Open AccessQUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ROADSIDE POLLUTED SOILS / KOKYBINIS UŽTERŠTŲ PAKELĖS DIRVOŽEMIŲ VERTINIMAS
Author(s) -
Eglė Kiaunytė,
Mantas Pranskevičius
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
mokslas - lietuvos ateitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2029-2341
pISSN - 2029-2252
DOI - 10.3846/mla.2013.58
Subject(s) - environmental science , soil water , soil quality , organic matter , soil carbon , environmental chemistry , forestry , soil science , chemistry , geography , organic chemistry
Soil as an ecosystem is actively involved in the climate formation process. Therefore, it is important to assess soil quality indicators such as total carbon and CO2 emissions. Soil respiration shows carbon emission from soil into the atmosphere. This is a great indicator illustrating the biological activity of soil. The most effective CO2 emission can be noticed in the afternoon and may reach 0,201 g CO2 m-2h-1. Soil organic matter is considered to be its indicator of quality, which is one of the most important components of biosphere consistency and stability. Following the conducted study, a significant trend towards the content of total carbon in the layer of the surface (0–10 cm) soil was observed.
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