Dahmardeh Ghaleno M R, khatibi R, shahriari A, sarparast M. Assessment of the Impact of Combined Wind and Water Erosion on Soil Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties in Bampur Region, Sistan and Baluchestan Province. E.E.R. 2025; 15 (4)
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http://magazine.hormozgan.ac.ir/article-1-897-en.html
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This study aimed to assess the impacts of combined wind and water erosion on the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils in the Bampour region of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, southeastern Iran. Soil samples (0–30 cm depth) were collected using a completely randomized design along the main slope across four erosion severity classes: no erosion, low, moderate, and severe erosion. To assess the soil’s response to these processes, physical (texture, bulk density, porosity), chemical (pH, electrical conductivity, organic carbon, total nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, moisture), and biological (enzyme activity, microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen, basal microbial respiration, microbial population, and microbial contribution to soil) parameters were measured. Soil property data were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) in SPSS version 26. Mean comparisons were performed using Duncan’s multiple range test at a 95% confidence level. Additionally, Pearson correlation analyses among the measured variables were employed using the R software environment.
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Received: 2025/05/31