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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 129-137 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Plant and soil |
| Volume | 273 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2005 |
Abstract
To study the impact of high atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the leaching of NO 3 - and NH 4 + beneath forest and heathland vegetation, investigations were carried out in adjacent forest and heathland ecosystems in Northwest Germany. The study area is subjected to high deposition of nitrogen ranging from 15.9 kg ha-1 yr-1 in bulk precipitation to 65.3 kg ha-1 yr-1 beneath a stand of Pinus sylvestris L. with NH4-N accounting for 70-80% of the nitrogen deposited. Considerable leaching of nitrogen compounds from the upper horizons of the soil, mostly as nitrate, occurred at most of the forest sites and below a mixed stand of Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull. and Erica tetralix, but was low in a Betula pubescens Ehrh. swamp forest as well as beneath Erica tetralix L. wet heath and heath dominated by Molinia caerulea(L.) Moench. Ground water concentrations of both NO3-N and NH4-N did not exceed 1 mg L-1 at most of the sites investigated.
Keywords
- Betula pubescens swamp forest, Ground water, Heathland, Nitrogen deposition, Oak-birch-forest, Seepage water
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Soil Science
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Plant Science
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In: Plant and soil, Vol. 273, No. 1-2, 06.2005, p. 129-137.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Leaching of nitrate and ammonium in heathland and forest ecosystems in Northwest Germany under the influence of enhanced nitrogen deposition
AU - Herrmann, Martina
AU - Pust, Jürgen
AU - Pott, Richard
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - To study the impact of high atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the leaching of NO 3 - and NH 4 + beneath forest and heathland vegetation, investigations were carried out in adjacent forest and heathland ecosystems in Northwest Germany. The study area is subjected to high deposition of nitrogen ranging from 15.9 kg ha-1 yr-1 in bulk precipitation to 65.3 kg ha-1 yr-1 beneath a stand of Pinus sylvestris L. with NH4-N accounting for 70-80% of the nitrogen deposited. Considerable leaching of nitrogen compounds from the upper horizons of the soil, mostly as nitrate, occurred at most of the forest sites and below a mixed stand of Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull. and Erica tetralix, but was low in a Betula pubescens Ehrh. swamp forest as well as beneath Erica tetralix L. wet heath and heath dominated by Molinia caerulea(L.) Moench. Ground water concentrations of both NO3-N and NH4-N did not exceed 1 mg L-1 at most of the sites investigated.
AB - To study the impact of high atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the leaching of NO 3 - and NH 4 + beneath forest and heathland vegetation, investigations were carried out in adjacent forest and heathland ecosystems in Northwest Germany. The study area is subjected to high deposition of nitrogen ranging from 15.9 kg ha-1 yr-1 in bulk precipitation to 65.3 kg ha-1 yr-1 beneath a stand of Pinus sylvestris L. with NH4-N accounting for 70-80% of the nitrogen deposited. Considerable leaching of nitrogen compounds from the upper horizons of the soil, mostly as nitrate, occurred at most of the forest sites and below a mixed stand of Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull. and Erica tetralix, but was low in a Betula pubescens Ehrh. swamp forest as well as beneath Erica tetralix L. wet heath and heath dominated by Molinia caerulea(L.) Moench. Ground water concentrations of both NO3-N and NH4-N did not exceed 1 mg L-1 at most of the sites investigated.
KW - Betula pubescens swamp forest
KW - Ground water
KW - Heathland
KW - Nitrogen deposition
KW - Oak-birch-forest
KW - Seepage water
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U2 - 10.1007/s11104-004-7246-x
DO - 10.1007/s11104-004-7246-x
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VL - 273
SP - 129
EP - 137
JO - Plant and soil
JF - Plant and soil
SN - 0032-079X
IS - 1-2
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