Effect of fire retardant application on phosphorus leaching from Mediterranean forest soil: Short-term laboratory-scale study

Pappa, A; Tzamtzis, N; Koufopoulou, S

dc.contributor.author	Pappa, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Tzamtzis, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Koufopoulou, S	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:24:02Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:24:02Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	1049-8001	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/17181
dc.subject	Greece	en
dc.subject	Groundwater quality	en
dc.subject	Mount Penteli	en
dc.subject	Pinus halepensis trees	en
dc.subject	Post-fire effects	en
dc.subject	Vegetation impact	en
dc.subject.classification	Forestry	en
dc.subject.other	Pinus halepensis	en
dc.title	Effect of fire retardant application on phosphorus leaching from Mediterranean forest soil: Short-term laboratory-scale study	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1071/WF05002	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF05002	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	The application of fire retardants for forest fire prevention purposes can result in chemicals leaching from soil to the drainage water during the annual rainfall period. In addition, wildland fires can have an impact on the leaching of various chemicals from treated forest soils. In leachates, large concentrations of phosphorus (P) ? one of the major components of long-term retardants ? could affect the groundwater quality. In this present study, the leaching of phosphorus (contained in FIRE-TROL 931 ? a long-term fire retardant based on polyphosphates) from a typical Mediterranean forest soil, was studied at the laboratory scale. The concentrations of P from the application of retardant in the resulting leachates from pots, containing forest soil and pine trees (Pinus halepensis), alone and in combination with fire, were determined by an inductively coupled plasma analytical method. The leaching of P, under the conditions used, was found to be a small percentage of the initially applied P quantities. However, it was different among the treated samples affected by both plant and fire conditions. © IAWF 2006.	en
heal.publisher	CSIRO PUBLISHING	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Wildland Fire	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1071/WF05002	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000240234200001	en
dc.identifier.volume	15	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	287	en
dc.identifier.epage	292	en