Hydrologic Effects of Soil Surface Micro-Flora
dc.contributor.author | Faust, William F. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-28T16:19:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-28T16:19:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1971-04-23 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0272-6106 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/300111 | |
dc.description | From the Proceedings of the 1971 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona Academy of Science - April 22-23, 1971, Tempe, Arizona | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Previous studies have indicated that blue-green algae may affect runoff, infiltration and erosion at soil surfaces. Using soil plots upon which blue-green algae were grown under an artificial wetting regime, studies were made using simulated rainfall. A 30% clay content Pima soil and a contrasting 8% clay content river-bottom anthony soil were used. Scytonema hoffmanii and Microcoleus vaginatus grew on the pima soil while Schizothrix calcicola developed on the Anthony soil. The results showed that blue-green algal growths significantly reduced the amount of suspended soil material in runoff water as compared with bare soils. Differences in runoff suspended sediments were also related to differences in soil type and simulated rainfall intensity. An analysis of variance of the effects of these 3 factors and their interactions showed that the smaller differences in suspended sediment production on the Anthony soil due to the microvegetation treatment was verified by a highly significant soils-microvegetation interaction, probably because the finer pima soils wash away more easily without stabilizing microvegetation. Also, less vegetation seems to grow on the Anthony soil. Differences in runoff and infiltration volumes and in settleable sediment amounts were not detected. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright ©, where appropriate, is held by the author. | en_US |
dc.subject | Water resources development -- Arizona. | en_US |
dc.subject | Hydrology -- Arizona. | en_US |
dc.subject | Hydrology -- Southwestern states. | en_US |
dc.subject | Water resources development -- Southwestern states. | en_US |
dc.subject | Soil algae | en_US |
dc.subject | Soil surfaces | en_US |
dc.subject | Sediment yield | en_US |
dc.subject | Simulated rainfall | en_US |
dc.subject | Soil types | en_US |
dc.subject | Soil texture | en_US |
dc.subject | Clays | en_US |
dc.subject | Laboratory tests | en_US |
dc.subject | Statistical methods | en_US |
dc.subject | Soil microorganisms | en_US |
dc.subject | Runoff | en_US |
dc.subject | Hydrolic data | en_US |
dc.subject | Suspended sediment production | en_US |
dc.subject | Blue-green algae | en_US |
dc.title | Hydrologic Effects of Soil Surface Micro-Flora | en_US |
dc.type | text | en_US |
dc.type | Proceedings | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Water Resources Research Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson | en_US |
dc.identifier.journal | Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest | en_US |
dc.description.collectioninformation | This article is part of the Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest collections. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science and the University of Arizona Libraries. For more information about items in this collection, contact anashydrology@gmail.com. | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-06-23T11:26:47Z | |
html.description.abstract | Previous studies have indicated that blue-green algae may affect runoff, infiltration and erosion at soil surfaces. Using soil plots upon which blue-green algae were grown under an artificial wetting regime, studies were made using simulated rainfall. A 30% clay content Pima soil and a contrasting 8% clay content river-bottom anthony soil were used. Scytonema hoffmanii and Microcoleus vaginatus grew on the pima soil while Schizothrix calcicola developed on the Anthony soil. The results showed that blue-green algal growths significantly reduced the amount of suspended soil material in runoff water as compared with bare soils. Differences in runoff suspended sediments were also related to differences in soil type and simulated rainfall intensity. An analysis of variance of the effects of these 3 factors and their interactions showed that the smaller differences in suspended sediment production on the Anthony soil due to the microvegetation treatment was verified by a highly significant soils-microvegetation interaction, probably because the finer pima soils wash away more easily without stabilizing microvegetation. Also, less vegetation seems to grow on the Anthony soil. Differences in runoff and infiltration volumes and in settleable sediment amounts were not detected. |