ISSN:
1432-0789
Keywords:
Key words Soil organic matter
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Microbial activity
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Groundwater contamination
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Pesticides
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Spodic horizons
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Landscape planning
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Geosciences
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract In sandy gleyic soils with a low groundwater table under arboriculture in Northwest Germany, a wide variation of groundwater pollution by pesticides has been observed. We therefore examined data on microbial activity and soil organic matter composition by wet chemistry, cross-polarization magic-angle spinning and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance, and pyrolysis–field ionization mass spectromy. However, neither microbial activity nor the soil organic matter composition of cultivated topsoils explained the differences in xenobiotic leaching into the groundwater. Data from Anthrosols suggested that these soils have a higher capacity for pesticide bonding because of high amounts of aromatic and carboxylic C moieties in the soil organic matter. However, despite the same pesticide inputs and time of application, the leached output from these soils was higher than that from the Podzols. Initial data from subsoil investigations suggest that the presence of a spodic horizon most likely reduces groundwater pollution by pesticides. Studies to assess fixation capacity and desorption kinetics in Bh horison seem warranted.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00335954
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