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Open Journal of Soil Science (OJSS) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of soil science. All manuscripts must be prep…
Michaël A. Leblanc, Léon E. Parent, Gilles Gagné
High-organic (mucky) mineral soils make a small proportion of the Canadian agricultural land but are highly productive, especially for organic farming. Although these high-quality soils may release large amounts of nitrate and phosphate to the environment, th…
José A. Amador, Edward J. Avizinis
The burrowing and feeding activities of earthworms may have a strong effect on the flux of N 2 O from agricultural soils. As such, shifts to agricultural management practices that increase the number of earthworms require an understanding of the role of earth…
R. Daren Harmel, Richard L. Haney
Although agriculture is not the only contributor of excess nutrients to US waters, agriculture is an important contribu tor and should do its part to reduce nutrient loading. One important step in reducing agricultural contribution is to accu rately account f…
Prem B. Parajuli, Sarah Duffy
Independent observation of the effects of agricultural management practices on soil organic carbon (SOC) with soil moisture content (SMC) is essential to quantify their potential relationships for sustainable ecosystems. Soil water retention studies and soil…
Md. Enamul Hoque, Sayedur Rahman Chowdhury, Mohammad Muslem Uddin, Mohammed Shahidul Alam, Md. Mostafa Monwar
Sonadia is one of the most important islands of Bangladesh . South-eastern shore of the island, which is a growing sand bar, has to encounter continuous and rapid morphological changes. So study of the sediment characteristics of this Sand Bar is very importa…
Bekele Eshetu, Christel Baum, Peter Leinweber
This study investigated the C mineralization and chemical modification of a typical tropical soil amended with regional compost of different stability. Compost samples were produced from coffee pulp and fruit and vegetable waste in a method of small heap comp…
David A. N. Ussiri, Rattan Lal
Reclaimed mined soils (RMSs) could restore soil quality and ecosystem productivity while sequestering C and off-setting some of C emissions associated with coal utilization. The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of tillage and pasture management on…
Cécile Villenave, Anne Jimenez, Muriel Guernion, Guénola Pérès, Daniel Cluzea, Thierry Mateille, Bernard Martiny, Mireille Fargette, Johannes Tavoillot
A French programme, “Réseau de mesure de la qualité des sols: biodiversité des organismes” (RMQS BioDiv) was developed in Brittany ( 27,000 km 2 in the western part of France) as an initial assessment of soil biodiversity on a regional scale in relation to la…
Pamela F. Heckel, Tim C. Keener, Grace K. LeMasters
Introduction: During the past four decades, mercury (Hg) research focused on fish consumption has explained less than 22% of Hg in human blood. One overlooked exposure pathway for infants and young children is the concentration of Hg in soils. Although 75% of…
Victor H. M. Danelichen, Marcelo S. Biudes, Maísa C. Souza, Nadja G. Machado, Leone F. A. Curado, José S. Nogueira
The soil temperature is an important microclimatic factor due to the interactions between soil and plant, and the energy exchange with the atmosphere. The soil energy exchange is affected by the incident solar radiation, type of coverage and mainly by the soi…
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Open Journal of Soil Science (OJSS) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of soil science. All manuscripts must be prep… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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