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The fundamental unit for assessing soil quahty at the ecosystem level is usually the soil horizon. , thickness, organic matter content, pH) are used to characterize the pedon. At higher levels or scales of organization. CONCEPTS OF SOIL QUALITY AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE 15 TABLE L8 Characterizing the function of soil at the ecosystem and global scale Function Example of function characteristic Accumulation and store of biogenic energy Storage of energy rich organic matter and regulator of C, N, P, S cycle Storage of active, cycling organic biophilic elements Sequestration of soluble Al in aluminum-organic complexes Terrestrial pool of organic carbon and a source and/or sink for CO2, NOx and CH4 Water storage, runoff, infiltration, and leaching Dampen daily and seasonal oscillations of temperature and moisture Maintenance and storage of organic matter Mitigation of toxic elements Mitigate accumulation of atmospheric CO2, NOx, and CH4 Hydrological cycle Buffer climatic transitions pedons can be grouped into catenas, soil types, landscape units, zones, and ecozones.
Nature and origins of soil strength B. Measures of soil strength C. Critical soil strength parameters VI. Soil Structure A. Description of soil structure B. Formation of soil structure C. Critical soil structure parameters YII. Integrating Capacitance and Strength Attributes References , 21 22 22 23 24 24 25 27 28 33 34 35 36 39 39 40 40 44 44 45 46 50 52 I. INTRODUCTION Crop production and ecosystem health are affected strongly by soil physical quahty, particularly in the root zone. The soil must provide a foundation that is sufficiently strong to provide adequate plant support and stable soil structure, but not so strong as to inhibit root prohferation and faunal activity, such as burrowing.
4. 7. Air-filled porosity and air permeability One of the earliest measurements of aeration was the determination of the volumetric air content, or air-filled porosity (ca), at some standardized value of soil water content or matric potential. This was done by calculating Ca for an undisturbed sample of field soil that was either already at field capacity, or was saturated in the laboratory and then drained, using a tension table, to a specified matric potential, usually the FC value. The resulting air-filled porosity is the field air capacity, FAC.