[1]FENG Wei,YE Jing.Effects of Biological Soil Crusts on Infiltration and Soil and Water Conservation Under Trample Disturbance[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2016,23(01):34-37,43.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
23
Number of periods:
2016 01
Page number:
34-37,43
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Public date:
2016-02-28
- Title:
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Effects of Biological Soil Crusts on Infiltration and Soil and Water Conservation Under Trample Disturbance
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FENG Wei1, YE Jing2
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1. Monitoring Center of Soil and Water Conservation, Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing 100055, China;
2. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS & MWR, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Keywords:
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biological soil crusts; trample; infiltration; runoff and sediment
- CLC:
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S157.1;S152.7
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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In order to improve soil moisture condition, we examined the effect of soil and water conservation of biological soil crusts (BSCs) under 3 trampling intensities widespread in the wind-water erosion crisscross region on the Loess Plateau through two aspects which were rainfall infiltration-runoff and sediment based on the field observation. The results are as follows: (1) The performance of infiltration-runoff of BSCs without trampling did not only increase or reduce compared with the control. BSCs increased infiltration and reduced runoff in the initial period of rainy season, but conversely in the later period. (2) The effects of trampling intensities on infiltration-runoff had significant differences. Compared to the control, mild trampling BSCs increased infiltration by 12% and reduced runoff by 23.2%, moderate trampling BSCs reduced runoff by 5.3% and infiltration by 3.6%, severe trampling BSCs reduced infiltration by 25.5%and increased runoff by 21.3%. (3) Whether being trampled or not, BSCs significantly decreased sediment content compared with bare soil. The mild decreased by 56.3%, the moderate decreased by 43.5% and the severe decreased by 37.9%, but the latter two were significant higher than untrampled BSCs. Considering the infiltration and soil erosion, BSCs with mild trampling could promote infiltration, reduce runoff and improve soil moisture conditions in the premise of causing insignificant soil erosion.