2023 Ecosystem Transformation 6 (2), 49–63
Features of profile distribution and nutrient stocks in drained peat soils
Inna A. Dubrovina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-220601Volume: 6
Number: 2
Pages: 49–63
Received: 01.06.2022
Accepted: 04.07.2022
Available online: 19.05.2023
Published: 15.06.2023
ISSN 2619-094X Print
ISSN 2619-0931 Online
The profile distribution and stocks of organic carbon, total nitrogen and phosphorus, as well as C/N ratio, pHKCl and bulk density were studied on drained peat array in soils of various structure and thickness (southern Karelia, Fennoscandia) to assess the impact of long-term agricultural use of land with meadow vegetation. The highest degree of peat decomposition was characteristic of the shallow Histic Gleysols. In almost all the studied soils the content of nitrogen and phosphorus in the upper part of the soil profiles was higher than in the lower parts, while carbon content and the C/N ratio were lower. In Drainic Eutric Histosols and Murshic Eutric Histosols the carbon stocks in the 1-meter layer are similar and amount to about 700 t/ha. The total nitrogen stock depends on the degree of organic matter mineralization and decreases from 24 t/ha in Drainic Eutric Histosols to 13 t/ha in Histic Gleysols. The total phosphorus stocks are significantly higher in Histic Gleysols (5.5 t/ha) and Murshic Eutric Histosols (7.4 t/ha) compared to slightly disturbed Drainic Eutric Histosols (3.2 t/ha). All the studied properties have almost similar values in layers deeper than 40 cm in the Drainic Eutric Histosols and Murshic Eutric Histosols, which is due to higher water content and more stable hydrological regime in the deep layers of the peatland.
Inna A. Dubrovina
Institute of Biology of Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. Pushkinskaya 11, Petrozavodsk, 11185910 Russia
PhD in Agricultural Sciences, senior researcher
vorgo@mail.ru
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Keywords: Histosols, Histic Gleysols, land use change, stocks, organic carbon, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, meadow vegetation
For citation: Dubrovina, I.A., 2023. Features of profile distribution and nutrient stocks in drained peat soils. Ecosystem Transformation 6 (2), 49–63. https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-220601