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DOI	10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107571
	Soil quality index for assessing phosphate mining restoration in a hyper-arid environment
	Levi, Nathan; Hillel, Noa; Zaady, Eli; Rotem, Guy; Ziv, Yaron; Karnieli, Arnon; Paz-Kagan, Tarin
通讯作者	Paz-Kagan, T (corresponding author), Agr Res Org, Volcani Ctr, Inst Agr, Dept Sensing Informat & Mechanizat Syst,Engn, IL-7505101 Rishon Leziyyon, Israel.
来源期刊	ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
ISSN	1470-160X
EISSN	1872-7034
出版年	2021
卷号	125
英文摘要	Mining contributes significantly to economic development, but it also entails extensive environmental damage, such as soil degradation and water and air pollution. Mining activity impacts the soil quality, often making it unable to support ecosystem function and structure. The current study aims to apply the soil quality index (SQI) as a methodology for quantifying soil restoration status in an open-pit phosphate mine in Israel's hyper-arid environment. In this regard, we evaluated an ecological restoration practice that includes topsoil refilling compared to the adjacent undisturbed natural system, using transformed and standardized scorings of 11 physical, biological, and chemical soil properties that were further statistically integrated into overall SQI values. Our results revealed significant differences between the restoration practice areas and the nearby natural areas, with a higher soil quality value in the latter. It is proposed that the topsoil restoration method is mainly affected by soil biological indicators, such as soil organic matter, soil proteins, and polysaccharides related to microorganic growth, and in a lesser extent, by physical properties (primarily infiltration rate, followed by AWC). The former properties encourage the biocrust establishment, which is essential for soil surface stabilization and affects the water infiltration rate and nutrient availability. The chemical indicators showed no significant differences between most of the sites for the overall soil quality. In conclusion, soil properties, primarily physiobiological ones, should be selected to quantify and evaluate restoration practices in hyper-arid ecosystems.
英文关键词	Ecological restoration Soil indicators Hyper-arid ecosystems Biocrusts
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000637787000002
WOS关键词	PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE ; MINE ; RECLAMATION ; MANAGEMENT ; NEGEV ; COMMUNITIES ; INDICATORS ; RESPONSES ; TOPSOIL ; CRUST
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/368750
作者单位	[Levi, Nathan; Hillel, Noa; Karnieli, Arnon] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Blaustein Inst Desert Res, French Associates Inst Agr & Biotechnol Drylands, Sede Boker Campus, IL-84990 Sede Boqer, Israel; [Zaady, Eli] Gilat Res Ctr, Dept Nat Resources, Inst Plant Sci, Agr Res Org, IL-8531100 Negev, Israel; [Rotem, Guy; Ziv, Yaron] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Life Sci, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel; [Levi, Nathan; Hillel, Noa; Paz-Kagan, Tarin] Agr Res Org, Volcani Ctr, Inst Agr, Dept Sensing Informat & Mechanizat Syst,Engn, IL-7505101 Rishon Leziyyon, Israel
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Levi, Nathan,Hillel, Noa,Zaady, Eli,et al. Soil quality index for assessing phosphate mining restoration in a hyper-arid environment[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,2021,125.
APA	Levi, Nathan.,Hillel, Noa.,Zaady, Eli.,Rotem, Guy.,Ziv, Yaron.,...&Paz-Kagan, Tarin.(2021).Soil quality index for assessing phosphate mining restoration in a hyper-arid environment.ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS,125.
MLA	Levi, Nathan,et al."Soil quality index for assessing phosphate mining restoration in a hyper-arid environment".ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 125(2021).