ORIGINAL PAPER
Organic soils and other soils rich in organic matter in the vicinity of the Łuknajno lake, Masurian Lakes Biosphere Reserve, NE Poland
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Katedra Gleboznawstwa i Mikrobiologii, UWM Olsztyn, Polska
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Katedra Gleboznawstwa i Mikrobiologii, UWM w Olsztynie, Polska
Submission date: 2024-10-22
Final revision date: 2024-12-12
Acceptance date: 2025-03-01
Online publication date: 2025-03-01
Publication date: 2025-03-01
Corresponding author
Andrzej Łachacz
Katedra Gleboznawstwa i Mikrobiologii, UWM Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 3,, 10–727, Olsztyn, Polska
Katedra Gleboznawstwa i Mikrobiologii, UWM Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 3,, 10–727, Olsztyn, Polska
Soil Sci. Ann., 2024, 75(4)202474
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ABSTRACT
The study covers the immediate surroundings of the Łuknajno lake. The soil cover here is largely affected by the water regime, i.e. ground water level. Eleven soil profiles were described, and the following analyses were carried out: soil texture (in mineral soil materials), CaCO3 content, soil reaction, content of exchangeable cations, organic carbon and total nitrogen contents, specific and bulk density, total porosity, and organic carbon stock. According to the Polish Soil Classification (2019), six soil profiles were classified within the order of organic soils (4 profiles as peat soils, one as murshic soil and one as gyttja soil). Mineral soil profiles were classified as: mineral-peaty gleysol, gleyic chernozemic colluvial soil, humic regosol, typical semimurshic soil and typical postmurshic soil. According to the WRB classification (2022), 5 profiles were classified as Histosols (Drainic Sapric Histosols, Murshic Fibric Histosols, Murshic Sapric Histosols, Rheic Histosols). The neighbouring soils were classified as: Calcaric Histic Gleysols, Calcaric Regosols, Haplic Umbrisols, Gleyic Arenosols, Mollic Gleysols, Eutric Arenosols. The properties of studied soils are related to the high content of calcium carbonate which was leached from the soils of the catchment area and had accumulated in the basin of the Łuknajno lake in the form of thick layers of calcareous gyttja. The characteristic feature of studied soils is high organic carbon stock. For organic soils this stock was within the range of 74.4-111.9 kg Corg m-2 (to 150 cm down the soil profile). The neighbouring soils also have significant organic carbon stock (15.8–28.6 kg m-2), which is recognizably higher than the stock in mineral sandy soils. Therefore, in estimations of organic carbon stock these soils should be taken into account although they cover small and scattered areas.
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