2018 Volume 44 Issue 1 Pages 27-32
We investigated the effects of landscape management, defined by organic matter removal and visitor usage, on the physicochemical properties of soils in Tokyo Port Parks (TPP). The bulk density and solid phase ratio were lower and carbon and nitrogen concentrations tended to be higher in the soil of a sanctuary zone than in the soil of other landscape management types. The concentration of exchangeable cations, available phosphate and pH(H2O) in TPP soils tended to be higher than those in other urban parks. It was inferred that high exchangeable cations were included in the original soils for park development and that TPP had been exposed to dust from the surrounding area.
