Assessing Soil-like Materials for Ecosystem Services Provided by Constructed Technosols

Urbanization results to a wide spread of Technosols. Various materials are used for Technosols’ construction with a limited attention to their ecosystem services or disservices. The research focuses on the integral assessment of soil-like materials used for Technosols’ construction in Moscow megalop...

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Autores principales: Kristina Ivashchenko, Emanuela Lepore, Viacheslav Vasenev, Nadezhda Ananyeva, Sofiya Demina, Fluza Khabibullina, Inna Vaseneva, Alexandra Selezneva, Andrey Dolgikh, Sofia Sushko, Sara Marinari, Elvira Dovletyarova
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9daf44fd6a3f4e7d8241d291ef6c5b202021-11-25T18:09:31ZAssessing Soil-like Materials for Ecosystem Services Provided by Constructed Technosols10.3390/land101111852073-445Xhttps://doaj.org/article/9daf44fd6a3f4e7d8241d291ef6c5b202021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1185https://doaj.org/toc/2073-445XUrbanization results to a wide spread of Technosols. Various materials are used for Technosols’ construction with a limited attention to their ecosystem services or disservices. The research focuses on the integral assessment of soil-like materials used for Technosols’ construction in Moscow megalopolis from the ecosystem services’ perspective. Four groups of materials (valley peats, sediments, cultural layers, and commercial manufactured soil mixtures) were assessed based on the indicators, which are integral, informative, and cost-effective. Microbial respiration, C-availability, specific respiration, community level physiological profile, and Shannon’ diversity index in the materials were compared to the natural reference to assess and rank the ecosystem services and disservices. The assessment showed that sediments and low-peat mixtures (≤30% of peat in total volume) had a considerably higher capacity to provide C-sequestration, climate regulation and functional diversity services compared to peats and high-peat mixtures. Urban cultural layers provided ecosystem disservices due to pollution by potentially toxic elements and health risks from the pathogenic fungi. Mixtures comprising from the sediments with minor (≤30%) peat addition would have a high potential to increase C-sequestration and to enrich microbial functional diversity. Their implementation in urban landscaping will reduce management costs and increase sustainability of urban soils and ecosystem.Kristina IvashchenkoEmanuela LeporeViacheslav VasenevNadezhda AnanyevaSofiya DeminaFluza KhabibullinaInna VasenevaAlexandra SeleznevaAndrey DolgikhSofia SushkoSara MarinariElvira DovletyarovaMDPI AGarticleurban soilorgano-mineral materialsecosystem disservicesMicroResp techniquefunctional microbial diversityfungiAgricultureSENLand, Vol 10, Iss 1185, p 1185 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic urban soil
organo-mineral materials
ecosystem disservices
MicroResp technique
functional microbial diversity
fungi
Agriculture
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spellingShingle urban soil
organo-mineral materials
ecosystem disservices
MicroResp technique
functional microbial diversity
fungi
Agriculture
S
Kristina Ivashchenko
Emanuela Lepore
Viacheslav Vasenev
Nadezhda Ananyeva
Sofiya Demina
Fluza Khabibullina
Inna Vaseneva
Alexandra Selezneva
Andrey Dolgikh
Sofia Sushko
Sara Marinari
Elvira Dovletyarova
Assessing Soil-like Materials for Ecosystem Services Provided by Constructed Technosols
description Urbanization results to a wide spread of Technosols. Various materials are used for Technosols’ construction with a limited attention to their ecosystem services or disservices. The research focuses on the integral assessment of soil-like materials used for Technosols’ construction in Moscow megalopolis from the ecosystem services’ perspective. Four groups of materials (valley peats, sediments, cultural layers, and commercial manufactured soil mixtures) were assessed based on the indicators, which are integral, informative, and cost-effective. Microbial respiration, C-availability, specific respiration, community level physiological profile, and Shannon’ diversity index in the materials were compared to the natural reference to assess and rank the ecosystem services and disservices. The assessment showed that sediments and low-peat mixtures (≤30% of peat in total volume) had a considerably higher capacity to provide C-sequestration, climate regulation and functional diversity services compared to peats and high-peat mixtures. Urban cultural layers provided ecosystem disservices due to pollution by potentially toxic elements and health risks from the pathogenic fungi. Mixtures comprising from the sediments with minor (≤30%) peat addition would have a high potential to increase C-sequestration and to enrich microbial functional diversity. Their implementation in urban landscaping will reduce management costs and increase sustainability of urban soils and ecosystem.
format article
author Kristina Ivashchenko
Emanuela Lepore
Viacheslav Vasenev
Nadezhda Ananyeva
Sofiya Demina
Fluza Khabibullina
Inna Vaseneva
Alexandra Selezneva
Andrey Dolgikh
Sofia Sushko
Sara Marinari
Elvira Dovletyarova
author_facet Kristina Ivashchenko
Emanuela Lepore
Viacheslav Vasenev
Nadezhda Ananyeva
Sofiya Demina
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Inna Vaseneva
Alexandra Selezneva
Andrey Dolgikh
Sofia Sushko
Sara Marinari
Elvira Dovletyarova
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title Assessing Soil-like Materials for Ecosystem Services Provided by Constructed Technosols
title_short Assessing Soil-like Materials for Ecosystem Services Provided by Constructed Technosols
title_full Assessing Soil-like Materials for Ecosystem Services Provided by Constructed Technosols
title_fullStr Assessing Soil-like Materials for Ecosystem Services Provided by Constructed Technosols
title_full_unstemmed Assessing Soil-like Materials for Ecosystem Services Provided by Constructed Technosols
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