Monitoring microbial biomass and respiration in different soils from the Czech republic -a summary of results

HOFMAN, Jakub, Ladislav DUŠEK, Jana KLÁNOVÁ, Jitka BEZCHLEBOVÁ and Ivan HOLOUBEK. Monitoring microbial biomass and respiration in different soils from the Czech republic -a summary of results. Environment International. 2004, vol. 30, -, p. 19-30. ISSN 0160-4120.

Basic information

Original name

Monitoring microbial biomass and respiration in different soils from the Czech republic -a summary of results

Name in Czech

Plošné měření mikrobiální biomasy a respirace v různých půdách České Republiky - sumarizace výsledků

Authors

HOFMAN, Jakub (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Ladislav DUŠEK (203 Czech Republic), Jana KLÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Jitka BEZCHLEBOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Ivan HOLOUBEK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Environment International, 2004, 0160-4120

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.335

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/04:00011408

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000187974100004

Keywords in English

monitoring; microbial biomass; soil respiration; soil contamination

Tags

microbial biomass, Monitoring, soil contamination, soil respiration

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

The microbial biomass (Cbio), respiration (basal respiration (BR) and potential respiration (PR)), and derived indices for 520 independent soil samples of 117 different soils from the Czech Republic were statistically analysed. The broad range of soil samples allowed the stepwise breakdown of the database into six reasonable categories of soil: arable soils, loamy grassland soils, sandy grassland soils with weak organic matter content, sandy grassland soils with moderate organic matter content, forest soils with moderate organic matter content, and forest organic soils with rich organic matter content. Because soil microbiology lacks benchmarking values, the ranges of the microbial characteristics for these categories were stated and are presented here. The separation into soil groups narrowed the ranges enough to be useful for comparative purposes. The groups displayed significant differences in basal microbial parameters. The lowest microbial biomass was found in arable soils and grassland sandy soils with weak organic matter content. The highest microbial biomass was shown by loamy grassland soils and organic forest soils. Respiration displayed similar results to the microbial biomass. The derived indices revealed less significant differences confirming their inner-standard nature. The relationships between the soil contamination and microbial parameters were not explored because of the confounding effect of soil organic matter. However, it was not shown by the category of grassland sandy soils with weak organic matter content suggesting they could be especially suitable for the biomonitoring of harmful effects of chemicals on soil microorganisms.

In Czech

Výsledky souhrného monitoringu půd ČR.

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Links

GA526/98/1147, research and development project	Name: Diversita a funkční analýza půdních mikrobiálních společenstev v terestrických ekosystémech kontaminovaných persistentními organickými polutanty (POP) Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Diversity and functional analysis of soil microbial communities in terrestrial ecosystems polluted by persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
MSM 141100003, plan (intention)	Name: Zevní prostředí - karcinogeneze - onkologie Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Environment - carcinogenesis - oncology
SI/340/1/00, research and development project	Name: Region specifický přístup v analýze ekologických rizik - metodika zhodnocení ve vztahu k přírodním katastrofám.