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Khan Md. H. R.
Rahman Md. K.
Rouf A. J. M. A.
Sattar G. S.
Akhtar M. S.
Adachi, Tadashi
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Abstract | The pH values in the profiles of unburnt (agricultural land) soils were found to increase as a function of soil depth and burning (400 to 1000℃) of the soils increased average pH by 8%. The average sand content of the burnt (soil around brick kilns) soil profiles was increased by 245%, while 39 and 36% decreased the silt and clay contents. Soil organic carbon (Corg) in the unburnt soils (0-20 cm) at different agro-ecological zones in the eastern region of Bangladesh ranged from 0.8 and 1.4%, whereas the content of microbial biomass carbon (Cmic) in the studied unburnt soils ranged between 5 and 7% of the total Corg, suggesting that the microbial biomass releasing considerable amounts of carbon in soil while burning of the soils drastically reduced this contribution to about 1%. The values of soil Cmic in the unburnt soils were approximately 2 to 6 times higher in the topsoils than the subsoils (20-60 cm). Variable rainfall, temperature and soil fertility had an overriding influence, which was reflected by the average minimum (276 μg g(-1)) and maximum (439) amounts of soil Cmic in Moulvibazar and Cox' Bazar sites. The Cmic decreased upon soil burning by 92% of its original average value (346 μg g(-1)) in the soil profile of up to 100 cm. Burning of topsoils strikingly increased the Corg/Cmic ratio by about 6 to 9 times, while reduced the C/N ratio by about 1.5 to 2.5 times. The average loss of Corg, available and total N due to burning of the soils were 66, 72 and 44% (increase over average content of unburnt soil: IOAC), respectively, which suggests that the burning of the soils offset the essential roles of soil microorganisms, reduced soil fertility and soil microbial contribution.
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Keywords | brick burning
C/N ratio
microbial biomass carbon
soil organic carbon
ratio of microbial biomass to organic carbon.
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Publication Title |
岡山大学環境理工学部研究報告
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Published Date | 2007-03-15
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Volume | volume12
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Issue | issue1
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Publisher | 岡山大学環境理工学部
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Publisher Alternative | Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, Okayama University
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Start Page | 83
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End Page | 89
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ISSN | 1341-9099
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NCID | AN10529213
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Departmental Bulletin Paper
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岡山大学
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language |
English
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File Version | publisher
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Eprints Journal Name | fest
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