Impact of Mountain Grassland Management on Groundwater Recharge in the Polish Carpathians

• Autorzy: Kowalczyk Agnieszka , Jaguś Andrzej , Grabowska-Polanowska Beata

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/171652

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Which modern use of grassland is the most beneficial for the protection of water resources in the Polish Carpathians is scarcely known; thus, the deep outflows from organically, extensively, semi-intensively and intensively used and unused grasslands between 2019 and 2022 were measured. The studies showed that use impacted the process of deep infiltration, but the differences were clearest between the areas where management was reduced to a minimum (lowest outflow) and the areas which were mown most often (highest outflow). No effect of fertilisation was detected. To intensify groundwater recharge, it is evidently necessary to mow vegetation twice or three times per season; more frequent mowing changed the characteristics of the vegetation in an undesirable way. The fallowing of grasslands proved to be a practice unfavourable to groundwater resources.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

mountain area; land use; water resources protection; deep infiltration

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 24, nr 11
• Strony: 321--329
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kowalczyk Agnieszka

• Institute of Technology and Life Sciences – National Research Institute, Falenty, Hrabska Av. 3, 09-090 Raszyn, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3730-7359

autor

Jaguś Andrzej

• Department of Environmental Protection and Engineering, University of Bielsko-Biala, Willowa 2, 43-309 Bielsko-Biała, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9364-1744

autor

Grabowska-Polanowska Beata

• Institute of Technology and Life Sciences – National Research Institute, Falenty, Hrabska Av. 3, 09-090 Raszyn, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1903-4940

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).