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Riparian nitrogen dynamics in two geomorphologically distinct tropical rain forest watersheds: subsurface solute patterns 总被引:3,自引:3,他引:0
Nitrate, ammonium, dissolved organic N, and dissolved oxygen were measured in stream water and shallow groundwater in the
riparian zones of two tropical watersheds with different soils and geomorphology. At both sites, concentrations of dissolved
inorganic N (DIN; NH4
+- and NO3
−-N) were low in stream water (< 110 ug/L). Markedly different patterns in DIN were observed in groundwater collected at the
two sites. At the first site (Icacos watershed), DIN in upslope groundwater was dominated by NO3
−-N (550 ug/L) and oxygen concentrations were high (5.2 mg/L). As groundwater moved through the floodplain and to the stream,
DIN shifted to dominance by NH4
+-N (200–700 ug/L) and groundwater was often anoxic. At the second site (Bisley watershed), average concentrations of total
dissolved nitrogen were considerably lower (300 ug/L) than at Icacos (600 ug/L), and the dominant form of nitrogen was DON
rather than inorganic N. Concentrations of NH4
+ and NO3
− were similar throughout the riparian zone at Bisley, but concentrations of DON declined from upslope wells to stream water.
Differences in speciation and concentration of nitrogen in groundwater collected at the two sites appear to be controlled
by differences in redox conditions and accessibility of dissolved N to plant roots, which are themselves the result of geomorphological
differences between the two watersheds. At the Icacos site, a deep layer of coarse sand conducts subsurface water to the stream
below the rooting zone of riparian vegetation and through zones of strong horizontal redox zonation. At the Bisley site, infiltration
is impeded by dense clays and saturated flow passes through the variably oxidized rooting zone. At both sites, hydrologic
export of nitrogen is controlled by intense biotic activity in the riparian zone. However, geomorphology appears to strongly
modify the importance of specific biotic components. 相似文献
2.
Seasonal Variations of Dissolved Nitrogen and DOC:DON Ratios in an Intermittent Mediterranean Stream
Seasonal variations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) (NO3–N and NH4–N) and dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) were determined in Fuirosos, an intermittent stream draining an unpolluted Mediterranean
forested catchment (10.5 km2) in Catalonia (Spain). The influence of flow on streamwater concentrations and seasonal differences in quality and origin
of dissolved organic matter, inferred from dissolved organic carbon to nitrogen ratios (DOC:DON ratios), were examined. During
baseflow conditions, nitrate and ammonium had opposite behaviour, probably controlled by biological processes such as vegetation
uptake and mineralization activity. DON concentrations did not have a seasonal trend. During storms, nitrate and DON increased
by several times but discharge was not a good predictor of nutrient concentrations. DOC:DON ratios in streamwater were around
26, except during the months following drought when DOC:DON ratios ranged between 42 and 20 during baseflow and stormflow
conditions, respectively. Annual N export during 2000–2001 was 70 kg km−1 year−1, of which 75% was delivered during stormflow. The relative contribution of nitrogen forms to the total annual export was
57, 35 and 8% as NO3–N, DON and NH4–N, respectively. 相似文献
3.
Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen (N) resulting from fossil fuel combustion has increased N inputs to temperate forests worldwide
with large consequences for forest productivity and water quality. Recent work has illustrated that dissolved organic N (DON)
often dominates N loss from unpolluted forests and that the relative magnitude of dissolved inorganic N (DIN) loss increases
with atmospheric loading. In contrast to DIN, DON loss is thought to be controlled by soil dynamics that operate independently
of N supply and demand and thus should track dissolved organic carbon (DOC) following strict stoichiometric constraints. Conversely,
DON loss may shift with N supply if soil (SOM) or dissolved organic matter (DOM) is stoichiometrically altered. Here, we assess
these two explanations of DON loss, which we refer to as the Passive Carbon Vehicle and the Stoichiometric Enrichment hypotheses, by analyzing patterns in soil and stream C and N in forest watersheds spanning a broad gradient in atmospheric
N loading (5–45 kg N ha−1 y−1). We show that soil N and DON losses are not static but rather increase asymptotically with N loading whereas soil C and
DOC do not, resulting in enrichment of organic N expressed as decreased soil C:N and stream DOC:DON ratios. DON losses from
unpolluted sites are consistent with conservative dissolution and transport of refractory SOM. As N supply increases, however,
N enrichment of organic losses is greater than expected from simple dissolution of enriched soils, suggesting activation of
novel pathways of DON production or direct N enrichment of DOM. We suggest that our two hypotheses represent domains of control
over forest DON loss as N supply increases but also that stoichiometric enrichment of bulk soils alone cannot fully account
for large DON losses in the most N-polluted forests. 相似文献
4.
Soil Inorganic N Leaching in Edges of Different Forest Types Subject to High N Deposition Loads 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Karen Wuyts An De Schrijver Jeroen Staelens Lotte Van Nevel Sandy Adriaenssens Kris Verheyen 《Ecosystems》2011,14(5):818-834
We report on soil leaching of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) along transects across exposed edges of four coniferous and
four deciduous forest stands. In a 64-m edge zone, DIN leaching below the main rooting zone was enhanced relative to the interior
(at 128 m from the edge) by 21 and 14 kg N ha−1 y−1 in the coniferous and deciduous forest stands, respectively. However, the patterns of DIN leaching did not univocally reflect
those of DIN throughfall deposition. DIN leaching in the first 20 m of the edges was lower than at 32–64 m from the edge (17
vs. 36 kg N ha−1 y−1 and 15 vs. 24 kg N ha−1 y−1 in the coniferous and deciduous forests, respectively). Nitrogen stocks in the mineral topsoil (0–30 cm) were, on average,
943 kg N ha−1 higher at the outer edges than in the interior, indicating that N retention in the soil is probably one of the processes
involved in the relatively low DIN leaching in the outer edges. We suggest that a complex of edge effects on biogeochemical
processes occurs at the forest edges as a result of the interaction between microclimate, tree dynamics (growth and litterfall),
and atmospheric deposition of N and base cations. 相似文献
5.
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
6.
Landscape Controls on Organic and Inorganic Nitrogen Leaching across an Alpine/Subalpine Ecotone,Green Lakes Valley,Colorado Front Range 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Here we report measurements of organic and inorganic nitrogen (N) fluxes from the high-elevation Green Lakes Valley catchment
in the Colorado Front Range for two snowmelt seasons (1998 and 1999). Surface water and soil samples were collected along
an elevational gradient extending from the lightly vegetated alpine to the forested subalpine to assess how changes in land
cover and basin area affect yields and concentrations of ammonium-N (NH4-N), nitrate-N (NO3-N), dissolved organic N (DON), and particulate organic N (PON). Streamwater yields of NO3-N decreased downstream from 4.3 kg ha−1 in the alpine to 0.75 kg ha−1 at treeline, while yields of DON were much less variable (0.40–0.34 kg ha−1). Yields of NH4-N and PON were low and showed little variation with basin area. NO3-N accounted for 40%–90% of total N along the sample transect and was the dominant form of N at all but the lowest elevation
site. Concentrations of DON ranged from approximately 10% of total N in the alpine to 45% in the subalpine. For all sites,
volume-weighted mean concentrations of total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) were significantly related to the DIN:DON ratio (R
2 = 0.81, P < 0.001) Concentrations of NO3-N were significantly higher at forested sites that received streamflow from the lightly vegetated alpine reaches of the catchment
than in a control catchment that was entirely subalpine forest, suggesting that the alpine may subsidize downstream forested
systems with inorganic N. KCl-extractable inorganic N and microbial biomass N showed no relationship to changes in soil properties
and vegetative cover moving downstream in catchment. In contrast, soil carbon–nitrogen (C:N) ratios increased with increasing
vegetative cover in catchment and were significantly higher in the subalpine compared to the alpine (P < 0.0001) Soil C:N ratios along the sample transect explained 78% of the variation in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations
and 70% of the variation in DON concentrations. These findings suggest that DON is an important vector for N loss in high-elevation
ecosystems and that streamwater losses of DON are at least partially dependent on catchment soil organic matter stoichiometry.
Received 26 July 2001; accepted 6 May 2002. 相似文献
7.
This study examined changes in dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) in coastal seawater
after exposure to sand along a high energy beach face over an annual cycle between April 2004 and July 2005. Dissolved organic
nitrogen, NO3
−, and NH4
+ were released from sand to seawater in laboratory incubation experiments clearly demonstrating that they are a potential
source of N to underlying groundwater or coastal seawater. DON increases in seawater, after exposure to surface sands in laboratory
experiments, were positively correlated with in situ water column DON concentrations measured at the same time as sand collection.
Increase in NO3
− and NH4
+ were not correlated with their in situ concentrations. This suggests that DON released from beach sands is relatively more
recalcitrant while NO3
− and NH4
+ are utilized rapidly in the coastal ocean. The release of N was seasonal with carbon to nitrogen ratios indicating that
recent primary productivity was responsible for the largest fluxes in summer while more degraded humic material contributed
to lower fluxes in winter. Fluxes of total dissolved nitrogen (DON and DIN) from surface sand (2.1 × 10−4 mol m−2 h−1) were similar to that of groundwater and more than an order of magnitude larger than rain deposition indicating the potential
importance of surface sand derived nitrogen to the coastal zone with a corresponding impact on primary productivity. 相似文献
8.
Since 1987 we have studied weekly change in winter (December–April) precipitation, snowpack, snowmelt, soil water, and stream
water solute flux in a small (176-ha) Northern Michigan watershed vegetated by 65–85 year-old northern hardwoods. Our primary
study objective was to quantify the effect of change in winter temperature and precipitation on watershed hydrology and solute
flux. During the study winter runoff was correlated with precipitation, and forest soils beneath the snowpack remained unfrozen.
Winter air temperature and soil temperature beneath the snowpack increased while precipitation and snowmelt declined. Atmospheric
inputs declined for H+, NO3−, NH4+, dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), and SO42−. Replicated plot-level results, which could not be directly extrapolated to the watershed scale, showed 90% of atmospheric
DIN input was retained in surface shallow (<15 cm deep) soils while SO42− flux increased 70% and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 30-fold. Most stream water base cation (CB), HCO3−, and Cl− concentrations declined with increased stream water discharge, K+, NO3−, and SO42− remained unchanged, and DOC and dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) increased. Winter stream water solute outputs declined or
were unchanged with time except for NO3− and DOC which increased. DOC and DIN outputs were correlated with the percentage of winter runoff and stream discharge that
occurred when subsurface flow at the plot-level was shallow (<25 cm beneath Oi). Study results suggest that the percentage
of annual runoff occurring as shallow lateral subsurface flow may be a major factor regulating solute outputs and concentrations
in snowmelt-dominated ecosystems. 相似文献
9.
We examined the hydrologic controls on nitrogen biogeochemistry in the hyporheic zone of the Tanana River, a glacially-fed
river, in interior Alaska. We measured hyporheic solute concentrations, gas partial pressures, water table height, and flow
rates along subsurface flowpaths on two islands for three summers. Denitrification was quantified using an in situ 15NO3− push–pull technique. Hyporheic water level responded rapidly to change in river stage, with the sites flooding periodically
in mid−July to early−August. Nitrate concentration was nearly 3-fold greater in river (ca. 100 μg NO3−–N l−1) than hyporheic water (ca. 38 μg NO3−–N l−1), but approximately 60–80% of river nitrate was removed during the first 50 m of hyporheic flowpath. Denitrification during
high river stage ranged from 1.9 to 29.4 mg N kg sediment−1 day−1. Hotspots of methane partial pressure, averaging 50,000 ppmv, occurred in densely vegetated sites in conjunction with mean
oxygen concentration below 0.5 mgO2 l−1. Hyporheic flow was an important mechanism of nitrogen supply to microbes and plant roots, transporting on average 0.41 gNO3−–N m−2 day−1, 0.22 g NH4+–N m−2 day−1, and 3.6 g DON m−2 day−1 through surface sediment (top 2 m). Our results suggest that denitrification can be a major sink for river nitrate in boreal
forest floodplain soils, particularly at the river-sediment interface. The stability of the river hydrograph and the resulting
duration of soil saturation are key factors regulating the redox environment and anaerobic metabolism in the hyporheic zone. 相似文献
10.
Dissolved Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur forms in the Ecosystem Fluxes of a Montane Forest in Ecuador 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Rainer Goller Wolfgang Wilcke Katrin Fleischbein Carlos Valarezo Wolfgang Zech 《Biogeochemistry》2006,77(1):57-89
The N, P, and S cycles in pristine forests are assumed to differ from those of anthropogenically impacted areas, but there
are only a few studies to support this. Our objective was therefore to assess the controls of N, P, and S release, immobilization,
and transport in a remote tropical montane forest. The study forest is located on steep slopes of the northern Andes in Ecuador.
We determined the concentrations of NO3-N, NH4-N, dissolved organic N (DON), PO4-P, dissolved organic P (DOP), SO4-S, dissolved organic S (DOS), and dissolved organic C (DOC) in rainfall, throughfall, stemflow, lateral flow (in the organic
layer), litter leachate, mineral soil solution, and stream water of three 8–13 ha catchments (1900–2200 m a.s.l.). The organic
forms of N, P, and S contributed, on average, 55, 66, and 63% to the total N, P, and S concentrations in all ecosystem fluxes,
respectively. The organic layer was the largest source of all N, P, and S species except for inorganic P and S. Most PO4 was released in the canopy by leaching and most SO4 in the mineral soil by weathering. The mineral soil was a sink for all studied compounds except for SO4. Consequently, concentrations of dissolved inorganic and organic N and P were as low in stream water (TDN: 0.34–0.39 mg N l−1, P not detectable) as in rainfall (TDN: 0.39–0.48 mg N l−1, P not detectable), whereas total S concentrations were elevated (stream water: 0.04–0.15, rainfall: 0.01–0.07 mg S l−1). Dissolved N, P, and S forms were positively correlated with pH at the scale of soil peda except inorganic S. Soil drying
and rewetting promoted the release of dissolved inorganic N. High discharge levels following heavy rainstorms were associated
with increased DOC, DON, NO3-N and partly also NH4-N concentrations in stream water. Nitrate-N concentrations in the stream water were positively correlated with stream discharge
during the wetter period of the year. Our results demonstrate that the sources and sinks of N, P, and S were element-specific.
More than half of the cycling N, P, and S was organic. Soil pH and moisture were important controls of N, P, and S solubility
at the scale of individual soil peda whereas the flow regime influenced the export with stream water. 相似文献
11.
We investigated the influence of the exotic nitrogen-fixing black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) on nitrogen cycling in a pitch pine (Pinus rigida) −scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia, Q. prinoides) ecosystem. Within paired pine-oak and adjacent black locust stands that were the result of a 20-35 year-old invasion, we
evaluated soil nutrient contents, soil nitrogen transformation rates, and annual litterfall biomass and nitrogen concentrations.
In the A horizon, black locust soils had 1.3-3.2 times greater nitrogen concentration relative to soils within pine-oak stands.
Black locust soils also had elevated levels of P and Ca, net nitrification rates and total net N-mineralization rates. Net
nitrification rates were 25-120 times greater in black locust than in pine-oak stands. Elevated net N-mineralization rates
in black locust stands were associated with an abundance of high nitrogen, low lignin leaf litter, with 86 kg N ha–1 yr–1 in leaf litter returned compared with 19 kg N ha–1 yr–1 in pine-oak stands. This difference resulted from a two-fold greater litterfall mass combined with increased litter nitrogen
concentration in black locust stands (1.1% and 2.6% N for scrub oak and black locust litter, respectively). Thus, black locust
supplements soil nitrogen pools, increases nitrogen return in litterfall, and enhances soil nitrogen mineralization rates
when it invades nutrient poor, pine-oak ecosystems.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
12.
Eva Ritter 《Plant and Soil》2007,295(1-2):239-251
Afforestation has become an important tool for soil protection and land reclamation in Iceland. Nevertheless, the harsh climate
and degraded soils are growth-limiting for trees, and little is know about changes in soil nutrients in maturing forests planted
on the volcanic soils. In the present chronosequence study, changes in C, N and total P in soil (0–10 and 10–20 cm depth)
and C and N in foliar tissue were investigated in stands of native Downy birch (Betula pubescens Enrh.) and the in Iceland introduced Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.). The forest stands were between 14 and 97 years old and were established on heath land that had been treeless for
centuries. Soils were Andosols derived from basaltic material and rhyolitic volcanic ash. A significant effect of tree species
was only found for the N content in foliar tissue. Foliar N concentrations were significantly higher and foliar C/N ratios
significantly lower in larch needles than in birch leaves. There was no effect of stand age. Changes in soil C and the soil
nutrient status with time after afforestation were little significant. Soil C concentrations in 0–10 cm depth in forest stands
older than 30 years were significantly higher than in heath land and forest stands younger than 30 years. This was attributed
to a slow accumulation of organic matter. Soil N concentrations and soil Ptot were not affected by stand age. Nutrient pools in the two soil layers were calculated for an average weight of soil material
(400 Mg soil ha−1 in 0–10 cm depth and 600 Mg soil ha−1 in 10–20 cm depth, respectively). Soil nutrient pools did not change significantly with time. Soil C pools were in average
23.6 Mg ha−1 in the upper soil layer and 16.9 Mg ha−1 in the lower soil layer. The highest annual increase in soil C under forest compared to heath land was 0.23 Mg C ha−1 year−1 in 0–10 cm depth calculated for the 53-year-old larch stand. Soil N pools were in average 1.0 Mg N ha−1 in both soil layers and did not decrease with time despite a low N deposition and the uptake and accumulation of N in biomass
of the growing trees. Soil Ptot pools were in average 220 and 320 kg P ha−1 in the upper and lower soil layer, respectively. It was assumed that mycorrhizal fungi present in the stands had an influence
on the availability of N and P to the trees.
Responsible Editor: Hans Lambers. 相似文献
13.
The Ferrous Wheel Hypothesis (Davidson et al. 2003) postulates the abiotic formation of dissolved organic N (DON) in forest floors, by the fast reaction of NO2
− with dissolved organic C (DOC). We investigated the abiotic reaction of NO2
− with dissolved organic matter extracted from six different forest floors under oxic conditions. Solutions differed in DOC
concentrations (15–60 mg L−1), NO2
− concentrations (0, 2, 20 mg NO2
−-N L−1) and DOC/DON ratio (13.4–25.4). Concentrations of added NO2
− never decreased within 60 min, therefore, no DON formation from added NO2
− took place in any of the samples. Our results suggest that the reaction of NO2
− with natural DOC in forest floors is rather unlikely. 相似文献
14.
Muhammad Riaz Ishaq A. Mian Ambreen Bhatti Malcolm S. Cresser 《Biogeochemistry》2012,107(1-3):165-185
Surface and subsurface litter fulfil many functions in the biogeochemical cycling of C and N in terrestrial ecosystems. These were explored using a microcosm study by monitoring dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) (NH4 +–N?+?NO3 ?–N), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations and fluxes in drainage water under ambient outdoor temperatures. Subsurface litter remarkably reduced the DIN concentrations in winter, probably by microbial N uptake associated with higher C:N ratio of added litter compared with soil at 10–25?cm depth. Fluxes of DIN were generally dominated by NO3 ?–N; but NH4 +–N strongly dominated DIN fluxes during freeze–thaw events. Appreciable concentrations of NH4 +–N were observed in the drainage from the acid grassland soils throughout the experiment, indicating NH4 +–N mobility and export in drainage water especially during freeze–thaw. Litter contributed substantially to DOC and DON production and they were correlated positively (p?<?0.01) for all treatments. DOC and DON concentrations correlated with temperature for the control (p?<?0.01) and surface litter (p?<?0.001) treatments and they were higher in late summer. The subsurface litter treatment, however, moderated the effect of temperature on DOC and DON dynamics. Cumulative N species fluxes confirmed the dominance of litter as the source of DON and DOC in the drainage water. DON constituted 42, 46 and 62% of cumulative TDN flux for control, surface litter and subsurface litter treatments respectively. 相似文献
15.
The Status and Characteristics of Eutrophication in the Yangtze River (Changjiang) Estuary and the Adjacent East China Sea, China 总被引:19,自引:0,他引:19
Eutrophication has become increasingly serious and noxious algal blooms have been of more frequent occurrence in the Yangtze
River Estuary and in the adjacent East China Sea. In 2003 and 2004, four cruises were undertaken in three zones in the estuary
and in the adjacent sea to investigate nitrate (NO3–N), ammonium (NH4–N), nitrite (NO2–N), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), dissolved reactive silica (DRSi), dissolved oxygen (DO), phytoplankton chlorophyll
a (Chl a) and suspended particulate matter (SPM). The highest concentrations of DIN (NO3–N+NH4–N+NO2–N), SRP and DRSi were 131.6, 1.2 and 155.6 μM, respectively. The maximum Chl a concentration was 19.5 mg m−3 in spring. An analysis of historical and recent data revealed that in the last 40 years, nitrate and SRP concentrations increased
from 11 to 97 μM and from 0.4 to 0.95 μM, respectively. From 1963 to 2004, N:P ratios also increased from 30–40 up to 150. In parallel with the N and P enrichment,
a significant increase of Chl a was detected, Chl a maximum being 20 mg m−3, nearly four times higher than in the 1980s. In 2004, the mean DO concentration in bottom waters was 4.35 mg l−1, much lower than in the 1980s. In comparison with other estuaries, the Yangtze River Estuary was characterized by high DIN
and DRSi concentrations, with low SRP concentrations. Despite the higher nutrient concentrations, Chl a concentrations were lower in the inner estuary (Zones 1 and 2) than in the adjacent sea (Zone 3). Based on nutrient availability,
SPM and hydrodynamics, we assumed that in Zones 1 and 2 phytoplankton growth was suppressed by high turbidity, large tidal
amplitude and short residence time. Furthermore, in Zone 3 water stratification was also an important factor that resulted
in a greater phytoplankton biomass and lower DO concentrations. Due to hydrodynamics and turbidity, the open sea was unexpectedly
more sensitive to nutrient enrichment and related eutrophication processes. 相似文献
16.
The effects of nutrient enrichment on the release of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen (DOC and DON, respectively) from
the coral Montipora digitata were investigated in the laboratory. Nitrate (NO3
−) and phosphate (PO4
3−) were supplied to the aquarium to get the final concentrations of 10 and 0.5 μmol l−1, respectively, and the corals were incubated for 8 days. The release rate of DON per unit coral surface area significantly
decreased after the nutrient enrichment, while the release rate of DOC was constant. Because the chlorophyll a (chl a) content of zooxanthellae per unit surface area increased, the release rate of DOC significantly decreased when normalized
to unit chl a. These results suggested that the incorporation of NO3
− and PO4
3− stimulated the synthesis of new cellular components in the coral colonies and consequently, reduced extracellular release
of DOC and DON. Actually, significant increase in N and P contents relative to C content was observed in the coral’s tissue
after the nutrient enrichment. The present study has concluded that inorganic nutrient enrichment not only affects coral-algal
metabolism inside the colony but also affects a microbial community around the coral because the organic matter released from
corals functions as energy carrier in the coral reef ecosystem. 相似文献
17.
Fate and Transport of Organic Nitrogen in Minimally Disturbed Montane Streams of Colorado,USA 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
In two montane watersheds that receive minimal deposition of atmospheric nitrogen, 15–71% of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON)
was bioavailable in stream water over a 2-year period. Discharge-weighted concentrations of bulk DON were between 102 and
135 μg/l, and the C:N ratio differed substantially between humic and non-humic fractions of DON. Approximately 70% of DON export
occurred during snowmelt, and 40% of that DON was biologically available to microbes in stream sediments. Concentrations of
bioavailable DON in stream water were 2–16 times greater than dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) during the growing season,
and bioavailable DON was depleted within 2–14 days during experimental incubations. Uptake of DON was influenced by the concentration
of inorganic N in stream water, the concentration of non-humic DON in stream water, and the C:N ratio of the non-humic fraction
of dissolved organic matter (DOM). Uptake of DON declined logarithmically as the concentration of inorganic N in stream water
increased. Experimental additions of inorganic N also caused a decline in uptake of DON and net production of DON when the
C:N ratio of non-humic DOM was high. This study indicates that the relative and absolute amount of bioavailable DON can vary
greatly within and across years due to interactions between the availability of inorganic nutrients and composition of DOM.
DOM has the potential to be used biotically at a high rate in nitrogen-poor streams, and it may be generated by heterotrophic
microbes when DIN and labile DOM with low relative nitrogen content become abundant. 相似文献
18.
The Role of Dissolved Organic Carbon, Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, and Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen in a Tropical Wet Forest Ecosystem 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Although tropical wet forests play an important role in the global carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles, little is known about the origin, composition, and fate of dissolved organic C (DOC) and N (DON) in these ecosystems. We quantified and characterized fluxes of DOC, DON, and dissolved inorganic N (DIN) in throughfall, litter leachate, and soil solution of an old-growth tropical wet forest to assess their contribution to C stabilization (DOC) and to N export (DON and DIN) from this ecosystem. We found that the forest canopy was a major source of DOC (232 kg C ha–1 y–1). Dissolved organic C fluxes decreased with soil depth from 277 kg C ha–1 y–1 below the litter layer to around 50 kg C kg C ha–1 y–1 between 0.75 and 3.5m depth. Laboratory experiments to quantify biodegradable DOC and DON and to estimate the DOC sorption capacity of the soil, combined with chemical analyses of DOC, revealed that sorption was the dominant process controlling the observed DOC profiles in the soil. This sorption of DOC by the soil matrix has probably led to large soil organic C stores, especially below the rooting zone. Dissolved N fluxes in all strata were dominated by mineral N (mainly NO3−). The dominance of NO3– relative to the total amount nitrate of N leaching from the soil shows that NO3– is dominant not only in forest ecosystems receiving large anthropogenic nitrogen inputs but also in this old-growth forest ecosystem, which is not N-limited. 相似文献
19.
Autumn J. Oczkowski Brian A. Pellerin Christopher W. Hunt Wilfred M. Wollheim Charles J. Vörösmarty Theodore C. Loder III 《Biogeochemistry》2006,80(3):191-203
The importance of snowmelt and spring rainfall to water and nutrient exports from macro-scale watersheds (>1000 km2) is not well established. Data collected from the Androscoggin River watershed (Maine and New Hampshire) between February
1999 and March 2002 show that the 90-day spring melt period accounted for 39–57% of total annual discharge and is likely driven
both by snowpack melting and spring rainfall. While large loads of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) are delivered to the
watershed from snowmelt and rain (from 1.16× 106 to 1.61× 106 kg N over the study years), only one third of this N load is exported from the basin during the snowmelt period (0.40× 106–0.48 × 106 kg N). Despite reduced residence time and temperature limitations on biological N retention, there is a poor mass balance
between DIN input to the watershed and the nitrogen exported from mouth of the river. Inferences from a geochemical hydrograph
separation suggests that approximately 51–63% of the water leaving the mouth of the Androscoggin river is from these ‘new’
water sources (rain and snowmelt) while 37–49% is from DIN depleted soil and groundwater. Mixing of water from different sources,
as well as nutrient retention by dams in the upper watershed, may account for the large discrepancy between DIN inputs and
exports from this watershed. 相似文献
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Understanding how the concentration and chemical quality of dissolved organic matter (DOM) varies in soils is critical because
DOM influences an array of biological, chemical, and physical processes. We used PARAFAC modeling of excitation–emission fluorescence
spectroscopy, specific UV absorbance (SUVA254) and biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC) incubations to investigate the chemical quality of DOM in soil water collected
from 25 cm piezometers in four different wetland and forest soils: bog, forested wetland, fen and upland forest. There were
significant differences in soil solution concentrations of dissolved organic C, N, and P, DOC:DON ratios, SUVA254 and BDOC among the four soil types. Throughout the sampling period, average DOC concentrations in the four soil types ranged
from 9–32 mg C l−1 and between 23–42% of the DOC was biodegradable. Seasonal patterns in dissolved nutrient concentrations and BDOC were observed
in the three wetland types suggesting strong biotic controls over DOM concentrations in wetland soils. PARAFAC modeling of
excitation–emission fluorescence spectroscopy showed that protein-like fluorescence was positively correlated (r
2 = 0.82; P < 0.001) with BDOC for all soil types taken together. This finding indicates that PARAFAC modeling may substantially improve
the ability to predict BDOC in natural environments. Coincident measurements of DOM concentrations, BDOC and PARAFAC modeling
confirmed that the four soil types contain DOM with distinct chemical properties and have unique fluorescent fingerprints.
DOM inputs to streams from the four soil types therefore have the potential to alter stream biogeochemical processes differently
by influencing temporal patterns in stream heterotrophic productivity. 相似文献