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47. Monitoring Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soils and Vegetation by Remote Sensing: A Review.

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Lovynska, Viktoriia, Bayat, Bagher, Bol, Roland, Moradi, Shirin, Rahmati, Mehdi, Raj, Rahul, Sytnyk, Svitlana, Wiche, Oliver, Wu, Bei, and Montzka, Carsten

Subjects
POISONS, HEAVY metal toxicology, HEAVY elements, SPECTRAL reflectance, SOIL pollution, HEAVY metals
Abstract

Heavy metal contamination in soils and vegetation poses a significant problem due to its toxicity and persistence. Toxic effects on vegetation include not only impaired growth, reduced yields, and even plant death but also biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. Addressing this issue requires comprehensive monitoring and remediation efforts to mitigate the environmental, human health, and ecological impacts. This review examines the state-of-the-art methodologies and advancements in remote sensing applications for detecting and monitoring heavy metal contamination in soil and its subsequent effects on vegetation. By synthesizing the current research findings and technological developments, this review offers insights into the efficacy and potential of remote sensing for monitoring heavy metal contamination in terrestrial ecosystems. However, current studies focus on regression and AI methods to link spectral reflectances and indices to heavy metal concentrations, which poses limited transferability to other areas, times, spectral discretizations, and heavy metal elements. We conclude that one important way forward is the more thorough understanding and simulation of the related physico-chemical processes in soils and plants and their effects on the spectral signatures. This would offer a profound basis for remote sensing applications for individual circumstances and would allow disentangling heavy metal effects from other stressors such as droughts or soil salinity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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48. Spatial-temporal variations and driving factors of soil organic carbon in forest ecosystems of Northeast China

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Shuai Wang, Bol Roland, Kabindra Adhikari, Qianlai Zhuang, Xinxin Jin, Chunlan Han, and Fengkui Qian

Subjects
Soil organic carbon stocks, Forest ecosystem, Spatial-temporal variation, Carbon sink, Digital soil mapping, Ecology, QH540-549.5
Abstract

Forest soil carbon is a major carbon pool of terrestrial ecosystems, and accurate estimation of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in forest ecosystems is rather challenging. This study compared the prediction performance of three empirical model approaches namely, regression kriging (RK), multiple stepwise regression (MSR), random forest (RF), and boosted regression trees (BRT) to predict SOC stocks in Northeast China for 1990 and 2015. Furthermore, the spatial variation of SOC stocks and the main controlling environmental factors during the past 25 years were identified. A total of 82 (in 1990) and 157 (in 2015) topsoil (0–20 ​cm) samples with 12 environmental factors (soil property, climate, topography and biology) were selected for model construction. Randomly selected 80% of the soil sample data were used to train the models and the other 20% data for model verification using mean absolute error, root mean square error, coefficient of determination and Lin's consistency correlation coefficient indices. We found BRT model as the best prediction model and it could explain 67% and 60% spatial variation of SOC stocks, in 1990, and 2015, respectively. Predicted maps of all models in both periods showed similar spatial distribution characteristics, with the lower SOC in northeast and higher SOC in southwest. Mean annual temperature and elevation were the key environmental factors influencing the spatial variation of SOC stock in both periods. SOC stocks were mainly stored under Cambosols, Gleyosols and Isohumosols, accounting for 95.6% (1990) and 95.9% (2015). Overall, SOC stocks increased by 471 ​Tg ​C during the past 25 years. Our study found that the BRT model employing common environmental factors was the most robust method for forest topsoil SOC stocks inventories. The spatial resolution of BRT model enabled us to pinpoint in which areas of Northeast China that new forest tree planting would be most effective for enhancing forest C stocks. Overall, our approach is likely to be useful in forestry management and ecological restoration at and beyond the regional scale.

Published
2023
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