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Article

Impact of Anthropic Activities on Soil Quality under Different Land Uses

by
Lucia Santorufo
1,2,
Valeria Memoli
1,*,
Speranza Claudia Panico
1,
Francesco Esposito
1,
Luca Vitale
3,
Gabriella Di Natale
4,5,
Marco Trifuoggi
4,
Rossella Barile
6,
Anna De Marco
2,7 and
Giulia Maisto
1,2
1
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
2
BAT Center—Interuniversity Center for Studies on Bioinspired Agro-Environmental Technology, University of Naples Federico II, 80100 Naples, Italy
3
National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (ISAFoM), P.le E. Fermi 1-Loc. del Granatello, 80055 Portici, Italy
4
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
5
CeSMA-Centro Servizi Metrologici e Tecnologici Avanzati, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Corso Nicolangelo Protopisani, 80146 San Giovanni a Teduccio, Italy
6
Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio, Via Palazzo del Principe c/o Castello Mediceo, 80044 Ottaviano, Italy
7
Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Montesano, 80131 Napoli, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(16), 8423; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168423
Submission received: 28 July 2021 / Revised: 7 August 2021 / Accepted: 9 August 2021 / Published: 10 August 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Health)
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Abstract

Anthropization often leads to land use transformation, causing deep changes to soil properties and its quality. Land use change could be an environmental and socioeconomic problem, as it impacts soil quality and ecosystem services. There is an urgent need to understand the pressures affecting soil quality. The aim of the work is to quantify the impact of different land uses on soil abiotic and biotic properties and on its quality. To achieve the aims, soils from different land uses (forest, urban and agricultural) were collected in the surroundings of Naples and analyzed for pH, water content, contents of C and N, C/N ratio and total and available concentrations of Cu, Ni and Pb, microbial and fungal biomasses, basal respiration and metabolic quotient. Then, a soil quality index (SQI) was calculated for each land use. The results showed that soil abiotic and biotic properties of the agricultural sites differed from those of forest and urban sites. At agricultural sites, microbial abundances decreased due to low amount of C and N and to high amount of Cu and Pb. This caused low use efficiency of energetic substrates and a reduced soil quality of agricultural sites as compared to forest and urban sites.
Keywords: soil quality; urban soils; forest; agricultural practices; microbial biomass and activity; Mediterranean area soil quality; urban soils; forest; agricultural practices; microbial biomass and activity; Mediterranean area

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Santorufo, L.; Memoli, V.; Panico, S.C.; Esposito, F.; Vitale, L.; Di Natale, G.; Trifuoggi, M.; Barile, R.; De Marco, A.; Maisto, G. Impact of Anthropic Activities on Soil Quality under Different Land Uses. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 8423. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168423

AMA Style

Santorufo L, Memoli V, Panico SC, Esposito F, Vitale L, Di Natale G, Trifuoggi M, Barile R, De Marco A, Maisto G. Impact of Anthropic Activities on Soil Quality under Different Land Uses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(16):8423. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168423

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Santorufo, Lucia, Valeria Memoli, Speranza Claudia Panico, Francesco Esposito, Luca Vitale, Gabriella Di Natale, Marco Trifuoggi, Rossella Barile, Anna De Marco, and Giulia Maisto. 2021. "Impact of Anthropic Activities on Soil Quality under Different Land Uses" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16: 8423. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168423

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Santorufo, L., Memoli, V., Panico, S. C., Esposito, F., Vitale, L., Di Natale, G., Trifuoggi, M., Barile, R., De Marco, A., & Maisto, G. (2021). Impact of Anthropic Activities on Soil Quality under Different Land Uses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8423. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168423

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