Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2016, 64(5), 1517-1521 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201664051517

Effect of Water Erosion on Soil Respiration Characteristics of Chernozem Topsoil

Jan Hladký1, Jindřich Kynický2, David Juřička1, Martin Brtnický3
1 Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 656/123, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Department of Geology and Pedology, Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plan Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Soil respiration characteristics are an important indicator of the soil state. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of water erosion on soil respiration characteristics, in particular to determine whether erosion-damaged areas show statistically significantly worse respiratory activity compared to intact soil. Respiratory biological activity, as an indicator of soil quality, was monitored on 13 plots with chernozem soil type damaged by water erosion. There were determined basic respiration characteristics, such as basal respiration (B), respiration after adding ammonia nitrogen (N), respiration after addition of glucose (G), respiration after adding glucose and ammonia. Furthermore, from the above mentioned characteristics, following ratios were determined: N/B, G/B, G/N, NG/B and the factor of complex action (FCA). Statistical analysis showed that the position on a slope affects the respiratory characteristics. Based on results, we can say that the soil shows excessive amount of nitrogen, lack of easily degradable organic substances and poor stability of organic matter. Using statistical analysis, it was found that water erosion affects only the indicators B and G/N.

Keywords: soil respiration, soil biology, erosion, soil quality, glucose, amonia, basal respiration
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This research was supported by National Agency for Agricultural Research (NAZV), project: QJ1230066 and by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under the project CEITEC 2020 (LQ1601).

Prepublished online: October 30, 2016; Published: November 1, 2016  Show citation

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Hladký, J., Kynický, J., Juřička, D., & Brtnický, M. (2016). Effect of Water Erosion on Soil Respiration Characteristics of Chernozem Topsoil. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(5), 1517-1521. doi: 10.11118/actaun201664051517
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