AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 10 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW-2013-10_4_03
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Ecological Impacts and Management of Acid  Sulphate Soil: A Review

Patrick S. Michael1
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1 Department of Agriculture, PNG University of Technology, PMB, LAE 411, MP, Papua New Guinea
AJWEP 2013, 10(4), 13–24; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW-2013-10_4_03
Submitted: 24 April 2013 | Accepted: 17 September 2013 | Published: 1 January 2013
© 2013 by the AJWEP. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

The ecological impacts of acid sulphate soils (ASS) and the management of the impacts are a major  concern globally. The reasons being how to minimize the exposure, reduce the residual impacts and make available  management options. Despite the numerous studies, no review exists that synthesizes the major findings of the  impacts from an agricultural soil, water and environment pollution point of view. Therefore, this paper presents  a synthesis of the impacts on water and the soil together with the management options that are available. The  review also identifies main areas that need further investigations.

Keywords
Acid sulphate soils
ecological impacts
management options
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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