Post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of grey forest soils under technological load
Purpose. Detection of post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of soils in pine forests of the Kharkiv region under technogenic loading. Methods. Determination of the pH of the water extract by the potentiometric method, the content of humus and gross nitrogen according to the T...
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| author | Y. V. Buts O. V. Kraynyuk P. I. Lotsman Y. M. Senchykhin |
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| description | Purpose. Detection of post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of soils in pine forests of the Kharkiv region under technogenic loading.
Methods. Determination of the pH of the water extract by the potentiometric method, the content of humus and gross nitrogen according to the Tyurin method, the granulometric composition according to Kachynskyi, the mobile forms of phosphorus and potassium according to Machigin. The content of mobile forms of heavy metals was determined by the atomic absorption method.
Results. There is a certain dependence of the post-pyrogenic transformation on the age of fire impact on the soil. Relatively recent consequences of a fire of medium intensity on the soil were marked by a clear reaction of the complex of their properties. Physical-chemical properties of soils in the post-fire period deteriorate due to a significant decrease in the amount of nutrients in the soil: humus burns, nitrate nitrogen content decreases. The acid-alkaline reaction according to the pH index in the soils affected by fires shifts to neutral, which should be explained by the saturation of the absorbing complex of soils with alkaline earth elements. Forest lowland fires significantly transform the morphological appearance of the upper part of the soil profile. Under the influence of fires, there are changes in pH, the content of exchangeable cations, gross and mobile forms of nitrogen, etc. The behavior and content of heavy metals in the forest floor is determined, in addition to the effect of fire and the geochemical state of the region, the speed of water migration and biological absorption, and the topography of the area. The concentration of heavy metals in the surface horizons of the soils of pine forests increases several times and exceeds the background concentrations as a result of the mineralization of the forest floor and grassy vegetation from combustion and subsequent migration of chemical elements.
Conclusions. As a result, the surface horizons of soils change, in particular, a new pyrogenic horizon is formed, which differs in a certain way from natural analogues. Fires, on the one hand, improve the conditions for seed penetration into the soil, but worsen the conditions for the germination, growth and development of coniferous tree species. The concentration of heavy metals in the surface horizons of pine forest soils is an ecological hazard. Further research on the transformation of soil properties under the influence of pyrogenic factors is of significant theoretical and practical importance in the development of scientific approaches to the restoration of ecosystems in the post-fire stage of development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-253d15e30cdf479494b9b37af603b9062023-05-08T07:18:45ZengV. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityВісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна: Серія Екологія1992-42592415-76512022-11-0127637110.26565/1992-4259-2022-27-0521136Post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of grey forest soils under technological loadY. V. Buts0O. V. Kraynyuk1P. I. Lotsman2Y. M. Senchykhin3Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, 9a, Science Ave., Kharkiv, 61166, UkraineKharkov National Automobile and Highway University, 25, Yaroslava Mudrogo Str., Kharkiv, 61000, UkraineH.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, 2, Valentynivska, Str., Kharkiv, 61168, UkraineNational University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, 94, Chernyshevska,Str., Kharkiv, 61023, UkrainePurpose. Detection of post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of soils in pine forests of the Kharkiv region under technogenic loading. Methods. Determination of the pH of the water extract by the potentiometric method, the content of humus and gross nitrogen according to the Tyurin method, the granulometric composition according to Kachynskyi, the mobile forms of phosphorus and potassium according to Machigin. The content of mobile forms of heavy metals was determined by the atomic absorption method. Results. There is a certain dependence of the post-pyrogenic transformation on the age of fire impact on the soil. Relatively recent consequences of a fire of medium intensity on the soil were marked by a clear reaction of the complex of their properties. Physical-chemical properties of soils in the post-fire period deteriorate due to a significant decrease in the amount of nutrients in the soil: humus burns, nitrate nitrogen content decreases. The acid-alkaline reaction according to the pH index in the soils affected by fires shifts to neutral, which should be explained by the saturation of the absorbing complex of soils with alkaline earth elements. Forest lowland fires significantly transform the morphological appearance of the upper part of the soil profile. Under the influence of fires, there are changes in pH, the content of exchangeable cations, gross and mobile forms of nitrogen, etc. The behavior and content of heavy metals in the forest floor is determined, in addition to the effect of fire and the geochemical state of the region, the speed of water migration and biological absorption, and the topography of the area. The concentration of heavy metals in the surface horizons of the soils of pine forests increases several times and exceeds the background concentrations as a result of the mineralization of the forest floor and grassy vegetation from combustion and subsequent migration of chemical elements. Conclusions. As a result, the surface horizons of soils change, in particular, a new pyrogenic horizon is formed, which differs in a certain way from natural analogues. Fires, on the one hand, improve the conditions for seed penetration into the soil, but worsen the conditions for the germination, growth and development of coniferous tree species. The concentration of heavy metals in the surface horizons of pine forest soils is an ecological hazard. Further research on the transformation of soil properties under the influence of pyrogenic factors is of significant theoretical and practical importance in the development of scientific approaches to the restoration of ecosystems in the post-fire stage of development.https://periodicals.karazin.ua/ecology/article/view/21136ecosystemsoilbiogeochemical propertiesphysicochemical propertiesheavy metals |
| spellingShingle | Y. V. Buts O. V. Kraynyuk P. I. Lotsman Y. M. Senchykhin Post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of grey forest soils under technological load Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна: Серія Екологія ecosystem soil biogeochemical properties physicochemical properties heavy metals |
| title | Post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of grey forest soils under technological load |
| title_full | Post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of grey forest soils under technological load |
| title_fullStr | Post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of grey forest soils under technological load |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of grey forest soils under technological load |
| title_short | Post-pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of grey forest soils under technological load |
| title_sort | post pyrogenic transformation of biogeochemical properties of grey forest soils under technological load |
| topic | ecosystem soil biogeochemical properties physicochemical properties heavy metals |
| url | https://periodicals.karazin.ua/ecology/article/view/21136 |
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