Estimation of the Soil Respiration Using the Constant Pressure Volumetric Respirometer and the Flow-Through Respirometer UNI-RES10 |
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Authors: | Danuta Zimakowska-Gnoińska Jaume Bech |
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Institution: | (1) International Centre of Ecology PAS, Dziekanów Le ny n. Warsaw, omianki, Poland;(2) Catedra de Pedologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain |
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Abstract: | Among commonly employed methods of fast estimation of the soil biological activity a method of the oxygen consumption determination is used. The main goal of this research was an estimation of a soil respiratory metabolism using the constant pressure volumetric respirometer and also using the flow-through respirometer UNI-RES10.Soil respiration measurements were done using both types of respirometers in temperatures 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 °C, keeping up the constant humidity. The investigated soil was a soil humus belonged to organic soils from the Dziekanów Le ny field. The soil respiration was also measured for 8 plant communities in Sudeten Mountains with various respiration intensity.After the experiments it was stated that both measuring instruments could be used for the soil metabolism evaluation. Readouts obtained from the UNI-RES10 respirometer are smaller then readouts when using the constant pressure volumetric respirometer. The flow-through respirometers have to be calibrated to obtain results comparable with these from volumetric ones. The volumetric and flow-through respirometry methods are useful for the comparative analysis of metabolism levels. |
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Keywords: | biological activity of soil constantpressure volumetric respirometer flow-through respirometer respirometry methods soil soil respiration |
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