Assessment of soil aluminium pools along three mountainous elevation gradients |
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Authors: | Lubo Borvka Antonín Nikodem Ondej Drbek Petra Vokurkov Vclav Tejnecký Lenka Pavl |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, CZ-165 21 Prague 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | Anthropogenic soil acidification in mountain forests and consequent Al release still present a significant problem in many regions. The effect of deposition may differ according to stand conditions, including altitude. This contribution is focused on three elevation transects, two in the Jizera Mountains strongly influenced by acid deposition, one in the less affected Novohradske Mountains. Quantification of pools of different Al forms and related soil characteristics (organic carbon, exchangeable hydrogen cations, sorption characteristics, etc.) is evaluated. In the Novohradske Mountains, the pool of both organically bound and water-soluble Al increases with increasing altitudes. In the Jizera Mountains, the distribution is more complicated; it is strongly affected by different forest type (beech vs. spruce), deforestation, and other local differences. Higher amounts of Al are bound in the mineral horizons compared to the surface organic horizons, even in the case of organically bound Al pools. Further differences between different altitudes and between soil horizons in Al distribution were revealed by detailed Al speciation using HPLC/IC method. |
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Keywords: | Soil acidification Forest soils Aluminium forms Elevation gradient Soil Al pools |
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