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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2007, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (02): 21-25.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20070204

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Effects of Forest Community Degradation on Water Chemical of Karst Shallow Groundwater

Liu Fang1,2,Wang Shijie1,Luo Haibo2,Liu Yuansheng2,He Tengbing2,Long Jian3   

  1. 1. National Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Geochemistry Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences Guiyang 550002; 2. Environment and Resource Institute of Guizhou University Guiyang 550025; 3. Geography Department of Guizhou Normal University Guiyang 550004
  • Received:2006-05-10 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-02-25 Published:2007-02-25

Abstract:

The effects of forest community degradation on chemical composition of Karst shallow groundwater were studied in Guizhou Province by investigating vegetations and analyzing the samples of runoff and Karst groundwater. The results showed that the order of concentrations of anion and cation in rainfall is SO42->K+、Ca2+、HCO3->Na+、Mg2+、Cl->NO3-、NH4+>PO34-,, while the order of concentrations of anion and cation in runoff is HCO3->SO42-、Ca2+>Mg2+、Cl->K+、Na+、NO3->NH4+>PO34-, and that the chemical composition of Karst shallow groundwater is similar with that of the runoff, but the concentrations of HCO-3, Ca2+ , Mg2+ and electric conductivity are higher than that of surface runoff. The results also showed that with increasing the grades of Karst forest community degradation, the percents of HCO-3, Ca2+ reduced significantly and the percent of SO2-4 enhanced obviously, and that the contents of HCO-3, Ca2+ , K+, NH+4 in Karst shallow groundwater correlated significantly with the rate of forest coverage, which the content of HCO-3 is dominant factor to impact on electric conductivity of Karst groundwater, Ca2+ , K+ and Mg2+ coming next,so that electric conductivity could be used as primary indices to evaluate Karst forest community degradation impacting on ecological environment.

Key words: Karst, forest community, community degradation, Karst groundwater, water chemistry