scholarly journals Quantifying Degradation Classifications on Alpine Grassland in the Lhasa River Basin, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7067
Author(s):  
Wangya Han ◽  
Huiting Lu ◽  
Guohua Liu ◽  
Jingsheng Wang ◽  
Xukun Su
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Accurate Determination ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Alpine Grassland ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Grassland Degradation ◽  
Total Carbon Content

The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) has the world’s largest alpine grassland ecosystem. The QTP ecosystem is extremely fragile and suffers continuous degradation. An accurate determination of the status of alpine grassland is the first crucial step in monitoring its degradation. A novel method combining field survey with remote sensing information based on ecological indicators is proposed. The degradation classification of alpine grassland was identified by multivariate hierarchical analysis based on 270 field plots. The spatial pattern of alpine grassland degradation was mapped by determining remote sensing variables that corresponded to field indicators of the degradation classification system. The results showed that clustering analysis divided the degradation classification of alpine grassland into five classes: Non-Degraded (ND), Slightly Degraded (SLD), Moderately Degraded (MD), Severely Degraded (SD), and Extremely Degraded (ED). The most significant factors for alpine grassland degradation included the dominance of Cyperaceae plants, soil total nitrogen content, soil organic carbon content, soil total carbon content, soil bulk density, soil pH, dominance of miscellaneous plants, and elevation among all 17 variables. The assessment and mapping of alpine grassland degradation provide an important basis for alpine grassland protection and management, particularly at a large scale.

scholarly journals DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT AND LEACHABILITY OF BIOMASS WASTE BIOCHAR FOR TRACE METAL (CD, CU AND PB) SPECIATION MODELLING

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico MANCINELLI ◽  
Edita BALTRĖNAITĖ ◽  
Pranas BALTRĖNAS ◽  
Eglė MARČIULAITIENĖ ◽  
Giorgio PASSERINI
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Organic Carbon ◽  
Trace Metal ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Metal Binding ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Biomass Waste ◽  
Total Carbon Content ◽  
Speciation Modelling

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) interacts with dissolved trace metal affecting their mobility and bioavailability through the formation of DOC–metal complexes. Several types of biochar (BC) produced from slow pyrolysis of wood chips (WC), lignin (LG), and digested sewage sludge at 450 and 700 °C were tested for DOC leaching via batch and up-flow percolation test methods. Trace metal (Cd, Cu, and Pb) speciation modelling in BC eluates was carried out combining measured data (i.e., DOC, ph, temperature, and dissolved trace metal concentrations) with data reported in the literature regarding fractions of DOC that are inert or active (i.e., fulvic acids (FA) and humic acids (HA)) in metal binding. BC from LG (BCLG) and WC (BCWC) at 700 °C released lower cumulative amounts of DOC compared with BC at 450 °C in the range 0.02–0.07% and 0.06–0.09% of total carbon content, respectively. For both pyrolysis temperatures, BCWC exhibited a higher tendency to release DOC compared to BCLG. Speciation modelling results showed the predominance of FA and HA complexes of Cd, Cu, and Pb in all the eluates from BCWC and BCLG irrespective of the inert fractions of DOC or the different fractions of active FA and HA considered.

scholarly journals FRACTIONATION OF THE HUMUS OF SOME CHERNOZEMIC SOILS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA

1964 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Dormaar
Keyword(s):  
Humic Acid ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Black Soil ◽  
Parent Material ◽  
Glacial Till ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Total Carbon Content ◽  
Parent Materials ◽  
Southern Alberta ◽  
Alcohol Benzene

Two orthic profiles, widely separated geographically, of each of four parent materials—lacustrine, alluvial–lacustrine, glacial till, and Aeolian—were selected at undisturbed sites within each of the Brown, Dark Brown, and Thin Black soil zones. Material from the Ah and Bm horizons was subjected to solvent extraction, and for each sample the total organic carbon of seven different fractions was determined.The efficiency of the procedure in extracting humus carbon decreased as the total carbon content of the soil increased. Total organic matter, the first humic acid fraction, and the combined total of the three humic acid fractions showed significant differences between soil zones. The only significant separation between all four parent materials was made by the alcohol-benzene fraction. Other parent material separations were possible only following the summation of data of several fractions, such as the three humic acid fractions or the two fulvic acid fractions. A simplification of the procedure in case of soils of one Order and a modification to overcome the impeding effect of increased carbon content are requisite.

scholarly journals Total carbon analysis may overestimate organic carbon content of fresh waters in the presence of high dissolved inorganic carbon

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 196-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Findlay ◽  
William H. McDowell ◽  
David Fischer ◽  
Michael L. Pace ◽  
Nina Caraco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Fresh Waters ◽  
Carbon Analysis

Topographic distribution of the soil total carbon content and sulfur deficiency for rice cultivation in a floodplain ecosystem of the Northern region of Ghana

2013 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 74-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Tsujimoto ◽  
Yukiyo Yamamoto ◽  
Keiichi Hayashi ◽  
Alhassan I. Zakaria ◽  
Yahaya Inusah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Content ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Rice Cultivation ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Sulfur Deficiency ◽  
Total Carbon Content ◽  
Topographic Distribution

Rapid determination of the total carbon content of titanium carbide

1972 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 509-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Bibinov ◽  
G. T. Dzodziev ◽  
V. K. Vitryanyuk ◽  
V. D. Petrenko
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Carbide ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Rapid Determination ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Total Carbon Content

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN VOLUME TEGAKAN DENGAN KANDUNGAN BIOMASSA TERSIMPAN SKALA PLOT PADA AREAL AGROFORESTRY DUSUNG DI DUSUN TOISAPU KOTA AMBON

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-54
Author(s):  
Ivan Passal ◽  
Gun Mardiatmoko ◽  
Fransina Latumahina
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Content ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Total Biomass ◽  
Tree Biomass ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Total Carbon Content ◽  
Stand Volume ◽  
Plot Area ◽  
Biomass Potential ◽  
The Relationship

 The study was carried out in the Dusung Community Forest (Agroforestry) area of ​​Toisapu Negeri Hutumuri Hamlet, South Leitimur Sub-District, Ambon City in August - October 2018 to determine the relationship between stand volume and stored biomass for scale plots in dusung agroforestry areas in Toisapu Hamlet. For this reason, it begins with an inventory of potential at seedling, sapling, pole and tree levels so that information and data on the actual potential of carbon content in the dusung system are obtained based on the value of the diversity of stand volume and biomass content. The results of the three measurement plots showed that the highest biomass was seen to be dominated by Durian, Pala and Langsat and Duku and Clove plants. Based on the calculation of the biomass value of the total carbon content in the three plots, it can be seen biomass potential for a total 400 m² plot area or 0.04 ha for the three plots with an area of ​​1,200 m² or 0.12 ha having a total biomass of 50,783.77 Kg / m² multiplied by the assumption of 0.5% of the total amount of tree biomass and poles so that the total carbon content stored in the three plots is 25,391.88 kg / m² or 2,539.19 tons / ha.

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