INCREASING CONCENTRATION OF DEICING SALT IN SOILS IN THE BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F18%3A00507209" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/18:00507209 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/18:10387860 RIV/49777513:23420/18:43954311

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.ejes.cz/index.php/ejes/article/view/376/306" target="_blank" >http://www.ejes.cz/index.php/ejes/article/view/376/306</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23361964.2018.15" target="_blank" >10.14712/23361964.2018.15</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

INCREASING CONCENTRATION OF DEICING SALT IN SOILS IN THE BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK

Original language description

The negative effects of applying deicing salts to ecosystems are well documented for many countries. Most chemical transport from roads occurs in stormwater runoff through or over soil. Runoff pollutants alter soil chemistry, may be absorbed by plants and affect stream ecosystems, where they are dispersed and diluted over considerable distances. There was little detailed knowledge of the effects of deicing salts on ecosystems in the Bavarian Forest NP until 2011, when nine permanent sites were established along the main road in the eastern part of the NP. Soil samples were collected from four of these permanent sites in 2012, 2015 and 2018 and analysed by a certified laboratory. The results of soil chemical analysis were used to compare sites and samples from years 2012, 2015 and 2018. Our research confirmed the increasing concentrations of Na+ and Cl-ions in ecosystems in the Bavarian Forest NP. The highest concentrations of Na+ and Cl-ions were recorded in samples from sites # 4 and 5, which are located only several meters from the bank of the Grosse Ohe River. These concentrations were more than ten times higher than in samples from sites where deicing salt was not used. Amphibians, water insects and other extremely sensitive species and habitats occur in this part of the Bavarian Forest NP and are probably suffering from increasing salinity of their habitats. More research focusing on a better understanding of the spread of deicing salt in the ecosystem together with improving road maintenance technologies are need in order to improve the situation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1415" target="_blank" >LO1415: CzechGlobe 2020 – Development of the Centre of Global Climate Change Impacts Studies</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Environmental Sciences

ISSN

1805-0174

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

109-116

UT code for WoS article

000453587400003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85062957896