Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2016, 64(5), 1523-1527 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201664051523

Impacts of Water Erosion on Soil Physical Properties

Jan Hladký1, Jaroslava Novotná2, Jakub Elbl3, Jindřich Kynický3, David Juřička1, Jitka Novotná3, Martin Brtnický4
1 Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 656/123, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Research Institute for Fodder Crops, Ltd. Troubsko, Zahradní 1, Troubsko 664 41 Czech Republic
3 Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
4 Department of Geology and Pedology, Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plan Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The aim of the paper is to determine the effect of water erosion on maximum capillary water capacity, bulk density, soil airiness, total porosity and minimal air capacity. For this purpose, 13 plots located in South Moravia were selected. Each plot was divided into three positions. The first one, eluvial, was located on the top of the slope. These were always flat and water erosion did not occur there. The second one was midslope position where soil was damaged by water erosion. Soil washed down from the midslope position was accumulated in the third one. It has been found that water erosion has a statistically significant effect on minimal air capacity of topsoil, and on bulk density and airiness of subsoil. Variance analysis showed less variance of values referring all characteristics beyond these: the minimal air capacity of the midslope position damaged by erosion regarding topsoil; and maximum capillary water capacity, soil airiness and porosity regarding the subsoil.

Keywords: soil, physical properties, water erosion, soil degradation, porosity, bulk density, capillary water capacity
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This research was supported by National Agency for Agricultural Research (NAZV), project: QJ1230066 and by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under the project CEITEC 2020 (LQ1601).

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Hladký, J., Novotná, J., Elbl, J., Kynický, J., Juřička, D., Novotná, J., & Brtnický, M. (2016). Impacts of Water Erosion on Soil Physical Properties. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(5), 1523-1527. doi: 10.11118/actaun201664051523
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