Soil fertility indicators and soil stoichiometry in semi-arid steppe rangelands

S Boudjabi, H Chenchouni - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil fertility depends on vegetation cover, climatic conditions and soil-specific edaphic
factors that regulate transformation processes of plant residues and organic matter. Soil …

On the sustainability of land applications of sewage sludge: how to apply the sewage biosolid in order to improve soil fertility and increase crop yield?

S Boudjabi, H Chenchouni - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The fertilization using sewage sludge (SS) and/or SS-derived products have been
extensively studied and known to increase crop yield as soil nutrients and plant growth are …

Modeling and risk analysis of dam-break flooding in a semi-arid Montane watershed: a case study of the Yabous Dam, Northeastern Algeria

A Gaagai, HA Aouissi, AE Krauklis, J Burlakovs… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The risk related to embankment dam breaches needs to be evaluated in order to prepare
emergency action plans. The physical and hydrodynamic parameters of the flood wave …

Yield, growth development and grain characteristics of seven Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) genotypes grown in open-field production systems under hot-arid …

M Oustani, S Mehda, MT Halilat, H Chenchouni - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Quinoa is an important Andean crop that can play a strategic role in the development of
degraded lands in hot arid regions due to its high nutritional value, genetic diversity and its …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental drivers of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity patterns of plant communities in semi-arid steppe rangelands of North Africa

A Macheroum, L Kadik, S Neffar, H Chenchouni - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Since phytoecological and biodiversity studies deepen our understanding on ecosystem
functioning and habitat health status of rangelands, this study analyzed the composition and …

Application of remote sensing and GIS to assess groundwater potential in the transboundary watershed of the Chott-El-Gharbi (Algerian–Moroccan border)

A Derdour, Y Benkaddour, B Bendahou - Applied Water Science, 2022 - Springer
Remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become widely used
in various fields around the world in recent years. In this paper; we attempt to delineate the …

Comparative effectiveness of exogenous organic amendments on soil fertility, growth, photosynthesis and heavy metal accumulation in cereal crops

S Boudjabi, H Chenchouni - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
With soil fertility loss reached a critical state in arid and semi-arid regions, farmers are
constrained to use mineral fertilizers, which are costly, non-eco-friendly and less effective in …

Short-term land degradation driven by livestock grazing does not affect soil properties in semiarid steppe rangelands

A Macheroum, H Chenchouni - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The soil–vegetation relationships are reciprocal and fundamental for terrestrial ecosystem
integrity. However, the long-term degradation of vegetation cover alters edaphic conditions …

Exploring groundwater quality in semi-arid areas of Algeria: Impacts on potable water supply and agricultural sustainability

N Allaoua, H Hafid, H Chenchouni - Journal of Arid Land, 2024 - Springer
Groundwater quality assessment is important to assure safe and durable water use. In semi-
arid areas of Algeria, groundwater represents the main water resource for drinking water …

Water physicochemical quality as driver of spatial and temporal patterns of microbial community composition in lake ecosystems

K Loucif, H Chenchouni - Applied Water Science, 2024 - Springer
This study aimed at monitoring and management of the surface water and potentially
pathogenic microbes of Lake Tonga (Algeria) with respect to. It characterized the main …