The objectives of this study were to compare coarse root (diameter > 2 mm) and fine root (diameter < 2 mm) biomass, as well as distribution of soil carbon stocks in 3 types of riparian land uses across 4 sites located in farmland of southern Québec, Canada: (1) hybrid poplar buffers (9th growing season); (2) herbaceous buffers; (3) natural woodlots (varying in tree species and age). For all lan...

plants have noticeable effects on soil resources distribution and its biochemical processes, and organic materials are naturally much more in the understory soil as compared to open areas. vegetation as one of the soil formation factors is not always an independent variable, so that the soil and vegetation can have interaction. the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of hedys...

this research was conducted to study the effect of land use change on some physical fractionation component of organic matter and some of its quality factors. therefore, two uncultivated and cultivated (such as rotational cropping and sugarcane) were selected in khuzestan province. disturbed and undisturbed soils were sampled from 0-30 and 30-60 cm depths. total n, oc, dispersible clay (dc), ag...

Intercropping of cow pea (Vigna unguiculata) with multipurpose tree in terms Grewia tenax was carried out under saline soils south Khartoum State Sudan. The objectives were to investigate the performance trees sub-irrigation regime as well find most agro forestry system suitable for soil. experiment during period March November 2017 completely randomized block design 3 replicates. treatments th...

the aim of this study was to assess the conversion of forest to vineyard on different physical pools of organic matter in zrebar lake watershed. soil samples were collected from the two major land use types including forest and vineyard land at 0-30; 30-60, and 60-90-cm depths. in each land use, different soc fractions were measured. according to the results of size fractionation of organic car...

We aimed to assess the presence and availability of arsenic (As) in intertidal marshes of the Scheldt estuary. Arsenic content was determined in soils sampled at 4 sampling depths in 11 marshes, together with other physicochemical characteristics. Subsequently, a greenhouse experiment was set up in which pore water arsenic (As) concentrations were measured 4 times in a 298-day period in 4 marsh...

Coastal waters are severely threatened by nitrogen (N) loading from direct groundwater discharge. The subterranean estuary, the mixing zone of fresh groundwater and sea water in a coastal aquifer, has a high potential to remove substantial N. A network of piezometers was used to characterize the denitrification capacity and groundwater flow paths in the subterranean estuary below a Rhode Island...

Snow on Antarctic sea ice plays a key role for sea ice physical processes and complicates retrieval of sea ice thickness using altimetry. Current methods of snow depth retrieval are based on satellite microwave radiometry, which perform best for dry, homogeneous snow packs on level sea ice. We introduce an alternative approach based on in-situ measurements of total (sea ice plus snow) freeboard...

Conservation tillage has been considered a smart agriculture practice which preserves soil organic carbon (SOC). However, little work on the labile C fractions in South Africa documented. As such, this focused under different management systems. The objective of study was to assess impact techniques and fertilizer application rates along profile. Samples from no-till (NT), conventional after 5t...