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The study of vertical mobility of heavy metals and their transfer to mushrooms
Jurnečka, Roman ; Doležalová Weissmannová, Helena (referee) ; Komendová, Renata (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of contamination of forest soils and edible mushrooms with lead, cadmium, copper and zinc in the Jeseníky Mountains, specifically in the Domašov and Vápenná forests. Sampling took place at 12 localities, divided into spruce and beech stands. Atomic absorption spectrometry AAS ContrAA 800D was chosen to determine the content of selected heavy metals. Based on the measured values of the concentrations of the studied metals and other soil properties, dependences were created to determine the vertical mobility of selected metals in the soil profile. Vertical mobility depends on the physico-chemical properties of the soil (pH, C and S content). The dependence of the content of selected heavy metals in the soil on the pH value of the soil was found. In the case of lead, the sorption capacity of the soil organic component was confirmed. The risk and above-limit content of Pb, Cd and Cu was found on the yellow-boletus mushroom. Cadmium shows the highest bioavailability. Lead was evaluated as the element with the lowest mobility.
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Souvislost změn v cyklech dusíku a uhlíku v lesních půdách po odumření stromového patra
TUPÁ, Adéla
The bachelor's thesis deals with changes in nitrogen and carbon cycles in coniferous forest soils after tree layer dieback due to forest disturbance. The thesis focuses on changes in nitrification and availability of nitrates in soils in connection with microbial biomass and carbon availability, especially in the forests with non-intervention management. This thesis contains of two parts, a literature review, and a scientific project proposal, which aims to verify possible validity of heterotrophic-competition hypothesis of microbes in soils.
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Vliv kyselé a dusíkové zátěže na dostupnost dusičnanů v lesních půdách
KOTOUNOVÁ, Adéla
The Czech Republic faced high acid deposition in the past that altered soil chemistry and nitrogen (N) cycle. However, it is not clear whether the changes are related to soil acidification or to the nutritional effect of N. The aim of this study was to determine the availability of nitrates in the beech and spruce forest soils and to determine how it is influenced by acid and N addition (application of sulfuric acid and ammonium nitrate; a six-year field experiment in the Ore Mountains). Other soil characteristics influencing nitrates were evaluated: net N mineralization and nitrification, the availability of ammonium and microbial biomass. Soil acidification affected spruce forest nitrification while N addition increased beech forest microbial biomass.
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The study of vertical mobility of heavy metals and their transfer to mushrooms
Jurnečka, Roman ; Doležalová Weissmannová, Helena (referee) ; Komendová, Renata (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of contamination of forest soils and edible mushrooms with lead, cadmium, copper and zinc in the Jeseníky Mountains, specifically in the Domašov and Vápenná forests. Sampling took place at 12 localities, divided into spruce and beech stands. Atomic absorption spectrometry AAS ContrAA 800D was chosen to determine the content of selected heavy metals. Based on the measured values of the concentrations of the studied metals and other soil properties, dependences were created to determine the vertical mobility of selected metals in the soil profile. Vertical mobility depends on the physico-chemical properties of the soil (pH, C and S content). The dependence of the content of selected heavy metals in the soil on the pH value of the soil was found. In the case of lead, the sorption capacity of the soil organic component was confirmed. The risk and above-limit content of Pb, Cd and Cu was found on the yellow-boletus mushroom. Cadmium shows the highest bioavailability. Lead was evaluated as the element with the lowest mobility.
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The importance of bacteria for deadwood decomposition in forest ecosystems
Némethová, Ema ; Baldrian, Petr (advisor) ; Bárta, Jiří (referee)
Forest ecosystems represent a huge reservoir of carbon. The volume of deadwood in managed forests is in the tens of m3 h-1, while unmanaged forests have the volume of deadwood in hundreds of m3 ha- 1. Deadwood is a substrate with a high potential for decomposition. However, deadwood is a specific habitat that has a high C/N ratio and changes due to ongoing decomposition. The C/N ratio decreases with increasing decay time. In addition to the C/N ratio, the pH also changes during the wood pulping process, due to the decomposition of plant biomass by fungi. Moreover, deadwood has a high impermeability. The main decomposers of dead wood are fungi. In addition to them, bacteria, which are numerous in deadwood, also contribute to decomposition. Bacterial communities that decompose woody biomass are affected by these factors, and their distribution is also affected by dead tree species. The aim of this study was to describe how bacterial communities associated with deadwood change during decay. The most significant factor in the decomposition by bacterial communities is the time of decay. Bacteria found in short-decaying wood (less than 16 years old) are more diverse than those found in long-decaying wood. Methylotrophic bacteria and N-fixing bacteria are common in short-decaying wood as well. N-fixing...
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Carbon sequestration and carbon stock in forest soils
Flašarová, Kristýna ; Chuman, Tomáš (advisor) ; Strouhalová, Barbora (referee)
Carbon sequestration is one of the most important processes in the soil. There is three times more carbon in soil than in the atmosphere, significant part of this soil carbon is deposited in the forest soils of North America, Europe and Asia. Soil, compared with biomass, is able to store carbon for a long time and protect it from decomposition and release back to the air. Carbon sequestration and its stock in soil are influenced by many factors (climate, bedrock, biological activity, relief and land use). Forest soils contain large amount of carbon and with adequate management and tree species composition is possible to increase final amount of soil carbon. This thesis is about, besides other things, measuring soil carbon in different depths and comparing the final results in total amount of carbon in soil. Practical part compare amount of carbon in forest soils of two main tree species in Czech mountain forests: beech and spruce, where the largest amount of soil carbon is stored in the Czech Republic.
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