As Editor-In-Chief of the SJSS, I welcome you to this full, open access, electronic journal of soil science. This journal has been created to provide a reference point in the scientific literature for this specific area of knowledge.
Within its scope, the journal will therefore endea- vour to publish original, relevant, and high-quality research.
This will be possible thanks to the collaboration of the publisher Universia and the scientific knowledge provided by its predecessors: the journals Anales de Edafología y Agrobiología, Suelo y Planta, and Edafología, which have allowed the dissemination of advances in soil science in Spanish.
We offer a new platform for showcasing the latest advances in soil science, within a framework ap- propriate for digital distribution technologies, which provides wide accessibility for both authors and readers. The contributions are to be mainly presen- ted in English, in order to achieve optimal disse- mination, although there will also be contributions in Spanish and Portuguese. Finally, I would like to stress that, from the very beginning, the Spanish Journal of Soil Science (SJSS) plans to meet the quality requirements of international scientific publi- cations. Its content will therefore be evaluated with a view to indexing the publication and incorporating it into the main catalogues and databases within the shortest possible time.
We look forward to receiving your submissions. Best wishes,
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Dr. Rosa M. Poch
Table of Contents
Organic components of soils, organic matter stabilization and biogeochemical clycle of nutrients
1 Seasonal Changes in the Carbohydrate Pool of an Atlantic Forest Soil under Different Vegetation Types . |
| Ángela Martín, Tarsy Carballas, Montserrat Díaz-Raviña |
2 Long-term effect of no-tillage on soil organic matter fractions in rainfed Aragon (NE Spain) . |
| Nuria Blanco-Moure, Ana Bielsa, Ricardo Gracia, María Victoria López |
Soil Chemistry: physico-chemical and chemical properties and soil behaviour
1 Applying Freundlich, Langmuir and Temkin models in Cu and Pb soil sorption experiments |
| F.A. Vega, M. L. Andrade, E. F. Covelo |
2 Spatial variability of soil fertility in a block design . |
| María de las Mercedes Ron, María Ester Mandolesi, Luciano Orden, Roberto Jürgen Kiessling |
Soil quality, soils and environmental quality, soil use, soil use changes and sustainability
1 Measurement of soil aggregate stability using low intensity ultrasonic vibration |
| Axel Mentler, Herwig Mayer, Winfried E. H. Blum, Jasmin Schomakers, Nina Degischer |
2 DPSIR analysis of land and soil degradation in response to changes in land use . |
| Jaume Porta, Rosa María Poch |
Soil management and land degradation, soil contamination, soil technology, protection and remediation
1 Artificial chinampas soils of Mexico City: their properties and salinization hazards . |
| Pavel Krasilnikov, Norma Eugenia García Calderón, Rosalía Ramos Bello, Héctor Manuel Ortega Escobar |
2 Characterization of the potential mercury contamination in the Apolobamba gold mining area, Bolivia . |
| José A. Acosta, Ángel Faz Cano, María Ángeles Muñoz, Ricardo Vera, Silvia Martínez-Martínez, Rocío MIllán, Tania Terán |
