotr BOROŃ
Soil & Water Res., 2015, 10(2):130-136 | DOI: 10.17221/205/2014-SWR
The Vistula is the longest river in Poland. It stretches from the Silesian Beskids to the Gulf of Gdańsk. Water from the Vistula is the source of drinking water for many cities and is used in industry, and therefore its quality and microbiological purity is an important issue. The quality of water in the Vistula depends, among others, on the quality of water in its basin. The aim of this study is to assess microbiological hazard to the Vistula waters from its tributaries in the vicinity of Kraków. The analyses were carried out on 10 tributaries of the Vistula: Prądnik, Dłubnia, Drwina Długa, Drwinka, Raba, Uszewka, Szreniawa, Uszwica, Kisielina, and...