Soil and Water Research, 2022 (vol. 17), issue 1
An overview of a land evaluation in the context of ecosystem servicesReview
Jaroslava Janků, Jan Jehlička, Kristina Heřmanová, Daniel Toth, Mansoor Maitah, Josef Kozák, Jan Vopravil, Radim Vácha, Karel Jacko, Tomáš Herza
Soil & Water Res., 2022, 17(1):1-14 | DOI: 10.17221/136/2021-SWR 
The environment is changing quickly and it is ever more burdened in connection with the greater needs of human society. This fact has increased efforts to improve the management of land and natural resources and the necessity to evaluate them. Land valuations become more important as the land consumption increases. Soil needs to be evaluated in the whole context of how its quality is affected and the values it provides. The concept of ecosystem services offers this holistic view. This paper defines ecosystem services (ES), the various linkages between soil properties, their functions and benefits, the assessment of soil quality using indicators and...
Assessment and mapping of soil salinity using electromagnetic induction and Landsat 8 OLI remote sensing data in an irrigated olive orchard under semi-arid conditionsOriginal Paper
Mohamed Elhedi Gharsallah, Hamouda Aichi, Talel Stambouli, Zouhair Ben Rabah, Habib Ben Hassine
Soil & Water Res., 2022, 17(1):15-28 | DOI: 10.17221/178/2020-SWR
Salinisation threatens the sustainability of irrigated olive orchards in Tunisia. Electromagnetic induction measurements and soil spectral index calculations could help to survey the soil salinity. This study aimed to map changes in the soil salinity spatial pattern using geostatistical techniques and soil spectral index regression. The study area is located in Sminja, Tunisia. It is a 665 ha olive orchard, landscaped in ridges and furrows and managed following a very high-density planting system (1.5 × 4 m2). Electromagnetic readings measured in situ with an electromagnetic device (EM38) that was fitted, in turn, to the electrical...
Effects of straw return and aeration on oxygen status and redox environment in flooded soilOriginal Paper
Yunhao An, Xiyun Jiao, Zhe Gu, Chuanmeng Shi, Kaihua Liu
Soil & Water Res., 2022, 17(1):29-35 | DOI: 10.17221/87/2020-SWR
To study the effects of straw return and aeration of the water layer on oxygen and redox status in the water column and at different depths in paddy field soil, a short-term incubation experiment was conducted with four treatments: (1) no straw return (NS); (2) straw return without aeration (S); (3) straw return and 30 minutes of aeration per day (SO30); and (4) straw return and 90 minutes of aeration per day (SO90). Compared to NS, S decreased dissolved oxygen (DO) and redox potential (ORP) by 23-58% and 47-53 mV, respectively, and increased active reducing substance (ARS) by 21-46% in the water and soil layers. The aeration treatments increased DO...
Reuse of residues/wastes as a sustainable solution for landfill leachate contaminated groundwaterOriginal Paper
Emre Burcu Özkaraova, Elifcan Güven Oral
Soil & Water Res., 2022, 17(1):36-44 | DOI: 10.17221/71/2021-SWR
In order to increase the reuse of wastes and residues, as required by the Waste Framework Directive, the potential use of waste, residue and natural minerals as low-cost permeable reactive barrier (PRB) materials was investigated. The performance of a kitchen waste compost, sepiolite and steel slag was compared with that of volcanic slag, pumice and activated carbon in removing specific contaminants from landfill leachate. The experiments represented that the activated carbon removed 27% of the ammonium (NH4+), 75% of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and 100% of the phosphate (PO43-), zinc (Zn2+) and nickel (Ni2+) from the landfill leachate. Volcanic...
Using soil quality indicators to assess their production and ecological functionsOriginal Paper
Jaroslava Janků, Markéta Kosánová, Josef Kozák, Tomáš Herza, Jan Jehlička, Mansoor Maitah, Jan Vopravil, Karel Němeček, Daniel Toth, Karel Jacko, Radim Vácha, Jana Poláková
Soil & Water Res., 2022, 17(1):45-58 | DOI: 10.17221/146/2021-SWR
The project dealt with an evaluation of the soil quality in the Central Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic. The relevant attributes and characteristics were found regarding the soils in this selected area. Based on the data from soil probes, climate characteristics, soil production function and data on the land use, the characteristics, known as soil quality indicators, were selected. Then the soils were sorted into groups which indicated their suitability for the best land use and planning. The characteristics of the soils that contributed the most to the ecosystem services provided by this part of the environment were chosen as the soil quality...
The influence of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 on the transformation of iron oxides and phosphorus in a red soilOriginal Paper
Weimin Yu, Rongping Wang, Rongyun Linghu, Jiawei Liang, Qiqi Hu, Yuling Yao
Soil & Water Res., 2022, 17(1):59-68 | DOI: 10.17221/60/2021-SWR
In this study, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, an iron (Fe)-reducing bacterium, was inoculated to a red soil, which was then incubated. Soil samples were taken regularly to analyse the variation of iron oxides and phosphorus (P) fractions. The results showed that the MR-1 inoculation increased the content of the free iron oxides, but decreased the activity of the iron oxides in the soil, and had no significant influence on the amorphous iron oxides. The MR-1 inoculation increased the resin-P and residual-P, decreased the NaHCO3-extracted inorganic P (NaHCO3-Pi) and NaOH-extracted inorganic P (NaOH-Pi),...