The Impact of Extensive Grazing on the Fertility of Mountain Streams on the Example of the Biała Woda Valley in the Pieniny Range (Polish Carpathians)

• Autorzy: Jaguś Andrzej

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/119807

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The content of biogenic substances, i.e. ammonia (NH₄⁺), nitrates (NO₃^–) and phosphates (PO₄^3–), in the mountain stream waters was studied. The test (zero) sample was the water flowing from forest areas, while the study samples included the water from the streams flowing through extensively used sheep pastures. The impact of grazing on the water quality during high (in the rainy season) and low (in the dry period) water flows was assessed. The studies demonstrated the water contamination with ammonia, particularly during the rainy season. The contamination was also present in the test sample, so it cannot be attributed to the grazing activity. The highest nitrate concentrations were reported in the dry period. An influence of grazing on the migration of nitrates into waters was found, however, on a scale causing no contamination. The water contamination with phosphates was found. The studies demonstrated that extensive grazing did not affect the fertilisation of mountain stream water, yet the water quality may be deteriorated by the surface runoff processes and soil cover erosion.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

mountain areas; extensive agriculture; sheep pasture; biogenic substances; water contamination

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 21, nr 4
• Strony: 112--119
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 24 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Jaguś Andrzej

• University of Bielsko-Biala, Willowa 2, 43-309 Bielsko-Biała, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).