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A section on exploitation will define the actions planned to achieve the exploitation of the results and impact of the project. More specifically, in terms of dissemination and communication the PEDR will: \u00a0Propose a communication and dissemination policy, and define the objectives of the actions; \u00a0Identify the target audience for each objective or main result; \u00a0List the communication and dissemination channels to be used for project promotion; \u00a0Present a schedule of the communication and dissemination actions throughout the project duration; \u00a0Define and monitor a series of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to assess the success of the implementation (e.g. number of publications, size of the audience reached, number of visits on the website, feedback received from audiences at conferences, etc.) and update the plan according to the evolution of the project. In terms of the exploitation of the results, the PEDR will contain the following information, if applicable and when relevant, especially within the final exploitation plan to be submitted at the end of the project: The identification of exploitable main outputs of the project; The identification of the factors influencing exploitation and wide deployment of the project\u2019s results The identification of new and existing measures for the project sustainability. The document is drafted by Euronovia, which is leader of this Work Package, with inputs from all partners. While Euronovia is the leading partner in charge of WP4, all partners have the responsibility to participate in the communication activities and dissemination of the results of the project. According to the grant agreement and unless it goes against their legitimate interests, each beneficiary must, as soon as possible, disseminate its results by disclosing them to the public by appropriate means (other than those resulting from protecting or exploiting the results), including in scientific publications. The PEDR is an evolving document which will be updated at the end of each reporting period (October 2022, April 2024 and April 2025).", "keywords": ["Research Infrastructure", "Co-UDlabs", "Urban Drainage Systems", "12. 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The nutrient content of the drainage water can be obtained directly from water analysis, which immediately focuses attention on filter media selection. There are many factors that may be important before choosing a medium or media e.g. nutrient removal capacity, lifetime, hydraulic conductivity, the potential for pollution swapping , attenuation of non-target contaminants (e.g. pesticides, organic carbon, etc.), and local availability and transportation cost of media to site. In this study, a novel decision support tool (DST) was developed, which brought all these factors together in one place for five nutrient scenarios. A systematic literature review was conducted to create a database containing 75 media with an associated static scoring system across seven criteria (% of nutrient concentration reduction, removal of other pollutants, lifetime, hydraulic conductivity, negative externalities) and a dynamic scoring system across two criteria (delivery cost and availability). The DST was tested using case studies from Ireland, Belgium and USA with different agricultural practices and nutrient scenarios. It was then validated by SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunities and threats) analysis. The DST provided a rapid, easily modifiable screening of many media-based treatments for specific dual or single nutrient-based water drainage problems. This provides stakeholders (farmers/regulators/advisors) with a versatile, flexible and robust yet easy-to-understand framework to make informed choices on appropriate media-based mitigation measures according to users relevant technical, economic and logistical factors.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Farm pollution", "Nitrogen", "Phosphorus", "Agriculture", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "6. Clean water", "farm pollution", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. 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Constructed wetlands (CWs) can be considered as an efficient nature-based solution for the treatment of agricultural drainage water (ADW) and consequently for the mitigation of non-point source pollution. Aiming to provide suggestions for the construction and implementation of CWs, this paper proposes and discusses key parameters of CW design and operation. In order to verify the effect of these features, different case studies were reviewed, focusing on the performance of CWs that are treating agricultural drainage water. The findings showed that design and operational factors (e.g., the application of simple hydraulic structures and vegetation establishment) can improve pollutant removal efficiencies by increasing hydraulic retention time. Hydraulic efficiency of CWs can also be enhanced through certain shape characteristics (e.g., adoption of a high aspect ratio and creation of a long and narrow CW shape). The careful consideration of these parameters before and during CW implementation can therefore help these systems to achieve their full potential. However, further study is recommended to assess the effects of some parameters (e.g., flow direction and the application of deep zones).Managing agricultural watersheds in an environmentally friendly manner necessitate the strategic implementation of well-targeted sustainable land management (SLM) practices that limit soil and nonpoint source pollution losses and translocation. Watershed-scale SLM-scenario modeling has the potential to identify efficient and effective management strategies from the field to the integrated landscape level. In a case study targeting a 66-hectare watershed in Petzenkirchen, Lower Austria, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was utilized to evaluate a variety of locally adoptable SLM practices. SWAT was calibrated and validated (monthly) at the catchment outlet for flow, sediment, nitrate-nitrogen (NO3\uffe2\uff80\uff93N), ammonium nitrogen (NH4\uffe2\uff80\uff93N), and mineralized phosphorus (PO4\uffe2\uff80\uff93P) using SWATplusR. Considering the locally existing agricultural practices and socioeconomic and environmental factors of the research area, four conservation practices were evaluated: baseline scenario, contour farming (CF), winter cover crops (CC), and a combination of no-till and cover crops (NT\uffe2\uff80\uff89+\uffe2\uff80\uff89CC). The NT\uffe2\uff80\uff89+\uffe2\uff80\uff89CC SLM practice was found to be the most effective soil conservation practice in reducing soil loss by around 80%, whereas CF obtained the best results for decreasing the nutrient loads of NO3\uffe2\uff80\uff93N and PO4\uffe2\uff80\uff93P by 11% and 35%, respectively. The findings of this study imply that the setup SWAT model can serve the context-specific performance assessment and eventual promotion of SLM interventions that mitigate on-site land degradation and the consequential off-site environmental pollution resulting from agricultural nonpoint sources.Salt marshes provide an important and unique habitat for plants and animals. To restore salt marshes, numerous coastal realignment projects have been carried out, but restored marshes often show persistent ecological differences from natural marshes. We evaluate the effects of elevation and marsh topography, which are in turn affected by drainage and livestock grazing, on soil salinity after de-embankment. Salinity in the topsoil was monitored during the first 10 years after de-embankment and compared with salinity in an adjacent reference marsh. Additionally, salinity at greater depths (down to 1.2 m below the marsh surface) was monitored during the first 4 years by measuring the electrical conductivity of the groundwater. Chloride concentration in the top soil strongly decreased with increasing elevation; however, it was not affected by marsh topography, i.e. distance to creek or breach. Chloride concentrations higher than 2 g Cl-/litre were found at elevations below 0.6 m + MHT. Salinization of the groundwater, however, took several years. At low marsh elevations, the salinity of the deep groundwater (at 1.2 m depth) increased slowly throughout the full 4-year period of monitoring but did not reach the level of seawater. Compared to the ungrazed treatment, the grazed treatment led to lower accretion rates, lower soil-moisture content and higher chloride content of soil moisture. The de-embankment of the agricultural grasslands resulted in a rapid increase of soil salinity, although deeper ground-water levels showed a much slower response. Elevation accounted for most of the variation in the salinization of the soil. Grazing may enhance salinity of the top soil.

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Climate change is also projected to influence the rainfall amount, and its inter- and intra-annual variability. These changes may affect soil moisture regimes, soil water drainage, soil nitrogen (N) availability and N leaching to aquatic environment and N2O emissions to atmosphere. Thus it is important to study the effects of increased soil temperature and varying rainfall patterns on soil N cycling in arable land from temperate climates, which is a major source of N pollution. An open-field lysimeter study was carried out during 2008\u20132009 in Denmark on loamy sand soil (Typic Hapludult) with three factors: number of rainy days, rainfall amount and soil warming. Number of rainy days included the mean monthly rainy days for 1961\u20131990 as \u2018normal\u2019 and half the number of rainy days of former as \u2018reduced\u2019 treatments. Rainfall amount included mean monthly rainfall for 1961\u20131990 as \u2018present\u2019 and the projected change in mean monthly rainfall for 2071\u20132100 as \u2018future\u2019 treatments. Soil warming included increase in soil temperature by 5\u00a0\u00b0C at 0.1\u00a0m depth as \u2018heated\u2019 and non-heated as \u2018control\u2019 treatments. Automated mobile rain-out shelter and irrigation system, and insulated buried heating cables were used to impose the treatments. Soil warming, compared with unheated control, advanced winter wheat crop development, and increased the above-ground biomass and N uptake only during vegetative stage, but shortened the total crop growing period by 12 days without reducing the total above-ground biomass. Rainfall amount and rainy days treatments increased the drainage, 46% and 10%, respectively, but did not have additive effect on the drainage. In contrast, soil warming increased crop evapotranspiration (18%) and reduced drainage (41%). The projected future rainfall amount increased NO3-N leaching (289%) compared with present rainfall amount. The study showed significant interaction between soil warming and rainfall amount (P", "keywords": ["Nitrate leaching", "Winter wheat", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil nitrogen", "BRIC", "13. Climate action", "Climate change", "Drainage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "/dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/Bric", "6. 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The application of N and P enhanced rice yields, while K had no yield-increasing effect because of large available soil K resource. The soil organic carbon remained at a stable level except for a decrease in the unfertilized treatment after 1988. Total N did not show clear changes with time or between treatments despite some fluctuation. The available soil K trend after 1985 as well as the comparison between treatments indicated clearly decreasing available soil K, particularly in the NP treatment. Available soil P significantly decreased in the P-omitted treatments, but remained at a stable level in the P-applied treatments with time. Of the total inorganic P (Pi), Ca phosphates (Ca-P) were the dominant Pi forms, accounting for 69\u201371%, followed by Fe phosphates (Fe-P), P occluded within Fe oxides (O-P) and then Al phosphates (Al-P). Of the Ca-P fractions, Ca2-P [CaHPO4\u00b7nH2O], Ca8-P [Ca8H2(PO4)6\u00b7nH2O] and Ca10-P [Ca10(PO4)6\u00b7(OH)2] accounted for 3.1\u20136.2, 5.8\u20136.4 and 87\u201391%, respectively. The NK treatment had significant Ca2-P depletion with time compared with the NPK treatment, and the similar trend was observed for Ca8-P despite decreasing Ca8-P with time for the two treatments. In the NK treatment, Ca2-P and Ca8-P had a good correlation with Olsen-P. The significant changes with time were not observed for Fe-P, O-P and Ca10-P. The P application caused a weak accumulation of Fe-P, O-P and Ca10-P, but had no significant effect on total Pi over time. The results suggest that (i) P application is indispensable to maintain high yields of rice under N application and (ii) there was a substantial P release from Ca2-P and Ca8-P linked to P uptake by crops. 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In this context, the current study aimed at assessing the combined effects of the vine-row application of an organic mulch (vine prunings) and no-tillage under two water regimes on soil properties, plant water and nutritional status, yield and must composition of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cv. Bobal grown under semi-arid conditions. For this purpose, a field experiment in a split-plot design was carried out for three years (2016\u20132018) in a mature Bobal vineyard located in Eastern Spain. Two soil management strategies (tillage and organic mulching with no-tillage) were assessed under two water regimes (rainfed and deficit drip irrigation) with four replications per combination. Vine responses were determined by measuring midday stem water potential, leaf nutrient concentrations, pruning weight, yield components and grape composition. Soil properties were assessed at the end of the experiment. Mulching and no-tillage positively affected vine water status under both water regimes, resulting in reductions in grape phenolic composition. Interactive effects of both water regime and soil management on water use efficiency were found. Regardless of soil management practice, irrigation increased yield and pruning weight when compared to rainfed conditions. Soil management had slight effects on vine nutritional status. At the end of the experiment, soil compaction increased and infiltration decreased as a consequence of mulching and no-tillage. Organic mulch and no-tillage improved vine water status, however, considering the final soil surface compaction and low water infiltration rate, longer-term studies are necessary to assess the sustainability of combining both practices.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Soil management", "sustainable viticulture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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The poly-metallic mine Dabaoshan in South China is an excellent test site to understand the processes affecting the surrounding polluted agricultural fields. Our objectives were firstly to investigate metal ion activity in soil solution, distribution in solid constituents, and spatial distribution in samples, secondly to determine dominant environment factors controlling metal activity in the long-term AMD-polluted subtropical soils. Soil Column Donnan Membrane Technology (SC-DMT) combined with sequential extraction shows that unusually large proportion of the metal ions are present as free ion in the soil solutions. The narrow range of low pH values prevents any pH effects during the binding onto oxides or organic matter. 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Different crop management strategies, such as drainage of paddy soils and climate-smart residue management, are essential in order to mitigate GHG emissions from flooded rice systems, but they often conflict with practical management preferences. The aim of this study was to assess the potential of early-season drainage for mitigating CH4 and N2O emissions from soils with and without added organic amendments in relation to native soil organic carbon (SOC). Rice plants were grown in pots under controlled conditions in a growth chamber with different treatments in a 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02\u00a0\u00d7\u00a03 factorial design. The treatments included an arable soil with two different carbon levels: 1.4% (low carbon, [L]) and 2.2% (high carbon [H]); two water regimes: midseason drainage (M) and early plus midseason drainage (EM); and three nutrient treatments: one inorganic control (nitrogen fertiliser only [N]), and two organic: maize straw\u00a0+\u00a0N fertiliser (S) and maize compost\u00a0+\u00a0N fertiliser (C). An equal amount of mineral N fertiliser was applied in all treatments. Straw and compost were applied to the soils on the basis of an equivalent amount of C added in each organic treatment. The results revealed rapid mineralization of organic C in the double-drained system, resulting in lower total CH4 emissions in treatments under early plus midseason drainage compared to those under midseason drainage only. Total CH4 emissions were reduced by 89% and 92% in the S\u00a0+\u00a0EM treatments in low C soils and high C soils respectively, as compared to S\u00a0+\u00a0M. The drainage effects on CH4 emissions from compost amendments were only significant in the low C soil, with a 61% reduction in EM compared to M drainage. N2O emissions from non-organic treatments in EM were 87% higher than in M under low C soils. The concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) were higher in organic treatments and decreased by the end of growth period. This experiment demonstrated an interaction between water and straw management to achieve both sustainable soil quality and low-emission rice production.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "550", "Soil organic carbon", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "GHG mitigation", "Nutrient management", "food security", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "630", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "soil organic carbon", "[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]", "climate change", "ghg mitigation", "nutrient management", "13. 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Phosphorus inputs altered sediment P sorption properties as P accumulated along the length of the ditch. Accumulation of bankside and sediment labile extractable P, Mehlich 3 P (M3P) (from 13 to 97 mg kg-1) resulted in a decrease in P binding energies (k) to", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Farm pollution", "Water", "Agriculture", "Phosphorus", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "farm pollution", "soil", "Soil", "sediment", "Drainage water", "Water Movements", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Sediment", "14. 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However, in drainage waters originating from heavy textured soils, where there is a need for in-ditch filters to retain both dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) and ammonium (NH4) simultaneously, the suitability of a RSSCT approach to model both parameters must be proved. In this study, a decision support tool was used to identify appropriate media that may be placed in filters for the removal of DRP and NH4. The selected media for this study were sand and zeolite. Both media were placed in acrylic tubes each with an internal diameter of 0.01 m and with lengths ranging from 0.1 to 0.4 m, and their performance for simultaneous removal of DRP and NH4 (1 mg DRP and NH4-N L\u22121) from water was evaluated. The data generated from the RSSCTs were used to model DRP and NH4 removals in 0.4 m-long laboratory columns of internal diameter 0.1 m, which had the same media configuration as the small columns and were operated using the same influent concentrations. The developed model successfully predicted the effluent concentration of both the DRP and NH4-N from the large columns. This indicates using RSSCTs to model the performance of filters will produce substantial savings in operational, financial and labour costs, without affecting the accuracy of model predictions.", "keywords": ["0211 other engineering and technologies", "Drainage", "Water", "Phosphorus", "Agriculture", "Adsorption", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "Ammonium", "6. 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Deploying the drains horizontally may be convenient where conventional vertical ones cannot be used, like beneath existing structures. The spacing among drains must be designed to limit the pore pressure build-up during shaking. The usual assumptions of radial consolidation around vertical drains, stemming from the assumption of an infinite number of drains, may not be appropriate for horizontal ones, since the latter are generally arranged in few rows at a shallow depth, especially if drainage at the ground level is possible as well. Hence, existing solutions for vertical \u201cearthquake\u201d drains have been modified in this work to take into account such different geometrical features. The resulting solution has been validated against numerical and experimental sets of data. Charts covering a wide range of geometrical layouts, soil properties, and seismic actions are finally proposed. They can be used to design the drain spacing that is needed so as not to exceed the target value of excess pore pressure in the ground.", "keywords": ["Liquefaction", "Design approach", "Consolidation", " Design approach", " Drainage", " Horizontal drains", " Liquefaction", " Risk mitigation", "Risk mitigation", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Drainage", "02 engineering and technology", "Horizontal drains", "Consolidation", "6. 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In a species-rich poor fen (Caricetum nigrae) and a species-poor drained fen, the difference in nutrient limitation of the vegetation was assessed in a full-factorial fertilization experiment with N, P and K. The results were compared to the nutrient ratios of plant material and to chemical analysis of the topsoil. A rewetting experiment with intact sods was carried out in the glasshouse and the results are discussed in view of restoration prospects of drained and degraded peatlands. In the undrained poor fen the above-ground biomass yield was N-limited while the vegetation of the drained fen was K-limited. Experimental rewetting of intact turf samples, taken in the drained site, did not change the biomass yield or the type of nutrient limitation. It was concluded that mire systems which have been subjected to prolonged drainage are inclined to pronounced K-deficiency, probably due to washing out of potassium and harvesting the standing crop. This may hamper restoration projects in degraded peat areas where nature conservation tries to restore species-rich vegetation types with a high nature value.

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The availability of water is a growing concern for flooded rice production. As such, several water-saving irrigation practices have been developed to reduce water requirements. Alternate wetting and drying and mid-season drainage have been shown to potentially reduce water requirements while maintaining rice yields when compared to continuous flooding. With the removal of permanently anaerobic conditions during the growing season, water-saving irrigation can also reduce CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions, helping reduce the impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the long-term impact of water-saving irrigation on soil organic carbon (SOC)\uffe2\uff80\uff94used here as an indicator of soil health and fertility\uffe2\uff80\uff94has not been explored. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis to assess the effects of common water-saving irrigation practices (alternate wetting and drying and mid-season drainage) on (i) SOC, and (ii) GHG emissions. Despite an extensive literature search, only 12 studies were found containing data to constrain the soil C balance in both continuous flooding and water-saving irrigation plots, highlighting the still limited understanding of long-term impacts of water-saving irrigation on soil health and GHG emissions. Water-saving irrigation was found to reduce emissions of CH4 by 52.3% and increased those of CO2 by 44.8%. CO2eq emissions were thereby reduced by 18.6% but the soil-to-atmosphere carbon (C) flux increased by 25% when compared to continuous flooding. Water-saving irrigation was also found to have a negative effect on both SOC\uffe2\uff80\uff94reducing concentrations by 5.2%\uffe2\uff80\uff94and soil organic nitrogen\uffe2\uff80\uff94potentially depleting stocks by more than 100 kg N/ha per year. While negative effects of water-saving irrigation on rice yield may not be visible in short-term experiments, care should be taken when assessing the long-term sustainability of these irrigation practices because they can decrease soil fertility. Strategies need to be developed for assessing the more long-term effects of these irrigation practices by considering trade-offs between water savings and other ecosystem services.

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Vast amounts of carbon are bound in both active layer and permafrost soils in the Arctic. As a consequence of climate warming, the depth of the active layer is increasing in size and permafrost soils are thawing. We hypothesize that pulses of biogenic volatile organic compounds are released from the near\uffe2\uff80\uff90surface active layer during spring, and during late summer season from thawing permafrost, while the subsequent biogeochemical processes occurring in thawed soils also lead to emissions. Biogenic volatile organic compounds are reactive gases that have both negative and positive climate forcing impacts when introduced to the Arctic atmosphere, and the knowledge of their emission magnitude and pattern is necessary to construct reliable climate models. However, it is unclear how different ecosystems and environmental factors such as drainage conditions upon permafrost thaw affect the emission and compound composition. Here we show that incubations of frozen B horizon of the active layer and permafrost soils collected from a High Arctic heath and fen release a range of biogenic volatile organic compounds upon thaw and during subsequent incubation experiments at temperatures of 10\uffc2\uffb0C and 20\uffc2\uffb0C. Meltwater drainage in the fen soils increased emission rates nine times, while having no effect in the drier heath soils. Emissions generally increased with temperature, and emission profiles for the fen soils were dominated by benzenoids and alkanes, while benzenoids, ketones, and alcohols dominated in heath soils. Our results emphasize that future changes affecting the drainage conditions of the Arctic tundra will have a large influence on volatile emissions from thawing permafrost soils \uffe2\uff80\uff93 particularly in wetland/fen areas.

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How successful was the restoration of a salt marsh at a former summer polder on the mainland coast of the Dutch Wadden Sea 10\uffc2\uffa0yr after de\uffe2\uff80\uff90embankment? What were the most important factors determining the level of restoration success?

Location

Noard\uffe2\uff80\uff90Frysl\uffc3\uffa2n B\uffc3\uffbbtendyks, northwest Netherlands.

Methods

The frequencies of target plant species were recorded before de\uffe2\uff80\uff90embankment and monitored thereafter (1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 10\uffc2\uffa0yr later) using permanent transects. Vegetation change was monitored using repeated mapping 14\uffc2\uffa0yr before and 1, 7 and 10\uffc2\uffa0yr after de\uffe2\uff80\uff90embankment. A large\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale factorial experiment with 72 sampling plots was set up to determine the effects of distance to a breach point, distance to a creek and grazing treatment on species composition. Abiotic data were also collected from the permanent transects and sampling plots on elevation, soil salinity and redox potential.

Results

Ten years after de\uffe2\uff80\uff90embankment, permanent transect data showed that 78% to 96% of the target species were found at the restoration site. Vegetation mapping, however, showed that the diversity of salt marsh communities was low, with 50% of the site covered by the secondary pioneer marsh community. A multivariate analogue of ANOVA indicated that the most important experimental factor determining species composition was the interaction between distance to the nearest creek and livestock grazing. The combination of proximity to a creek and exclusion from livestock grazing always resulted in development of the high marsh community. In contrast, the combination of being located far from a creek, grazed and situated at low elevation with accompanying high salinity resulted in development of the secondary pioneer marsh community.

Conclusions

Using target species as criteria, restoration success could be claimed 10\uffc2\uffa0yr after de\uffe2\uff80\uff90embankment. However, the diversity of communities in the salt marsh was lower than desired. Variable grazing regimes should be applied to high\uffe2\uff80\uff90elevation areas to prevent dominance by single species of tall grasses and to promote formation of vegetation mosaics. Low\uffe2\uff80\uff90elevation areas need lower grazing pressure. Also, an adequate soil drainage network should be preserved or constructed in low\uffe2\uff80\uff90elevation areas before de\uffe2\uff80\uff90embankment.

", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Salinity", "LAND", "Managed realignment", "Artificial saltmarsh", "NETHERLANDS", "Soil redox", "WADDEN SEA", "Soil drainage", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Long-term study", "COLONIZATION", "Grazing", "Halophytes", "Elevation", "14. Life underwater", "MANAGED REALIGNMENT", "ELEVATION", "SCALE"], "contacts": [{"organization": "R.M. Veeneklaas, Petra Daniels, Jan P. Bakker, E. R. Chang, Peter Esselink,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12195"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Vegetation%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/avsc.12195", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/avsc.12195", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/avsc.12195"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-08-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.16394", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-23T16:18:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-08-17", "title": "Lowering water table reduces carbon sink strength and carbon stocks in northern peatlands", "description": "Abstract

Peatlands at high latitudes have accumulated >400\uffe2\uff80\uff89Pg carbon (C) because saturated soil and cold temperatures suppress C decomposition. This substantial amount of C in Arctic and Boreal peatlands is potentially subject to increased decomposition if the water table (WT) decreases due to climate change, including permafrost thaw\uffe2\uff80\uff90related drying. Here, we optimize a version of the Organizing Carbon and Hydrology In Dynamic Ecosystems model (ORCHIDEE\uffe2\uff80\uff90PCH4) using site\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific observations to investigate changes in CO2 and CH4 fluxes as well as C stock responses to an experimentally manipulated decrease of WT at six northern peatlands. The unmanipulated control peatlands, with the WT <20\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm on average (seasonal max up to 45\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm) below the surface, currently act as C sinks in most years (58\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff8934\uffe2\uff80\uff89g C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921; including 6\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff897\uffe2\uff80\uff89g C\uffe2\uff80\uff93CH4 m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921 emission). We found, however, that lowering the WT by 10\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm reduced the CO2 sink by 13\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff8915\uffe2\uff80\uff89g\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921 and decreased CH4 emission by 4\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff894\uffe2\uff80\uff89g CH4 m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921, thus accumulating less C over 100\uffe2\uff80\uff89years (0.2\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff890.2\uffe2\uff80\uff89kg\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922). Yet, the reduced emission of CH4, which has a larger greenhouse warming potential, resulted in a net decrease in greenhouse gas balance by 310\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff89360\uffe2\uff80\uff89g\uffe2\uff80\uff89CO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90eq\uffc2\uffa0m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921. Peatlands with the initial WT close to the soil surface were more vulnerable to C loss: Non\uffe2\uff80\uff90permafrost peatlands lost >2\uffe2\uff80\uff89kg\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 over 100\uffe2\uff80\uff89years when WT is lowered by 50\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm, while permafrost peatlands temporally switched from C sinks to sources. These results highlight that reductions in C storage capacity in response to drying of northern peatlands are offset in part by reduced CH4 emissions, thus slightly reducing the positive carbon climate feedbacks of peatlands under a warmer and drier future climate scenario.Constructed wetlands (CWs) can be considered as an efficient nature-based solution for the treatment of agricultural drainage water (ADW) and consequently for the mitigation of non-point source pollution. Aiming to provide suggestions for the construction and implementation of CWs, this paper proposes and discusses key parameters of CW design and operation. In order to verify the effect of these features, different case studies were reviewed, focusing on the performance of CWs that are treating agricultural drainage water. The findings showed that design and operational factors (e.g., the application of simple hydraulic structures and vegetation establishment) can improve pollutant removal efficiencies by increasing hydraulic retention time. Hydraulic efficiency of CWs can also be enhanced through certain shape characteristics (e.g., adoption of a high aspect ratio and creation of a long and narrow CW shape). The careful consideration of these parameters before and during CW implementation can therefore help these systems to achieve their full potential. However, further study is recommended to assess the effects of some parameters (e.g., flow direction and the application of deep zones).Abstract. Plant species\uffe2\uff80\uff90rich Calthion meadows on mesotrophic fen peat soil extensively cut for hay are among the endangered semi\uffe2\uff80\uff90natural vegetation types in northwestern Europe. They are often badly affected by lowering the groundwater table (drainage) and fertilization.

In a comparative study of an undrained site with a Calthion meadow and an adjacent drained site, availability of N, P and K was biologically assessed under field conditions (for two years) as well as in a greenhouse (for 18 weeks) by measuring shoot responsiveness. Also, experimental wetting of intact turf samples taken from both sites was applied in order to study the interaction between nutrient supply and anaerobic soil conditions. It was concluded that the above\uffe2\uff80\uff90ground phytomass yield in the undrained site was restricted by a major shortage of N\uffe2\uff80\uff90supply and a moderate shortage of K\uffe2\uff80\uff90supply by the fen peat soil. The above\uffe2\uff80\uff90ground phytomass yield of the drained site was only reduced by a strongly limited supply of K by the soil. The extent of K\uffe2\uff80\uff90deficiency was larger for the drained site. No P\uffe2\uff80\uff90deficiency was observed in any of the drained or undrained sites. Rewetting turf samples, taken from the drained site, did not change above\uffe2\uff80\uff90ground phytomass yields, suggesting that nutrient supplies were not affected by rewetting. Leaching has likely resulted in a strong reduction of K\uffe2\uff80\uff90supply in the drained site. It is assumed that a shortage in K\uffe2\uff80\uff90supply from the peat soil may have become an important environmental constraint for characteristic plant species of Calthion meadows. This may hamper the development of this meadow type on drained peat soils after rewetting by groundwater discharge.

", "keywords": ["DYNAMICS", "0106 biological sciences", "NRS", "restoration", "GRASSLAND", "LIMITATION", "GROUNDWATER", "fen peat", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "SOIL", "VEGETATION PATTERNS", "ADLIB-ART-1990", "fertilization", "ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE", "FERTILIZER APPLICATION", "plant species richness", "macronutrient deficiency", "COMMUNITIES", "drainage", "management", "SEDIMENTS", "FENS"], "contacts": [{"organization": "JA Inberg, D. M. Pegtel, I.C. van Duren, BA Aerts,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2307/3237027"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Vegetation%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2307/3237027", "name": "item", "description": "10.2307/3237027", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2307/3237027"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "1997-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/w15061247", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-23T16:20:54Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-03-22", "title": "Slowing Down Quick Runoff\u2014A New Approach for the Delineation and Assessment of Critical Points, Contributing Areas, and Proposals of Measures to Reduce Non-Point Water Pollution from Agricultural Land", "description": "

Non-point sources of water pollution caused by agricultural crop production are a serious problem in Czechia, at present. This paper describes a new approach for the mutual delineation and assessment of different pollution sources where the critical points method is used to identify the origin of contamination and the source areas. The critical points, i.e., sites presenting the entry of quick surface and drainage runoff into waters, are classified into three (for surface pollution sources using a WaTEM/SEDEM model) or four (subsurface = drainage sources via the catchment-measures need index) categories, respectively. This enabled us to prioritize the most endangered areas at different scales, ranging from the third-order catchments to very small subcatchments, and to design the appropriate combination of control measures to mitigate surface and drainage water runoff, with these being the main drivers of associated pollution. This methodology was applied to a study conducted in the Czech Republic within the entire Vltava River basin, with a total area of 27,578 km2, and utilized in depth to assess a 543 km2 catchment of the Vla\u0161imsk\u00e1 Blanice River. When the effect of the designed surface runoff control measures system had been assessed for sediment transport through outlet profiles of the fourth-order catchments, the average reduction reached 43%. The total reduction in the subsurface transport of nitrogen within the fourth-order catchments was 24%. The approach and results are planned to be projected into river basin management plans for the Vltava River basin. Nevertheless, a thorough reassessment of current legislations and strategies is needed to enable the broader adoption of mitigation measures and sustainable management patterns within agricultural landscapes.

", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Non-point agricultural water pollution", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Drainage water management", "catchment prioritization; critical point; drainage water management; non-point agricultural water pollution; surface runoff; water retention", "Water retention", "15. Life on land", "Catchment prioritization", "Surface runoff", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Critical point"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1247/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1247/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/w15061247"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Water", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/w15061247", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/w15061247", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/w15061247"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-03-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5061/dryad.9w0vt4bk0", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-23T16:21:12Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "The influence of inherent soil factors and agricultural management on soil organic matter", "description": "unspecifiedField descriptions and sampling.\u00a0 Soil samples were collected from 218 farm fields across Wisconsin (n=212) and Minnesota (n=6) (Fig. 1) between 2015 and 2017. The fields represent a range of cropping systems common in the Upper Midwest. Six distinct regions were sampled and identified by either general region of a state (northeast Wisconsin, southeast Wisconsin, and southern Minnesota) or by watershed (Dry Run, Elk Creek, Jersey Valley) (Fig. 1). Elk Creek and Jersey Valley exist within the Driftless Region, an area characterized by steep slopes and flash flood events. All fields were planted into corn the season soil samples were collected. In each field, three composite soil samples were collected that consisted of five 0- to 15-cm soil cores collected with a probe of 2.5- or 7.5-cm internal diameter. Most soil samples (194) were collected prior to fertilizer application and corn planting (mid-April); 24 samples were in late June (2017 only). Soil sampling was conducted with an area of 36 m2 within the dominant soil map unit as identified by the USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey (Soil Survey Staff, 2019) and from an area identified by the farmer where average crop yields were obtained. The composite samples were stored cold and transferred into a freezer with 1 to 6 hours of sampling to stagnate microbial metabolism and organic matter mineralization. Within 30 days, soil samples were thawed and dried for 1 week at 32\u02daC in a forced-air drier, ground to pass through a 2-mm sieve, and stored at room temperature until analysis. Inherent soil properties such as texture class, sand and clay content of the surface horizon, and drainage class were obtained from the USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey (Soil Survey Staff, 2019). Agronomic management information regarding crop rotation, tillage practices, cover crop use, tile drainage, and manure and fertilizer applications were obtained directly from each farmer through an in-person interview. Long-term crop management practices were difficult to obtain for all farms; for example, it was difficult to get accurate information on how long a field had received manure. The dataset constructed uses recent cropping history (past 5 years) as a representation of specific management practices (that often have occurred much longer than just the past 5 years). Based on the collected data, four categories for crop rotation (continuous corn, corn-soybean, corn with small grain, and corn with alfalfa) and five categories for previous crop were created (Supplementary Table 2). Two categorical data were developed for cover crops: if there was a cover crop planted last fall (yes or no) and the number of times a cover crop was planted in the past 5 years. Tillage practices were categorized by practice [no tillage, minimum tillage (including vertical tillage or strip tillage), and conventional tillage (chisel, disk or moldboard)] and by the number of tillage passes that occurred between harvest of the previous year\u2019s crop and the planting of the current year\u2019s crop (0 to 4). Tillage was only considered no-till or minimum tillage if practiced for more than 4 years. Manure was categorized based on the number of manure applications that occurred in the past 5 years (0 to 5), when manure was applied in the past year (none, summer, fall, winter, or spring), and manure type (species and if solid or liquid). Tile drainage presence was also noted (yes or no). The manure N, fertilizer N, and total N input (which includes manure, fertilizer, and legume N inputs) (kg ha-1) to the previous corn crop were also collected. If farmers did not have manure analysis, estimates of available N were used (Laboski & Peters, 2012); N input from alfalfa biomass was assumed to be 101 kg ha-1 (Laboski & Peters, 2012).\u00a0 Soil analysis.\u00a0 Soil pH and SOM were analyzed by the University of Wisconsin Soil and Forage Analysis Laboratory (Marshfield, Wisconsin). Soil pH was calculated using a 1:1 slurry of 10 g soil and 10 mL of deionized water and measured with a glass electrode (Peters et al., 2015). Soil organic matter values were determined through loss on ignition by heating the soil to 360\u02daC for 2 hours (Combs et al., 2015). Total C (TC) and total N (TN) levels were determined via the dry combustion method using a Flash EA 1112CN Automatic Elemental Analyzer (Thermo Finnigan, Milan, Italy). Between 8 to 10 mg of finely ground soil were packed into a 5 mm by 9 mm tin capsule prior to combustion at temperatures exceeding 1000\u00b0C. Soils with pH greater than 7.0 were tested for effervescence using 5% HCl as an indicator if carbonates were present. If carbonates were not observed, TC was assumed to be TOC; if carbonates were observed, they were subject to acid-fumigation prior to dry combustion (Harris et al., 2001). Only 25 samples were analyzed for carbonates and 13 of those had carbonate concentrations above the detection limit. There were 218 samples for SOM, but only 2016 for TOC and TN because two samples were accidently discarded.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Alfalfa", "FOS: Agricultural sciences", "15. Life on land", "Total nitrogen", "Zea mays", "soil", "Tillage", "Maize", "soil organic carbon", "loss on ignition", "corn", "crop rotation", "Wisconsin", "soil organic matter", "manure", "Soil texture", "drainage", "Medicago sativa"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Ruark, Matt, Richardson, Greg, Radatz, Timothy, Radatz, Amber, Cooley, Eric, Augarten, Abigail,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9w0vt4bk0"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5061/dryad.9w0vt4bk0", "name": "item", "description": "10.5061/dryad.9w0vt4bk0", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5061/dryad.9w0vt4bk0"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-02-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7kg", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-23T16:21:12Z", "type": "Dataset", "created": "2023-11-27", "title": "Data from: The effect of drainage on the fine root biomass, production, and turnover in hemiboreal old-growth forests on organic soils", "description": "Open Access# The effect of drainage on the fine root biomass, production, and turnover in hemiboreal old-growth forests on organic soils ## #GWL _temp.csv This file contains data on study site soil temperature and groundwater level ## Description of the data and file structure Date - Sampling date Site - Study object name FT - Forest type (ND - not drained, KS - drained) Year - Sampling year Cycle - Sampling campaign number in specific sampling year PL - Sample plot of study object (1-3) Groundwater - Groundwater level depth from the ground surface, cm Soil_temp_10cm - Soil temperature at 10cm depth, \u00b0C Soil_temp_20cm - Soil temperature at 20cm depth, \u00b0C Soil_temp_30cm - Soil temperature at 30cm depth, \u00b0C Soil_temp_40cm - Soil temperature at 40cm depth, \u00b0C --- ## #Soil _data.csv This file contains data of study site soil analysis ## Description of the data and file structure Year - Sampling year Date - Sampling date Place - Study objects name FT - Forest type (ND - not drained, KS - drained) Soil_cm - Soil sampling depth Repetition - Number of repetitions (1-2) Soil_density - Soil bulk density, g/kg C_g_kg - Carbon content in sample, g/kg N_g_kg - Nitrogen content in sample, g/kg C_N - Carbon and Nitrogen ratio in sample pHKCl - Soil pH Pkop_g_kg - Total Phosphorus content in sample, g/kg K_mg_kg - Total Potassium content in sample, g/kg Ca_mg_kg - Total Calcium content in sample, g/kg Mg_mg_kg - Total Magnesium content in sample, g/kg --- ## #FRP _data.csv This file contains data of study site fine-root biomass, stand taxation indices and soil analysis per study object sample plot and fine-root fraction ## Description of the data and file structure ID - Study site ID Place - Study object name FT - Forest type (ND - not drained, KS - drained) Cycle - Sampling campaign number in specific sampling year PL - Sampling plot number Fraction - Fine-root fraction by name FRB - Fine-root biomass, t/ha FRB_BA - Fine-root biomass per basal area Pine_yield - Pine tree growing stock, m3/ha N_ha - Tree count per ha Spruce_yield - Spruce tree growing stock, m3/ha Shrub_percentage - Percentage of shrubs in ground vegetation Herb_percentage - Percentage of herbacous plants in ground vegetation D - Diameter at breast height, cm G_m2ha - basal area, m2/ha CN - soil C and N ratio pHKCl - soil pH CgKg - Soil Carbon (C) content, g/kg NgKg - Soil Nitrogen (N) content, g/kg --- ## #Mean _FRB _pa _frakcijam.csv This file contains data of study site average fine-root biomass per study object sample plot and fine-root fraction ## Description of the data and file structure ID - Study site ID Object - Study object name FT - Forest type (ND - not drained, KS - drained) PL - Sampling campaign number in specific sampling year Fraction - Fine-root fraction by name AvgFRB - Average fine-root biomass, t/ha FRB_BA - Average fine-root biomass per basal area Sd - Standarddeviation of average fine-root biomass n - sampling campaign count se - Standarderror of average fine-root biomass Basal_Area - basal area, m2/ha --- ## #PCA _analize.csv This file contains data of study site for PCA analysis containing fine-root biomass, production and turnover, taxation indices and soil data per sample plot ## Description of the data and file structure ID - Study site ID Site - Study object name FT - Forest type (ND - not drained, KS - drained) Plot - - Sampling plot number SP_FRB - Scots pine fine-root biomass, t/ha SP_FRP - Scots pine fine-root production, t/ha/yr SP_T - Scots pine fine-root turnover, t/yr PineFRB_BA - Scots pine fine-root biomass per stand basal area, t/m2 NS_FRB - Norway spruce fine-root biomass, t/ha NS_FRP - Norway spruce fine-root production, t/ha/yr NS_T - Norway spruce fine-root turnover, t/yr SpurceFRB_BA - Norway spruce fine-root biomass per stand basal area, t/m2 H_FRB - Herb fine-root biomass, t/ha DS_FRB - Dwarf shrub fine-root biomass, t/ha DS_FRP - Dwarf shub fine-root production, t/ha/yr TOT_FRP - Total fine-root production, t/ha/yr SP_dFRB - Scots pine fine-root necromass, t/ha NS_dFRB - Norway spruce fine-root necromass, t/ha C_g_kg - Soil Carbon content, g/kg N_g_kg - Soil Nitrogen content, g/kg C_N - Carbon and Nitrogen ratio in sample pHKCl - Soil pH Pkop - Total soil Phosphorous content, g/kg Aug_bl - Soil bulk density, g/kg Dg - Diameter at breast height, cm Hg - Tree height, m G - basal area, m2/ha Yield_1st - First layer tree growing stock, m3/ha N_ha - Tree count per ha SP_m3ha - Pine tree growing stock, m3/ha NS_m3ha - Spruce tree growing stock, m3/ha DS_m2 - Dwarf shrub coverage, m2 H_m2 - Herbacous plant coverage, m2 --- ## #R _frb.csv This file contains raw data of fine-root samples per site, sample plot, fraction and sampling depth ## Description of the data and file structure Place - Study objects name ID - Sample ID CM - Sampling depth, cm Fraction - Fine-root fraction ID Species - Fine-root fraction by name Status - Fine-root status (living/dead) Weight_g - Sample weight FT - Forest type (ND - not drained, KS - drained) FRB - Fine-root biomass, t/ja Cycle - Sampling campaign number ID_cycle - Sample ID per sampling cycle PL - Sampling plot number Place_pl_cm_cycle - ID containing study object name, forest type, sampling depth and sampling cycle ## Sharing/Access information Correspondence: Valters Samariks, Latvian State Forest Research Institute 'Silava', Latvia, Salaspils, R\u012bgas street 111, LV-2169, Email: ; ORCID: 0000-0001-9953-0455 ## Code Code for this data file is available in Fine_root_calculations_DRYAD.R", "keywords": ["hemiboreal", "Fine-root production", "forest drainage", "Peat", "fine-root turnover", "FOS: Agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Samariks, Valters", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7kg"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7kg", "name": "item", "description": "10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7kg", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7kg"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-02-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5194/bg-2021-259", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-23T16:21:24Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-10-20", "title": "Peat macropore networks \u2013 new insights into episodic and hotspot methane emission", "description": "

Abstract. Peatlands are important natural sources of atmospheric methane (CH4) emissions. The emissions are strongly influenced by the diffusion of oxygen into the soil and of CH4 from the soil to the atmosphere. This diffusion, in turn, is controlled by the structure of macropore networks. The characterization of peat pore structure and connectivity through complex network theory approaches can give insight into how the relationship between the microscale pore space properties and CH4 emissions on a macroscopic scale is shaped. The formation of anaerobic pockets, which are local hotspots of CH4 production in unsaturated peat, can also be conceptualized through a pore network approach. In this study, we extracted interconnecting macropore networks from three-dimensional X-ray micro-computed tomography (\u00b5CT) images of peat samples and evaluated local and global connectivity metrics for the networks. We also simulated the water retention characteristics of the peat samples using a pore network modeling approach and compared the simulation results with measured water retention characteristics. The results showed large differences in peat macropore structure and pore network connectivity between vertical soil layers. The macropore space was more connected and the flow paths through the peat matrix were less tortuous near the soil surface than at deeper depths. In addition, macroporosity, structural anisotropy, and average pore throat diameter decreased with depth. Narrower and more winding air-filled diffusion channels may reduce the rate of CH4 transport as the distance from the peat layer to the soil\u2013air interface increases. Hysteresis was found to affect the evolution of the volume of connected air-filled pore space in unsaturated peat. Thus, the formation of anaerobic pockets may occur in a smaller soil volume and methanogenesis may be slower when the peat is wetting compared to drying conditions. This hysteretic behavior should be taken into account in biogeochemical models to explain the hotspots and episodic spikes of CH4 emissions. The network analysis also suggests that both local and global network connectivity metrics, such as the network average clustering coefficient and closeness centrality, might serve as proxies for assessing the efficiency of CH4 diffusion in air-filled pore networks. However, the applicability of the network metrics was restricted to the high-porosity near-surface layer. The spatial extent and global continuity of the pore network and the spatial distribution of the pores may be reflected in different network metrics in contrasting ways.

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Abstract. Andean headwater catchments are an important source of freshwater for downstream water users. However, few long-term studies exist on the relative importance of climate change and direct anthropogenic perturbations on flow regimes in these catchments. In this paper, we assess change in streamflow based on long time series of hydrometeorological data (1974\uffe2\uff80\uff932008) and land cover reconstructions (1963\uffe2\uff80\uff932009) in the Pangor catchment (282 km2) located in the tropical Andes. Three main land cover change trajectories can be distinguished during the period 1963\uffe2\uff80\uff932009: (1) expansion of agricultural land by an area equal to 14 % of the catchment area (or 39 km2) in 46 years' time, (2) deforestation of native forests by 11 % (or \uffe2\uff88\uff9231 km2) corresponding to a mean rate of 67 ha yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921, and (3) afforestation with exotic species in recent years by about 5 % (or 15 km2). Over the time period 1963\uffe2\uff80\uff932009, about 50 % of the 64 km2 of native forests was cleared and converted to agricultural land. Given the strong temporal variability of precipitation and streamflow data related to El Ni\uffc3\uffb1o\uffe2\uff80\uff93Southern Oscillation, we use empirical mode decomposition techniques to detrend the time series. The long-term increasing trend in rainfall is remarkably different from the observed changes in streamflow, which exhibit a decreasing trend. Hence, observed changes in streamflow are not the result of long-term change in precipitation but very likely result from anthropogenic disturbances associated with land cover change.

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Non-point sources of water pollution caused by agricultural crop production are a serious problem in Czechia, at present. This paper describes a new approach for the mutual delineation and assessment of different pollution sources where the critical points method is used to identify the origin of contamination and the source areas. The critical points, i.e., sites presenting the entry of quick surface and drainage runoff into waters, are classified into three (for surface pollution sources using a WaTEM/SEDEM model) or four (subsurface = drainage sources via the catchment-measures need index) categories, respectively. This enabled us to prioritize the most endangered areas at different scales, ranging from the third-order catchments to very small subcatchments, and to design the appropriate combination of control measures to mitigate surface and drainage water runoff, with these being the main drivers of associated pollution. This methodology was applied to a study conducted in the Czech Republic within the entire Vltava River basin, with a total area of 27,578 km2, and utilized in depth to assess a 543 km2 catchment of the Vla\u0161imsk\u00e1 Blanice River. When the effect of the designed surface runoff control measures system had been assessed for sediment transport through outlet profiles of the fourth-order catchments, the average reduction reached 43%. The total reduction in the subsurface transport of nitrogen within the fourth-order catchments was 24%. The approach and results are planned to be projected into river basin management plans for the Vltava River basin. Nevertheless, a thorough reassessment of current legislations and strategies is needed to enable the broader adoption of mitigation measures and sustainable management patterns within agricultural landscapes.

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Mulching and no-tillage positively affected vine water status under both water regimes, resulting in reductions in grape phenolic composition. Interactive effects of both water regime and soil management on water use efficiency were found. Regardless of soil management practice, irrigation increased yield and pruning weight when compared to rainfed conditions. Soil management had slight effects on vine nutritional status. At the end of the experiment, soil compaction increased and infiltration decreased as a consequence of mulching and no-tillage. Organic mulch and no-tillage improved vine water status, however, considering the final soil surface compaction and low water infiltration rate, longer-term studies are necessary to assess the sustainability of combining both practices.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Soil management", "sustainable viticulture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Abstract. Peatlands are important natural sources of atmospheric methane (CH4) emissions. The emissions are strongly influenced by the diffusion of oxygen into the soil and of CH4 from the soil to the atmosphere. This diffusion, in turn, is controlled by the structure of macropore networks. The characterization of peat pore structure and connectivity through complex network theory approaches can give insight into how the relationship between the microscale pore space properties and CH4 emissions on a macroscopic scale is shaped. The formation of anaerobic pockets, which are local hotspots of CH4 production in unsaturated peat, can also be conceptualized through a pore network approach. In this study, we extracted interconnecting macropore networks from three-dimensional X-ray micro-computed tomography (\u00b5CT) images of peat samples and evaluated local and global connectivity metrics for the networks. We also simulated the water retention characteristics of the peat samples using a pore network modeling approach and compared the simulation results with measured water retention characteristics. The results showed large differences in peat macropore structure and pore network connectivity between vertical soil layers. The macropore space was more connected and the flow paths through the peat matrix were less tortuous near the soil surface than at deeper depths. In addition, macroporosity, structural anisotropy, and average pore throat diameter decreased with depth. Narrower and more winding air-filled diffusion channels may reduce the rate of CH4 transport as the distance from the peat layer to the soil\u2013air interface increases. Hysteresis was found to affect the evolution of the volume of connected air-filled pore space in unsaturated peat. Thus, the formation of anaerobic pockets may occur in a smaller soil volume and methanogenesis may be slower when the peat is wetting compared to drying conditions. This hysteretic behavior should be taken into account in biogeochemical models to explain the hotspots and episodic spikes of CH4 emissions. The network analysis also suggests that both local and global network connectivity metrics, such as the network average clustering coefficient and closeness centrality, might serve as proxies for assessing the efficiency of CH4 diffusion in air-filled pore networks. However, the applicability of the network metrics was restricted to the high-porosity near-surface layer. The spatial extent and global continuity of the pore network and the spatial distribution of the pores may be reflected in different network metrics in contrasting ways.

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Climate action", "NORTHERN PEATLANDS", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/19/1959/2022/bg-19-1959-2022.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10138/342506"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biogeosciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10138/342506", "name": "item", "description": "10138/342506", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10138/342506"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-10-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "11019/2522", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-23T16:24:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-12-19", "title": "Impact of P inputs on source-sink P dynamics of sediment along an agricultural ditch network", "description": "Phosphorus (P) loss from intensive dairy farms is a pressure on water quality in agricultural catchments. At farm scale, P sources can enter in-field drains and open ditches, resulting in transfer along ditch networks and delivery into nearby streams. Open ditches could be a potential location for P mitigation if the right location was identified, depending on P sources entering the ditch and the source-sink dynamics at the sediment-water interface. The objective of this study was to identify the right location along a ditch to mitigate P losses on an intensive dairy farm. High spatial resolution grab samples for water quality, along with sediment and bankside samples, were collected along an open ditch network to characterise the P dynamics within the ditch. Phosphorus inputs to the ditch adversely affected water quality, and a step change in P concentrations (increase in mean dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) from 0.054 to 0.228 mg L-1) midway along the section of the ditch sampled, signalled the influence of a point source entering the ditch. Phosphorus inputs altered sediment P sorption properties as P accumulated along the length of the ditch. Accumulation of bankside and sediment labile extractable P, Mehlich 3 P (M3P) (from 13 to 97 mg kg-1) resulted in a decrease in P binding energies (k) to", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Farm pollution", "Water", "Agriculture", "Phosphorus", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "farm pollution", "soil", "Soil", "sediment", "Drainage water", "Water Movements", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Sediment", "14. Life underwater", "phosphorus", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "agriculture", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/11019/2522"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11019/2522", "name": "item", "description": "11019/2522", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11019/2522"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "11019/3383", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-23T16:24:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-07-26", "title": "Developing and validating a decision support tool for media selection to mitigate drainage waters", "description": "The nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N) and ammonium (NH4-N) and/or dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) load in drainage water from farms can be managed by reactive or biological media filters. The nutrient content of the drainage water can be obtained directly from water analysis, which immediately focuses attention on filter media selection. There are many factors that may be important before choosing a medium or media e.g. nutrient removal capacity, lifetime, hydraulic conductivity, the potential for pollution swapping , attenuation of non-target contaminants (e.g. pesticides, organic carbon, etc.), and local availability and transportation cost of media to site. In this study, a novel decision support tool (DST) was developed, which brought all these factors together in one place for five nutrient scenarios. A systematic literature review was conducted to create a database containing 75 media with an associated static scoring system across seven criteria (% of nutrient concentration reduction, removal of other pollutants, lifetime, hydraulic conductivity, negative externalities) and a dynamic scoring system across two criteria (delivery cost and availability). The DST was tested using case studies from Ireland, Belgium and USA with different agricultural practices and nutrient scenarios. It was then validated by SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunities and threats) analysis. The DST provided a rapid, easily modifiable screening of many media-based treatments for specific dual or single nutrient-based water drainage problems. This provides stakeholders (farmers/regulators/advisors) with a versatile, flexible and robust yet easy-to-understand framework to make informed choices on appropriate media-based mitigation measures according to users relevant technical, economic and logistical factors.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Farm pollution", "Nitrogen", "Phosphorus", "Agriculture", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "6. Clean water", "farm pollution", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. Climate action", "Drainage water", "phosphorus", "agriculture", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/152292/8/1-s2.0-S2590290319300100-main.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/11019/3383"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11019/3383", "name": "item", "description": "11019/3383", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11019/3383"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "11019/3416", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-23T16:24:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-07-01", "title": "Use of rapid small-scale column tests for simultaneous prediction of phosphorus and nitrogen retention in large-scale filters", "description": "Abstract Rapid small-scale column tests (RSSCTs) have been previously used to predict the effluent concentration of a single nutrient in large filters with good accuracy. However, in drainage waters originating from heavy textured soils, where there is a need for in-ditch filters to retain both dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) and ammonium (NH4) simultaneously, the suitability of a RSSCT approach to model both parameters must be proved. In this study, a decision support tool was used to identify appropriate media that may be placed in filters for the removal of DRP and NH4. The selected media for this study were sand and zeolite. Both media were placed in acrylic tubes each with an internal diameter of 0.01 m and with lengths ranging from 0.1 to 0.4 m, and their performance for simultaneous removal of DRP and NH4 (1 mg DRP and NH4-N L\u22121) from water was evaluated. The data generated from the RSSCTs were used to model DRP and NH4 removals in 0.4 m-long laboratory columns of internal diameter 0.1 m, which had the same media configuration as the small columns and were operated using the same influent concentrations. The developed model successfully predicted the effluent concentration of both the DRP and NH4-N from the large columns. This indicates using RSSCTs to model the performance of filters will produce substantial savings in operational, financial and labour costs, without affecting the accuracy of model predictions.", "keywords": ["0211 other engineering and technologies", "Drainage", "Water", "Phosphorus", "Agriculture", "Adsorption", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "Ammonium", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/11019/3416"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Water%20Process%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11019/3416", "name": "item", "description": "11019/3416", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11019/3416"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "21.11116/0000-000A-E334-B", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-23T16:25:09Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-08-17", "title": "Lowering water table reduces carbon sink strength and carbon stocks in northern peatlands", "description": "Abstract

Peatlands at high latitudes have accumulated >400\uffe2\uff80\uff89Pg carbon (C) because saturated soil and cold temperatures suppress C decomposition. This substantial amount of C in Arctic and Boreal peatlands is potentially subject to increased decomposition if the water table (WT) decreases due to climate change, including permafrost thaw\uffe2\uff80\uff90related drying. Here, we optimize a version of the Organizing Carbon and Hydrology In Dynamic Ecosystems model (ORCHIDEE\uffe2\uff80\uff90PCH4) using site\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific observations to investigate changes in CO2 and CH4 fluxes as well as C stock responses to an experimentally manipulated decrease of WT at six northern peatlands. The unmanipulated control peatlands, with the WT <20\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm on average (seasonal max up to 45\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm) below the surface, currently act as C sinks in most years (58\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff8934\uffe2\uff80\uff89g C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921; including 6\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff897\uffe2\uff80\uff89g C\uffe2\uff80\uff93CH4 m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921 emission). We found, however, that lowering the WT by 10\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm reduced the CO2 sink by 13\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff8915\uffe2\uff80\uff89g\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921 and decreased CH4 emission by 4\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff894\uffe2\uff80\uff89g CH4 m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921, thus accumulating less C over 100\uffe2\uff80\uff89years (0.2\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff890.2\uffe2\uff80\uff89kg\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922). Yet, the reduced emission of CH4, which has a larger greenhouse warming potential, resulted in a net decrease in greenhouse gas balance by 310\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff89360\uffe2\uff80\uff89g\uffe2\uff80\uff89CO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90eq\uffc2\uffa0m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921. Peatlands with the initial WT close to the soil surface were more vulnerable to C loss: Non\uffe2\uff80\uff90permafrost peatlands lost >2\uffe2\uff80\uff89kg\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 over 100\uffe2\uff80\uff89years when WT is lowered by 50\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm, while permafrost peatlands temporally switched from C sinks to sources. These results highlight that reductions in C storage capacity in response to drying of northern peatlands are offset in part by reduced CH4 emissions, thus slightly reducing the positive carbon climate feedbacks of peatlands under a warmer and drier future climate scenario.Managing agricultural watersheds in an environmentally friendly manner necessitate the strategic implementation of well-targeted sustainable land management (SLM) practices that limit soil and nonpoint source pollution losses and translocation. Watershed-scale SLM-scenario modeling has the potential to identify efficient and effective management strategies from the field to the integrated landscape level. In a case study targeting a 66-hectare watershed in Petzenkirchen, Lower Austria, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was utilized to evaluate a variety of locally adoptable SLM practices. SWAT was calibrated and validated (monthly) at the catchment outlet for flow, sediment, nitrate-nitrogen (NO3\uffe2\uff80\uff93N), ammonium nitrogen (NH4\uffe2\uff80\uff93N), and mineralized phosphorus (PO4\uffe2\uff80\uff93P) using SWATplusR. Considering the locally existing agricultural practices and socioeconomic and environmental factors of the research area, four conservation practices were evaluated: baseline scenario, contour farming (CF), winter cover crops (CC), and a combination of no-till and cover crops (NT\uffe2\uff80\uff89+\uffe2\uff80\uff89CC). The NT\uffe2\uff80\uff89+\uffe2\uff80\uff89CC SLM practice was found to be the most effective soil conservation practice in reducing soil loss by around 80%, whereas CF obtained the best results for decreasing the nutrient loads of NO3\uffe2\uff80\uff93N and PO4\uffe2\uff80\uff93P by 11% and 35%, respectively. The findings of this study imply that the setup SWAT model can serve the context-specific performance assessment and eventual promotion of SLM interventions that mitigate on-site land degradation and the consequential off-site environmental pollution resulting from agricultural nonpoint sources.