Effects of Smoke Emissions from a Charcoal Kiln on the Functioning of Forest Soil Systems: A Microcosm Study |
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Authors: | Alexei V. Uvarov |
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Affiliation: | (1) International Centre of Ecology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Russia;(2) Laboratory of Soil Zoology, Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia;(3) Present address: Leninsky Prospekt 33, 117071 Moscow, Russia |
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Abstract: | Long-term charcoal production in small private charcoal kilns (CK) in Eastern Bieszczady Mts. (SE Poland) can cause local smoke contamination of the ambient forest environment. Responses of model soil systems, contaminated or not contaminated by CK smoke, to contrasting combinations of hydrothermic regimes were compared in laboratory microcosms (respiration of soil community, decomposition rate of soil organic matter and cotton stripes, herb seeds germination were studied). The majority of the obtained data show a markedly higher level of soil biological activity in the CK versus the control series. In some cases CK and control soil systems show different patterns of reactions to the tested combinations of microclimate regime. These phenomena should at least partly be attributed to the effects of CK pollution. |
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Keywords: | cellulose charcoal kiln decomposition herb seeds moisture respiration smoke pollution soil temperature |
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