The role of soil fauna in the diversity of vegetation on the Carboniferous waste dump

Radosz, Łukasz; Ryś, Karolina; Chmura, Damian; Hutniczak, Agnieszka; Woźniak, Gabriela

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“…1). Other authors have also observed an increase in surface temperature of mining heaps with increasing height (Zając, Zarzycki, 2013;Surovka et al, 2017;Radosz et al, 2019). Due to high temperatures, no material was collected for testing.…”

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“…The lowest average pH value was recorded at the top of the heap and the highest 1km from the top of the heap. Development of soil on mining waste heaps is a long-term process with significant contribution of biotic elements such as plants, microorganisms as well as soil fauna (Madej, 2002;Manu et al, 2017;Radosz et al, 2019). However, analyzes of the processes taking place on mining heaps mainly concern plant formations, while few studies are conducted on soil organisms inhabiting even the most degraded biotopes.…”

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“…However, analyzes of the processes taking place on mining heaps mainly concern plant formations, while few studies are conducted on soil organisms inhabiting even the most degraded biotopes. Radosz et al 2019 points out that the participation of soil organisms in the soil-creation processes is just as important in the post-industrial areas as it is in natural and semi-natural ecosystems. By providing access and ensuring circulation of elements, soil mesofauna and soil plants have a significant share in plant succession.…”

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“…Soil organisms are an important factor in soil formation. They determine its functioning, productivity, its detoxification and the rate of remediation (Richards, 1974;Frouz et al, 2001Frouz et al, , 2005Frouz et al, , 2007Frouz et al, , 2008Frouz et al, , 2013Madej, 2002;Siwek, 2008;Manu et al, 2017;Radosz et al, 2019;Józefowska et al, 2020). The analyses conducted in post-mining areas included monitoring of contaminations, analyses of changes and degradation of soils, observations of changes to plant compositions in the regions around the emissions sources as well as spontaneous natural succession on heaps and landfills (Frouz et al, 2001(Frouz et al, , 2008Zając, Zarzycki, 2013;Pietrzykowski et al, 2014Pietrzykowski et al, , 2015Józefowska et al, 2017;Likus-Cieślik et al, 2023).…”

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Biodiversity on one of the post-mining heaps in the Silesian province (Poland)

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2023

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Waste generated by the hard coal mining and processing industries pose significant environmental hazard through, among other things, impacting water and soil. The process that is particularly dangerous is trace element accumulation. Excessive quantities of heavy metals pose grave threat to plants, humans and soil organisms. The purpose of the studies was to determine the content of heavy metals, such as Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn and Cu in the material collected at various distances from the peak of the mining waste heap in Czerwionka-Leszczyny and estimate their impact on quantities and diversity of soil organisms in those sites. Studies have shown a high degree of correlation between the distance from the top of the heap and the density and diversity of pedofauna. The highest abundance and diversity of soil invertebrates was observed at site 5 (1km from the post-mining heap). The content of heavy metals in the tested soils ranged for Cd from 1.18 to 1.54 mg/kg of dry mass (DM), for Cu 20.82–66.20 mg/kg DM, for Zn from 97.79 to 222 mg/kg DM, for Pb 27.20–50.18 mg/kg DM and for Ni from 5.55 mg/kg DM to 56.23 mg/kg DM. The contents of the analysed metals did not exceed their permitted levels in soil and earth as defined by the Regulation of the Minister of Environment of 2016 in the matter of the procedure for conducting the assessment of soil surface contamination. The obtained results indicate that the content of copper and nickel in the dried grass was significantly higher than in the soil.

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“…The heaps are sites with habitat conditions different from those known from natural or semi-natural ones. The new man-created landscape forms are unique sites because they provide oligotrophic conditions (very poor in nutrients, such as phosphorus, nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon) mineral substrates; after many years of study, it has been shown that plants and animals have colonized them despite unfavorable conditions (Woźniak, 2010;Radosz et al, 2019). During the field research, the object was analyzed: "Makoszowy" (Zabrze, Sosnica; 50°16′22″ N, 18°44′43″ E); "Kostuchna" in Katowice (50°11′04″ N, 19°00′33″ E); "Murcki Boże Dary" in Murcki (50°11′21″ N, 19°02′07″ E); and "Wesoła" in Mysłowice (50°10′28′′ N, 19°5′44″ E).…”

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The Abiotic Habitat Factors and Soil Carbon Dioxide Release Under Spontaneous Vegetation in Coal Mine Heaps

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Chmura,

Dyczko

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J. Ecol. Eng.

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This research is focused on examining the link between the abiotic conditions of coal mine heaps (specifically, the type of spontaneous vegetation) and their respiration rates. The hypothesis is that there is a significant correlation between the carbon content of the soil substrate and the respiration rate of the coal mine heap among the abiotic factors studied. The investigation was carried out on the mineral material found in coal mining heaps, which consisted of Carboniferous mineral rock material. The fieldwork spanned the vegetation seasons from 2018 to 2022. Various physicochemical parameters of the substrate samples were analyzed, including soil organic carbon content, electrical conductivity (EC), pH, total nitrogen (TN), available forms of phosphorus (P 2 O 5 ) content, available magnesium (MgO) concentration, exchangeable cations (K + , Na + ), and moisture. Soil respiration measurements were taken using the TARGAZ -1 analyzer. The amount of carbon dioxide released at the sites studied ranged from 0.00158 to 1.21462 [g CO 2 /m 2 /h]. It was found that the carbon content and all the environmental factors tested had a significant impact on soil respiration (p = 0.001), except total nitrogen (p = 0.893). The factors most strongly correlated with soil respiration were potassium (K), alkaline phosphatase, and SRL (soil respiration). Of the taxa analyzed, only the below-ground conditions provided by the vegetation communities dominated by Centaurea stoebe showed a significant correlation with SRL. Three dominant plant species influenced the development of below-ground conditions, leading to negative effects. On the other hand, the below-ground conditions associated with vegetation patches dominated by Daucus carota showed the strongest negative correlation.

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The role of soil fauna in the diversity of vegetation on the Carboniferous waste dump

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Biodiversity on one of the post-mining heaps in the Silesian province (Poland)

Biodiversity on one of the post-mining heaps in the Silesian province (Poland)

The Abiotic Habitat Factors and Soil Carbon Dioxide Release Under Spontaneous Vegetation in Coal Mine Heaps

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