scholarly journals Biodegraded peat and ultrafine calcium carbonate result in retained metals and higher microbial diversities in boreal acid sulfate soil

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-130
Author(s):  
Eva Högfors-Rönnholm ◽  
Stephan Christel ◽  
Tom Lillhonga ◽  
Sten Engblom ◽  
Peter Österholm ◽  
...  
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Akhmad Mustafa ◽  
Rachmansyah Rachmansyah ◽  
Dody Dharmawan Trijuno ◽  
Ruslaini Ruslaini

Rumput laut (Gracilaria verrucosa) telah dibudidayakan di tambak tanah sulfat masam dengan kualitas dan kuantitas produksi yang relatif tinggi. Oleh karena itu, dilakukan penelitian yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui peubah kualitas air yang mempengaruhi laju pertumbuhan rumput laut di tambak tanah sulfat masam Kecamatan Angkona Kabupaten Luwu Timur Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan. Pemeliharaan rumput laut dilakukan di 30 petak tambak  terpilih selama 6 minggu. Bibit rumput laut dengan bobot 100 g basah ditebar dalam hapa berukuran 1,0 m x 1,0 m x 1,2 m. Peubah tidak bebas yang diamati adalah laju pertumbuhan relatif, sedangkan peubah bebas adalah peubah kualitas air yang meliputi: intensitas cahaya, salinitas, suhu, pH, karbondioksida, nitrat, amonium, fosfat, dan besi. Analisis regresi berganda digunakan untuk menentukan peubah bebas yang dapat digunakan untuk memprediksi peubah tidak bebas. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa laju pertumbuhan relatif rumput laut di tambak tanah sulfat masam berkisar antara 1,52% dan 3,63%/hari dengan rata-rata 2,88% ± 0,56%/hari. Di antara 9 peubah kualitas air yang diamati ternyata hanya 5 peubah kualitas air yaitu: nitrat, salinitas, amonium, besi, dan fosfat yang mempengaruhi pertumbuhan rumput laut secara nyata. Untuk meningkatkan pertumbuhan rumput laut di tambak tanah sulfat masam Kecamatan Angkona Kabupaten Luwu Timur dapat dilakukan dengan pemberian pupuk yang mengandung nitrogen untuk meningkatkan kandungan amonium dan nitrat serta pemberian pupuk yang mengandung fosfor untuk meningkatkan kandungan fosfat sampai pada nilai tertentu, melakukan remediasi untuk menurunkan kandungan besi serta memelihara rumput laut pada salinitas air yang lebih tinggi, tetapi tidak melebihi 30 ppt.Seaweed (Gracilaria verrucosa) has been cultivated in acid sulfate soil-affected ponds with relatively high quality and quantity of seaweed production. A research has been conducted to study water quality variables that influence the growth of seaweed in acid sulfate soil-affected ponds of Angkona Sub-district East Luwu Regency South Sulawesi Province. Cultivation of seaweed was done for six weeks in 30 selected brackishwater ponds. Seeds of seaweed with weight of 100 g were stocked in hapa sized 1.0 m x 1.0 m x 1.2 m. Dependent variable that was observed was specific growth rate, whereas independent variables were water quality variables including light intensity, salinity, temperature, pH, carbondioxide, nitrate, ammonium, phosphate, and iron. Analyses of multiple regressions were used to determine the independent variables which could be used to predict the dependent variable. Research result indicated that relative growth rate of seaweed in acid sulfate soils-affected brackishwater ponds ranged from 1.52% to 3.63%/day with 2.88% ± 0.56%/day in average. Among nine observed water quality variables, only five variables namely: nitrate, salinity, ammonium, phosphate and iron influence significantly on the growth of seaweed in acid sulfate soils-affected brackishwater ponds. The growth of seaweed in acid sulfate soils-affected brackishwater ponds of Angkona District East Luwu Regency, can be improved by using nitrogen-based fertilizers to increase ammonium and nitrate contents and also fertilizers which contain phosphorus to improve phosphate content to a certain level. Pond remediation to decrease iron content and also rearing seaweed at higher salinity (but less than 30 ppt) can also be alternatives to increase the growth of seaweed.


1996 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Jugsujinda ◽  
J. Prasittikhet ◽  
R. D. DeLaune ◽  
C. W. Lindau ◽  
R. P. Gambrell

Author(s):  
Jiachen Zeng ◽  
Bo Feng ◽  
De Wei ◽  
Runli Tao ◽  
Baolin Shi ◽  
...  

Chemosphere ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 803-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niloofar Karimian ◽  
Scott G. Johnston ◽  
Edward D. Burton

Soil Research ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
RH Crockford ◽  
IR Willett

Laboratory experiments aimed at understanding the changes in magnetic properties of a sulfidic clay during its oxidation are described. Samples of a sulfidic clay from an acid sulfate soil were slowly oxidized and their magnetic susceptibility (χ) and remanence properties (ARM and SIRM) were measured over a 28 week period. Magnetic properties were measured for the undried material and for subsamples which had been dried by rapid air-drying or by extraction of water with dioxane. Magnetic susceptibility decreased during the first 12 weeks of oxidation and then increased. Samples dried in dioxane showed similar values to the undried material, but air drying caused decreases in χ in samples taken up to 7 weeks of oxidation. Thereafter, there was no effect of drying on χ. In contrast to susceptibility, the remanence properties decreased throughout the experiment, to 8% of their initial values. The results were interpreted in terms of rapid chemical oxidation of a labile magnetic compound (possibly greigite) during the early stages of oxidation and by air drying, and the biological oxidation of pyrite during later stages of oxidation. Associated with these reactions was the formation of a paramagnetic compound, probably ferrihydrite. The effects of changes in iron mineralogy during 28 weeks of oxidation on χ are shown schematically.


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