The effects of artificial drainage on soil characteristics of a peatland ecosystem in southeast Turkey

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dc.authorscopusid6506033968
dc.authorscopusid23476894900
dc.authorscopusid21233378000
dc.authorscopusid23970341200
dc.authorscopusid57198383133
dc.contributor.authorGundogan, Recep
dc.contributor.authorHall, Nigel
dc.contributor.authorDemirkiran, Ali Riza
dc.contributor.authorAydemir, Salih
dc.contributor.authorKorkmaz, Hüseyin
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-19T15:43:38Z
dc.date.available2024-09-19T15:43:38Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractArtificial drainage for agriculture causes the alteration of peatlands through excessive oxidation and fires. Peats lose their functions and also contribute to the release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. In this study, morphological, micro morphological and chemical soil characteristics of an artificially drained peat land located in the southern Turkey were investigated to assess the effects of excessive oxidation and fire. Soil samples described as sapric, hemic, or burnt were collected along four transects on the peatland. The results clearly indicated that burning process resulted in significant decrease in total carbon and nitrogen content of soils since 1950 whereas pH, ash content, available P and K contents were increased. Interpretations recognized as a degradation sequence after drainage. The results demonstrated that artificial drainage of peatlands for agricultural purposes leads to a change in organic soil properties. The carbon and nitrogen sink were depleted, C by about 2 ×106 and N by about 0.1 ×106 tons, and pH was raised above the level that is ideal for cropping, in a system that is not only completed changed but unsustainable without increasing soil inputs in the long term. © by PSP.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage2245en_US
dc.identifier.issn1018-4619
dc.identifier.issue10en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-78649882685en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage2239en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/14473
dc.identifier.volume19en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFresenius Environmental Bulletinen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectArtificial drainageen_US
dc.subjectCarbon depletionen_US
dc.subjectPeatlanden_US
dc.subjectSoil propertiesen_US
dc.subjectThin sectionen_US
dc.titleThe effects of artificial drainage on soil characteristics of a peatland ecosystem in southeast Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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