<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper presents the correlations between two different analytical methods of assessing soil nutrient contents. Soil nutrient content measurements measured using the flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS ) method, which uses barium chloride extraction, were compared with those of the now-unused Gedroiz method, which uses ammonium chloride extraction (calcium by titration, magnesium, potassium and sodium by weighing). Natural forest soils from the Ukrainian Carpathians at the localities of Javorník and Pop Ivan were used. Despite the risk of analysis errors during the complicated analytical procedure, the results showed a high level of correlation between different nutrient content measurements across the whole soil profile. This allows concentration values given in different studies to be linearly recalculated on results of modern method. In this way, results can be used to study soil’s chemical changes over time from the soil samples that were analysed in the past using labour-intensive and time-consuming methods with a higher risk of analytic error.</p></abstract>

This paper presents the correlations between two different analytical methods of assessing soil nutrient contents. Soil nutrient content measurements measured using the flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS ) method, which uses barium chloride extraction, were compared with those of the now-unused Gedroiz method, which uses ammonium chloride extraction (calcium by titration, magnesium, potassium and sodium by weighing). Natural forest soils from the Ukrainian Carpathians at the localities of Javorník and Pop Ivan were used. Despite the risk of analysis errors during the complicated analytical procedure, the results showed a high level of correlation between different nutrient content measurements across the whole soil profile. This allows concentration values given in different studies to be linearly recalculated on results of modern method. In this way, results can be used to study soil’s chemical changes over time from the soil samples that were analysed in the past using labour-intensive and time-consuming methods with a higher risk of analytic error.

Comparison of modern and traditional methods of soilsorption complex measurement : the basis of long -term studies and modelling

Department of Geology and Pedology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Department of Environmental Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry, Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3, 118 21 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Department of Forest Ecology, The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Lidická 25/27, 657 20 Brno, Czech Republic

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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This paper presents the correlations between two different analytical methods of assessing soil nutrient contents. Soil nutrient content measurements measured...

Comparison of modern and traditional methods of soilsorption complex measurement : the basis of long -term studies and modelling

Published Online: Apr 12, 2014

Page range: 48 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2014-0006

Keywords
Gedroiz, flame atomic absorption spectrometry, base cations, soil analysis, natural forest, sorption complex

© by Aleš Kučera

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Comparison of modern and traditional methods of soilsorption complex measurement : the basis of long -term studies and modelling

Published Online: Apr 12, 2014

Page range: 48 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2014-0006

KeywordsGedroiz, flame atomic absorption spectrometry, base cations, soil analysis, natural forest, sorption complex

© by Aleš Kučera

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
Gedroiz, flame atomic absorption spectrometry, base cations, soil analysis, natural forest, sorption complex