Velázquez-Rosas, N. García-Calderón, N. E. Orozco-Segovia, A. Rincón, A. Fuentes-Romero, E. Álvarez-Arteaga, G.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
AbstractMontane cloud forests (MCF) are unique ecosystems developing on the slopes of tropical mountains under extremely moist and relatively cool climatic conditions. The soils under MCF are known for their extreme acidity and deficit of nutrients, limiting the productivity and species diversity of ecosystems. This study aimed to reveal elevationa...
Tseits, M. A. Marechek, M. S.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
AbstractSoils and soil cover on accumulative tidal sea marshes develop under periodic alternation of thalassogenic (marine) and terrigenic factors. The spatial distribution of marsh soils is also controlled by both general and specific (thalassogenic) factors. Open coasts are mainly formed by wave processes and have unidirectional trends in the dis...
Mergelov, N. S. Dolgikh, A. V. Shorkunov, I. G. Zazovskaya, E. P.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
AbstractThe area of stone pavements on the streets of contemporary cities is increasing especially in pedestrian areas. Following this trend, we expect the new habitats for biocrusts and associated organo-mineral interactions to appear. Pedestrian zones of Moscow represent a vast area of exposed natural hard rock mainly of the granitic origin or co...
Krasilnikov, P. V. Fabrichnova, A. A. Konyushkova, M. V. Semenkov, I. N. Sorokin, A. S.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
AbstractHidden hunger is the deficit of minerals and vitamins in human food. The minerals including micronutrients partly originate from soils, and their supply in food systems strongly depends on their concentration and availability in soils. We revised the existing literature to reproduce the chain of 10 major microelements (B, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, I,...
Kostin, A. S. Krechetov, P. P. Chernitsova, O. V. Terskaya, E. V.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
AbstractThis paper examines effects caused by erosion products and seepage waters spreading from sulfuric coal dumps for more than 50 years on the chemical composition and properties of solid and liquid (soil solutions) phases of nearby sod–podzols in the south-taiga zone. The study was conducted at the Cherepetskoye brown coal field, Tula oblast, ...
Glushakova, A. M. Kachalkin, A. V. Lysak, L. V. Streletskiy, R. A. Belov, A. A. Ivanova, A. E. Umarova, A. B.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
Abstract—Complexes of cultured saprotrophic bacteria and yeasts from different components of soil constructions (humus soil horizon and peat) were studied simultaneously with the assessment of auxin-producing activity (synthesis of 3-indolylacetic acid, IAA), of some bacteria and yeast strains isolated. The study was carried out at the stage of lay...
Kovaleva, N. O. Reshetnikova, R. A. Kovalev, I. V.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
AbstractIt is shown that cultural layers of urban ecosystems are distinguished by the accumulation of all groups of phosphorus (total, mineral, and organic). Humus in horizons of anthropogenic origin contains 3–10 times more organic phosphorus in comparison with natural analogues. The mobility of all groups of phosphorus compounds is reduced due to...
Vodyanitskii, Yu. N. Savichev, A. T.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
AbstractSoil pollution with heavy metals (HMs) was studied using sequential static chemical extraction methods. Amounts of heavy metals extracted by acetic acid were determined. New equipment for dynamic HM extraction makes it possible to produce extractograms, thus opening up new possibilities: the number of particle groups differing in resistance...
Khatit, R. Yu. Sushko, S. V. Ivashchenko, K. V. Ananyeva, N. D. Bochko, T. F.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
Abstract—Urban soils contain a substantial pool of organic matter (OM), the decomposition of which leads to intensive CO2 emission that is important in terms of global climate change. The OM decomposition increases in line with soil temperature, and the magnitude of such effect largely depends on soil physicochemical properties. At the same time, t...
Kulachkova, S. A. Kovalenko, A. V.
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Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
AbstractThe regularities and factors of methane and carbon dioxide emission from soils were investigated in the settlement of Kommunarka (New Moscow) in the areas built up in 1938–2014 and in the recreational zone. It has been shown that the intensity of the formation and oxidation of methane and, as a consequence, the content of this gas in soils ...
