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The Long-Term Effect of Slowly Dissolved Crushed Basic Rocks Amelioration on Metals Bioavailability in Soil

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Concentrations and bioavailability of Al, Fe, Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Mn in mountain forest soil replanted with speckled alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) are explored 7 years after soil surface vs. planting hole application of amphibolite and dolomitic limestone mixture. The mechanisms of slow limestone dissolution are explained and discussed from broader systematic view. The aspects of soil pH and oxidable carbon and the cation exchange capacity changes as well as changes of water-soluble, total, and effective concentrations of tested elements in the amended soils are included. The soil amendment invoked the depletion of K (and slightly Zn) effective concentration. The total concentrations of Ca, Mn, Al, and partly Mg in soil were increased owing to the presence of these elements in the amendment; the water-soluble concentrations nor effective concentrations of Al, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, and Pb were increased. Moreover, the effective concentration of Al in both amended variants decreased. The usual negative side effects of liming were not observed due to the slow dissolution of the amendment. Further, the surface application of the amendment is cheaper than the planting hole application, but there are some expected losses of the amendment by concurrent uptake by grass and by flushing.

The difference between two liming treatments in contrast to the control

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic (Project No. QH 92087) and by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (S grant) and by the Czech Science Foundation 13-21409P.

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  1. Department of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague - Suchdol, Czech Republic

    Michal Jakl, Jiřina Száková & Jiří Balík

  2. Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo náměstí 2, 166 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Jana Jaklová Dytrtová

  3. Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague - Suchdol, Czech Republic

    Ivan Kuneš & Martin Baláš

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Jakl, M., Jaklová Dytrtová, J., Kuneš, I. et al. The Long-Term Effect of Slowly Dissolved Crushed Basic Rocks Amelioration on Metals Bioavailability in Soil. Water Air Soil Pollut 225, 1937 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-1937-6

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