Accepted Manuscript Are Preferential Flow Paths Perpetuated by Microbial Activity in the Soil Ma‐ trix? - A Review Verónica L. Morales, J.-Yves Parlange, Tammo S. Steenhuis PII: S0022-1694(09)00842-7 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.12.048 Reference: HYDROL 16969 To appear in: Journal of Hydrology Received Date: 2 May 2009 Revised Date: 26 October 2009 Accepted Date: 29 December 2009 Please cite this article as: Morales, V.L., Parlange, J.-Yves, Steenhuis, T.S., Are Preferential Flow Paths Perpetuated by Microbial Activity in the Soil Matrix? - A Review, Journal of Hydrology (2010), doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol. 2009.12.048 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
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Accepted Manuscript
Are Preferential Flow Paths Perpetuated by Microbial Activity in the Soil Ma‐
trix? - A Review
Verónica L. Morales, J.-Yves Parlange, Tammo S. Steenhuis
PII: S0022-1694(09)00842-7
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.12.048
Reference: HYDROL 16969
To appear in: Journal of Hydrology
Received Date: 2 May 2009
Revised Date: 26 October 2009
Accepted Date: 29 December 2009
Please cite this article as: Morales, V.L., Parlange, J.-Yves, Steenhuis, T.S., Are Preferential Flow Paths Perpetuated
by Microbial Activity in the Soil Matrix? - A Review, Journal of Hydrology (2010), doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.
2009.12.048
This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers
we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and
review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process
errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
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Figure Captions 621 622
Figure 1. Preferential flow paths in water repellent dune sand visualized by using 623
dyestuff staining, from Dekker and Ritsema, 2000. 624
Figure 2. Schematic diagram of the flow process in the soil with preferential flow paths, 625
from Kim et al. 2005. 626
Figure 3. Schematic diagram of the feedback mechanisms between microbial activity and 627
preferential flow paths. 628
Figure 4. Morphological changes of bacterial extracellular polymeric substance on 629
desiccation and on rehydration, from Roberson and Firestone, 1992. 630
Figure 5. The transient nature of water repellency caused by hydrophilic-hydrophobic 631
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Microorganisms secrete hydrophobic substances as survival mechanism
Microorganisms are more active and secrete large quantities of EPS
EPS reduces effective soil porosity and hydraulic conductivity near the
surface
Top soil has smaller hydraulic conductivity than the soil beneath it.
Condition 1 is met
Infiltration experiences instabilities from an increase in hydraulic
conductivity with depth
Soil grains get coated with hydrophobic substances
Infiltration experiences instabilities from water repellent soil patches
Preferential flow
Hysteresis fix column location
Columns deliver large loads of substrate from the surface
Drying spells exacerbate water scarcity in the column regions