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Restoring soil quality in semi-arid mining-degraded soils: Effects of different combinations of organic amendments on microbial nutrient cycling after 40 months of application.
J. Environ. Manage. 378:124733 (2025)
Medium-term effects of different organic amendments on the recovery of mining-degraded soils in a semi-arid limestone quarry were evaluated. Five organic amendments, including composts (garden pruning and greenhouse residues) and stabilised sewage sludge (alone and in mixtures), were compared to untreated soils and natural reference soils. After 40 months, different soil physico-chemical properties, total nutrient (organic carbon -C-, nitrogen -N- and phosphorus -P-) and labile P and N fractions were analysed together with bacterial functional groups catalysing major steps in P (phoD, appA, phnX, pstS) and N turnover (chiA, archaeal amoA, bacterial amoA, nirS, nirK, nosZ, nifH), as well as total bacterial biomass. Restoration altered soil properties, including decreasing pH by up to 10% and increasing total organic C (up to 3.54%), total N (up to 0.33%) and total P (up to 0.18%). Labile P- and N-fractions increased significantly, with ammonium and nitrate doubling in some cases. Microbial activity also rose significantly, with bacterial biomass and functional genes involved in P (phoD, pstS) and N turnover (chiA, nirS, nosZ) increasing 2-3000 times compared to non-restored soils. Sewage sludge had the most pronounced effect on physico-chemical properties, nutrient content and functional groups abundance, while greenhouse compost produced conditions resembling natural reference soils. These results demonstrated that organic amendments can rehabilitate degraded soils by enhancing nutrient content and bacterial community potential for N and P turnover. Organic amendments are thus a viable strategy for medium-term restoration of degraded soils in semi-arid climates.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Functional Genes ; Nitrogen Cycling ; Organic Amendments ; Phosphorous Turnover ; Soil Restoration; Denitrifying Bacteria; Phosphorus Fractions; Genes; Phosphate; Stoichiometry; Diversity; Community; Archaea; Nirk; Quantification
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2025
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2025
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0301-4797
e-ISSN
1095-8630
Zeitschrift
Journal of Environmental Management
Quellenangaben
Band: 378,
Artikelnummer: 124733
Verlag
Elsevier
Verlagsort
24-28 Oval Rd, London Nw1 7dx, England
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Environmental Sciences
PSP-Element(e)
G-504700-001
Förderungen
European Union
Research Leaders (2025) programme - Teagasc
Spanish NextGenerationEU program
Spanish Government
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation including European Union FEDER
European Union
Research Leaders (2025) programme - Teagasc
Spanish NextGenerationEU program
Spanish Government
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation including European Union FEDER
WOS ID
001438756200001
Scopus ID
85218901869
PubMed ID
40031415
Erfassungsdatum
2025-05-05