Relationships between soil water repellency and microbial community composition under different plant species in a Mediterranean semiarid forest

Soil water repellency (SWR) can influence many hydrological soil properties, including water infiltration, uneven moisture distribution or water retention. In the current study we investigated how variable SWR persistence in the field is related to the soil microbial community under different plant...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 2014-06, Vol.62 (2), p.101-107
Hauptverfasser: Lozano, Elena, Garcia-Orenes, Fuensanta, Barcenas-Moreno, Gema, Jimenez-Pinilla, Patricia, Mataix-Solera, Jorge, Arcenegui, Victoria, Morugan-Coronado, Alicia, Mataix-Beneyto, Jorge
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Zusammenfassung:Soil water repellency (SWR) can influence many hydrological soil properties, including water infiltration, uneven moisture distribution or water retention. In the current study we investigated how variable SWR persistence in the field is related to the soil microbial community under different plant species (P. halepensis, Q. rotundifolia, C. albidus and R. officinalis) in a Mediterranean forest. The soil microbial community was determined through phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA). The relationships between microbiological community structure and the soil properties pH, Glomalin Related Soil Protein (GRSP) and soil organic matter (SOM) content were also studied. Different statistical analyses were used: Principal Component Analysis (PCA), ANOVA, Redundancy Analysis and Pearson correlations. The highest concentrations of PLFA were found in the most water repellent samples. PCA showed that microorganism composition was more dependent of the severity of SWR than the type of plant species. In the Redundancy Analysis, SWR was the only significant factor (p
ISSN:0042-790X
1338-4333
DOI:10.2478/johh-2014-0017