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Vertical transport of dissolved organic C and N under long-term N amendments in pine and hardwood forests 总被引:32,自引:3,他引:29
William S. Currie John D. Aber William H. McDowell Richard D. Boone Alison H. Magill 《Biogeochemistry》1996,35(3):471-505
At the Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, a long-term effort is under way to study responses in ecosystem biogeochemistry to chronic inputs of N in atmospheric deposition in the region. Since 1988, experimental additions of NH4NO3 (0, 5 and 15 g N m–2 yr–1) have been made in two forest stands:Pinus resinosa (red pine) and mixed hardwood. In the seventh year of the study, we measured solute concentrations and estimated solute fluxes in throughfall and at two soil depths, beneath the forest floors (Oa) and beneath the B horizons.Beneath the Oa, concentrations and fluxes of dissolved organic C and N (DOC and DON) were higher in the coniferous stand than in the hardwood stand. The mineral soil exerted a strong homogenizing effect on concentrations beneath the B horizons. In reference plots (no N additions), DON composed 56% (pine) and 67% (hardwood) of the total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) transported downward from the forest floor to the mineral soil, and 98% of the TDN exported from the solums. Under N amendments, fluxes of DON from the forest floor correlated positively with rates of N addition, but fluxes of inorganic N from the Oa exceeded those of DON. Export of DON from the solums appeared unaffected by 7 years of N amendments, but as in the Oa, DON composed smaller fractions of TDN exports under N amendments. DOC fluxes were not strongly related to N amendment rates, but ratios of DOC:DON often decreased.The hardwood forest floor exhibited a much stronger sink for inorganic N than did the pine forest floor, making the inputs of dissolved N to mineral soil much greater in the pine stand. Under the high-N treatment, exports of inorganic N from the solum of the pine stand were increased >500-fold over reference (5.2 vs. 0.01 g N m–2 yr–1), consistent with other manifestations of nitrogen saturation. Exports of N from the solum in the pine forest decreased in the order NO3-N> NH4-N> DON, with exports of inorganic N 14-fold higher than exports of DON. In the hardwood forest, in contrast, increased sinks for inorganic N under N amendments resulted in exports of inorganic N that remained lower than DON exports in N-amended plots as well as the reference plot. 相似文献
2.
Large Loss of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen from Nitrogen-Saturated Forests in Subtropical China 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Yunting Fang Weixing Zhu Per Gundersen Jiangming Mo Guoyi Zhou Muneoki Yoh 《Ecosystems》2009,12(1):33-45
Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) has recently been recognized as an important component of terrestrial N cycling, especially
under N-limited conditions; however, the effect of increased atmospheric N deposition on DON production and loss from forest
soils remains controversial. Here we report DON and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from forest soils receiving very
high long-term ambient atmospheric N deposition with or without additional experimental N inputs, to investigate DON biogeochemistry
under N-saturated conditions. We studied an old-growth forest, a young pine forest, and a young mixed pine/broadleaf forest
in subtropical southern China. All three forests have previously been shown to have high nitrate (NO3−) leaching losses, with the highest loss found in the old-growth forest. We hypothesized that DON leaching loss would be forest
specific and that the strongest response to experimental N input would be in the N-saturated old-growth forest. Our results
showed that under ambient deposition (35–50 kg N ha−1 y−1 as throughfall input), DON leaching below the major rooting zone in all three forests was high (6.5–16.9 kg N ha−1 y−1). DON leaching increased 35–162% following 2.5 years of experimental input of 50–150 kg N ha−1 y−1. The fertilizer-driven increase of DON leaching comprised 4–17% of the added N. A concurrent increase in DOC loss was observed
only in the pine forest, even though DOC:DON ratios declined in all three forests. Our data showed that DON accounted for
23–38% of total dissolved N in leaching, highlighting that DON could be a significant pathway of N loss from forests moving
toward N saturation. The most pronounced N treatment effect on DON fluxes was not found in the old-growth forest that had
the highest DON loss under ambient conditions. DON leaching was highly correlated with NO3− leaching in all three forests. We hypothesize that abiotic incorporation of excess NO3− (through chemically reactive NO2−) into soil organic matter and the consequent production of N-enriched dissolved organic matter is a major mechanism for the
consistent and large DON loss in the N-saturated subtropical forests of southern China.
Dr. YT Fang performed research, analyzed data, and wrote the paper; Prof. WX Zhu participated in the initial experimental
design, analyzed data, and took part in writing the paper; Prof. P Gundersen conceived the study and took part in writing;
Prof. JM Mo and Prof. GY Zhou conceived study; Prof. M Yoh analyzed part of the data and contributed to the development of
DON model. 相似文献
3.
Nitrogen Oxide Fluxes and Nitrogen Cycling during Postagricultural Succession and Forest Fertilization in the Humid Tropics 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The effects of changes in tropical land use on soil emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitric oxide (NO) are not well understood. We examined emissions of N2O and NO and their relationships to land use and forest composition, litterfall, soil nitrogen (N) pools and turnover, soil
moisture, and patterns of carbon (C) cycling in a lower montane, subtropical wet region of Puerto Rico. Fluxes of N2O and NO were measured monthly for over 1 year in old (more than 60 years old) pastures, early- and mid-successional forests
previously in pasture, and late-successional forests not known to have been in pasture within the tabonuco (Dacryodes excelsa) forest zone. Additional, though less frequent, measures were also made in an experimentally fertilized tabonuco forest.
N2O fluxes exceeded NO fluxes at all sites, reflecting the consistently wet environment. The fertilized forest had the highest
N oxide emissions (22.0 kg N · ha−1· y−1). Among the unfertilized sites, the expected pattern of increasing emissions with stand age did not occur in all cases. The
mid-successional forest most dominated by leguminous trees had the highest emissions (9.0 kg N · ha−1· y−1), whereas the mid-successional forest lacking legumes had the lowest emissions (0.09 kg N · ha−1· y−1). N oxide fluxes from late-successional forests were higher than fluxes from pastures. Annual N oxide fluxes correlated positively
to leaf litter N, net nitrification, potential nitrification, soil nitrate, and net N mineralization and negatively to leaf
litter C:N ratio. Soil ammonium was not related to N oxide emissions. Forests with lower fluxes of N oxides had higher rates
of C mineralization than sites with higher N oxide emissions. We conclude that (a) N oxide fluxes were substantial where the
availability of inorganic N exceeded the requirements of competing biota; (b) species composition resulting from historical
land use or varying successional dynamics played an important role in determining N availability; and (c) the established
ecosystem models that predict N oxide loss from positive relationships with soil ammonium may need to be modified.
Received 22 February 2000; accepted 6 September 2000. 相似文献
4.
Minocha Rakesh Long Stephanie Magill Alison H. Aber John McDowell William H. 《Plant and Soil》2000,222(1-2):119-137
Polyamines (putrescine, spermidine, and spermine) are low molecular weight, open-chained, organic polycations which are found in all organisms and have been linked with stress responses in plants. The objectives of our study were to investigate the effects of chronic N additions to pine and hardwood stands at Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA on foliar polyamine and inorganic ion contents as well as soil and soil solution chemistry. Four treatment plots were established within each stand in 1988: control, low N (50 kg N ha-1 yr-1 as NH4NO3), low N + sulfur (74 kg S ha-1 yr-1 as Na2SO4), and high N (150 kg N ha-1 yr-1 as NH4NO3). All samples were analyzed for inorganic elements; foliage samples were also analyzed for polyamines and total N. In the pine stand putrescine and total N levels in the foliage were significantly higher for all N treatments as compared to the control plot. Total N content was positively correlated with polyamines in the needles (P 0.05). Both putrescine and N contents were also negatively correlated with most exchangeable cations and total elements in organic soil horizons and positively correlated with Ca and Mg in the soil solution (P 0.05). In the hardwood stand, putrescine and total N levels in the foliage were significantly higher for the high N treatment only as compared to the control plot. Here also, total foliar N content was positively correlated with polyamines (P 0.05). Unlike the case with the pine stand, in the hardwood stand foliar polyamines and N were significantly and negatively correlated with foliar total Ca, Mg, and Mn (P 0.05). Additional significant (P 0.05) relationships in hardwoods included: negative correlations between foliar polyamines and N content to exchangeable K and P and total P in the organic soil horizon; and positive correlations between foliar polyamines and N content to Mg in soil solution. With few exceptions, low N + S treatment had effects similar to the ones observed with low N alone for both stands. The changes observed in the pine stand for polyamine metabolism, N uptake, and element leaching from the soil into the soil solution in all treatment plots provide additional evidence that the pine stand is more nitrogen saturated than the hardwood stand. These results also indicate that the long-term addition of N to these stands has species specific and/or site specific effects that may in part be explained by the different land use histories of the two stands. 相似文献
5.
The Long-term Effects of Disturbance on Organic and Inorganic Nitrogen Export in the White Mountains, New Hampshire 总被引:22,自引:8,他引:14
Traditional biogeochemical theories suggest that ecosystem nitrogen retention is controlled by biotic N limitation, that stream
N losses should increase with successional age, and that increasing N deposition will accelerate this process. These theories
ignore the role of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) as a mechanism of N loss. We examined patterns of organic and inorganic
N export from sets of old-growth and historically (80–110 years ago) logged and burned watersheds in the northeastern US,
a region of moderate, elevated N deposition. Stream nitrate concentrations were strongly seasonal, and mean (± SD) nitrate
export from old-growth watersheds (1.4 ± 0.6 kg N ha−1 y−1) was four times greater than from disturbed watersheds (0.3 ± 0.3 kg N ha−1 y−1), suggesting that biotic control over nitrate loss can persist for a century. DON loss averaged 0.7 (± 0.2) kg N ha−1 y−1 and accounted for 28–87% of total dissolved N (TDN) export. DON concentrations did not vary seasonally or with successional
status, but correlated with dissolved organic carbon (DOC), which varied inversely with hardwood forest cover. The patterns
of DON loss did not follow expected differences in biotic N demand but instead were consistent with expected differences in
DOC production and sorption. Despite decades of moderate N deposition, TDN export was low, and even old-growth forests retained
at least 65% of N inputs. The reasons for this high N retention are unclear: if due to a large capacity for N storage or biological
removal, N saturation may require several decades to occur; if due to interannual climate variability, large losses of nitrate
may occur much sooner.
Received 27 April 1999; accepted 30 May 2000. 相似文献
6.
Response of Litter Decomposition to Simulated N Deposition in Disturbed, Rehabilitated and Mature Forests in Subtropical China 总被引:16,自引:1,他引:15
The response of decomposition of litter for the dominant tree species in disturbed (pine), rehabilitated (pine and broadleaf
mixed) and mature (monsoon evergreen broadleaf) forests in subtropical China to simulated N deposition was studied to address
the following hypothesis: (1) litter decomposition is faster in mature forest (high soil N availability) than in rehabilitated/disturbed
forests (low soil N availability); (2) litter decomposition is stimulated by N addition in rehabilitated and disturbed forests
due to their low soil N availability; (3) N addition has little effect on litter decomposition in mature forest due to its
high soil N availability. The litterbag method (a total of 2880 litterbags) and N treatments: Control-no N addition, Low-N:
−5 g N m−2 y−1, Medium-N: −10 g N m−2 y−1, and High-N: −15 g N m−2 y−1, were employed to evaluate decomposition. Results indicated that mature forest, which has likely been N saturated due to both long-term high N deposition in the region
and the age of the ecosystem, had the highest litter decomposition rate, and exhibited no significant positive and even some
negative response to nitrogen additions. However, both disturbed and rehabilitated forests, which are still N limited due
to previous land use history, exhibited slower litter decomposition rates with significant positive effects from nitrogen
additions. These results suggest that litter decomposition and its responses to N addition in subtropical forests of China
vary depending on the nitrogen status of the ecosystem. 相似文献
7.
Jirko Holst Chunyan Liu Nicolas Brüggemann Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Xunhua Zheng Yuesi Wang Shenghui Han Zhisheng Yao Jin Yue Xingguo Han 《Ecosystems》2007,10(4):623-634
Gross rates of N mineralization and nitrification, and soil–atmosphere fluxes of N2O, NO and NO2 were measured at differently grazed and ungrazed steppe grassland sites in the Xilin river catchment, Inner Mongolia, P. R.
China, during the 2004 and 2005 growing season. The experimental sites were a plot ungrazed since 1979 (UG79), a plot ungrazed
since 1999 (UG99), a plot moderately grazed in winter (WG), and an overgrazed plot (OG), all in close vicinity to each other.
Gross rates of N mineralization and nitrification determined at in situ soil moisture and soil temperature conditions were
in a range of 0.5–4.1 mg N kg−1 soil dry weight day−1. In 2005, gross N turnover rates were significantly higher at the UG79 plot than at the UG99 plot, which in turn had significantly
higher gross N turnover rates than the WG and OG plots. The WG and the OG plot were not significantly different in gross ammonification
and in gross nitrification rates. Site differences in SOC content, bulk density and texture could explain only less than 15%
of the observed site differences in gross N turnover rates. N2O and NO
x
flux rates were very low during both growing seasons. No significant differences in N trace gas fluxes were found between
plots. Mean values of N2O fluxes varied between 0.39 and 1.60 μg N2O-N m−2 h−1, equivalent to 0.03–0.14 kg N2O-N ha−1 y−1, and were considerably lower than previously reported for the same region. NO
x
flux rates ranged between 0.16 and 0.48 μg NO
x
-N m−2 h−1, equivalent to 0.01–0.04 kg NO
x
-N ha−1 y−1, respectively. N2O fluxes were significantly correlated with soil temperature and soil moisture. The correlations, however, explained only
less than 20% of the flux variance. 相似文献
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Erica A. H. Smithwick Daniel M. Kashian Michael G. Ryan Monica G. Turner 《Ecosystems》2009,12(5):792-806
Long-term, landscape patterns in inorganic nitrogen (N) availability and N stocks following infrequent, stand-replacing fire
are unknown but are important for interpreting the effect of disturbances on ecosystem function. Here, we present results
from a replicated chronosequence study in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (Wyoming, USA) directed at measuring inorganic
N availability (ion-exchange resin bags) and ecosystem N pools among 77 lodgepole pine stands that varied in age and density.
Inorganic N availability ranged from 0.07 to 3.20 μN bag−1 d−1 and nitrate (NO3−) was, on average, 65% of total resin-sorbed N. Total ecosystem N stocks (live + detrital + soil) averaged 109.9 ± 3.0 g N m−2 (range = 63.7–185.8 g N m−2). Live N was 14%, detrital N was 29%, and soil N was 57% of total stocks. Soil NO3−, total ecosystem N, live N, and detrital N generally increased with stand age, but soil N stocks decreased. Models (AICc) to predict soil N availability and N stocks included soil P, soil Ca, bulk density, and pH in addition to age (adj R
2 ranged from 0.18 to 0.53) and density was included only for live N stocks. Patterns of N stocks and N availability with density
were strongest for young stands (<20 years) regenerating from extensive fire in 1988; for example, litterfall N stocks increased
with density (adj R
2 = 0.86, P < 0.001) but inorganic N availability declined (adj R
2 = 0.47, P < 0.003). Across the complex Yellowstone landscape, we conclude that N stocks and N availability are best predicted by a
combination of local soil characteristics in addition to factors that vary at landscape scales (stand density and age). Overall,
total ecosystem N stocks were recovered quickly following stand-replacing fire, suggesting that moderate increases in fire
frequency will not affect long-term landscape N storage in Greater Yellowstone.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Author contributions EAHS, MGT, and MGR conceived the study; DMK performed field research; EAHS and DMK oversaw laboratory analyses and analyzed
data; EAHS wrote the paper. 相似文献
9.
Effect of Increased Carbon Dioxide and Temperature on Runoff Chemistry at a Forested Catchment in Southern Norway (CLIMEX Project) 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
Richard F. Wright 《Ecosystems》1998,1(2):216-225
CLIMEX (Climate Change Experiment) is an integrated, whole-ecosystem research project that focuses on the response of forest
ecosystems at the catchment scale to increased CO2 and temperature. KIM catchment (860 m2) is completely enclosed by a transparent greenhouse, receives deacidifed “clean” rain, and has elevated CO2 (560 ppmv) and elevated air temperature (3°–5°C above ambient). The uppermost 20% of the catchment is partitioned off, is
not subject to changed CO2 or temperature, and serves as an untreated control. Fluxes of nitrate and ammonium in runoff from KIM catchment increased
from 2 mmol m−
2 y−
1 each in the 3 years before treatment to 6 and 3 mmol m−
2 y−
1, respectively, in the 3 years after treatment (May 1994–April 1997), despite a 15 mmol m−
2 y−
1 decrease in N dry deposition due to the sealing of the walls to the enclosure. N flux in runoff from three reference catchments
and the control section did not change. The net loss of inorganic N was thus about 20 mmol m−
2 treated soil y−
1. There were no changes in organic N or total organic carbon in runoff. The ecosystem switched from a net sink to a net source
of inorganic nitrogen (N). The increased loss of N may be due to accelerated decomposition of soil organic matter induced
by higher temperature. Due to many decades of N deposition from long-range transported pollutants, the ecosystem prior to
treatment was N saturated. If global change induces persistent losses of inorganic N on a regional scale, the result may be
a significant increase in nitrate concentrations in fresh waters and N loading to coastal marine ecosystems. In regions with
acid sensitive waters, such as southern Norway, the increased nitrate release caused by global change may offset improvements
achieved by reduced sulfur and N deposition.
Received 15 October 1997; accepted 18 November 1997. 相似文献
10.
In their review of 24 studies of forest nitrogen (N) budgets, Binkley and others (2000) found that only one of them supported
the conclusion that an N accumulation of more than 25 kg N ha−1 y−1 is possible without known symbiotic N2–fixing plants. They contended that, given how well the N cycle is known, new N accumulation pathways are unlikely. They also
concluded that the Hubbard Brook sandbox study (Bormann and others 1993) was insufficiently replicated and had low precision
in vegetation and soil estimates. Here we reevaluate and extend the sandbox analysis and place the findings in a broader context.
Using multiple methods of estimating vegetation N accumulation in pine sandboxes, we arrived at results that differed from
the reported rates but still strongly supported large biomass N accumulation. The original study's conclusions about soil
N changes were strengthened when new evidence showed that N accumulated in lower horizons and that the sandboxes were successfully
homogenized at the beginning of the experiment. Unexplained ecosystem N accumulation ranged from about 40 to 150 kg ha−1 y−1, with 95% confidence intervals that did not include zero. No evidence was found that could balance the sandbox ecosystem
N budgets without adding unexplained N. Unreplicated experiments, such as the sandboxes, can explore the possibility that
N can accumulate in ways not explainable by mass balance analysis, but they cannot quantify the frequency and extent of the
phenomenon. New studies should combine substantive microbiological, mass balance, and process research using multiple direct
measures of N2 fixation.
Received 4 September 2001; accepted 3 April 2002. 相似文献