Methods to experimentally control waterlogging and measure soil oxygen in field trials

Authors

E G. Barrett-Lennard, Department of Primary Industries and Regional DevelopmentFollow
Penny D. Leighton, Department of Agriculture
I R. McPharlin, Muresk Institute of Agriculture
T L. Setter, University of Western Australia
H Greenway, University of Western Australia

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1986

Journal Title

Soil Research

ISSN

Print: 1838-675X Electronic: 1838-6768

Keywords

waterlogging, soil oxygen

Disciplines

Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy

Abstract

A method is described for the establishment of controlled waterlogging events in the field. Special plots were constructed at a site with a loamy sand overlying an indurated siliceous pan of low hydraulic conductivity. The plots were isolated from lateral water flow with polyvinyl chloride sheeting, and were either waterlogged or drained by sub-irrigation or drainage through slotted polyethylene pipe buried 0.45 m below the soil surface. In a test of the plots, waterlogging was imposed for 26 days. Samples of soil water were removed from waterlogged plots for the measurement of oxygen. Concentrations of oxygen rapidly decreased after the commencement of waterlogging, but increased again after drainage.

Recommended Citation

Barrett Lennard EG , Leighton PD , Mcpharlin IR , Setter T Greenway H (1986) Methods to experimentally control waterlogging and measure soil oxygen in field trials. Soil Research 24, 477-483. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR9860477