Abstract. Experiments were designed to test the applicability of nitrogen immobilization as a means of accelerating the recovery of an endemic open sandy grassland (Festucetum vaginatae danubiale) on old fields in the Great Hungarian Plain. Effects of various carbon sources (sucrose, starch, cellulose and sawdust) and their combinations in different quantities were studied in laboratory microcosms. Carbon addition decreased nitrogen availability in all cases, the intensity and timing of change being dependent on the type of carbon source applied. The combination of 2 g each of sucrose and polysaccharides (starch, cellulose, sawdust) per kg soil was found to be the most effective, as sucrose decreased available nitrogen content of soil intensively and the polysaccharides maintained the immobilized nitrogen for a longer period. In a follow‐up experiment, sucrose and sawdust were selected for field application to test their effectiveness in immobilizing N and accelerating restoration. The field experiment was established to test the importance of abiotic site differences in the immobilization of soil nitrogen. Selected sites were located along an elevation, moisture and productivity gradient. Soil organic matter, microbial biomass‐C and decomposition rate varied between sites depending on the elevation gradient. At two sites with lower soil moisture and organic matter levels carbon addition increased microbial activity and nitrogen immobilization significantly.
Degassing at Mount Erebus occurs as a plume from a persistent convecting anorthoclase phonolite lava lake, and by flank degassing through warm ground and fumarolic ice towers within the summit caldera. The fumarolic ice towers offer a unique and simple approach to quantifying the flank CO2 emissions. Carbon dioxide efltuxes were determined at openings in the ice towers by measuring the CO2 concentration, air-flow velocity, and size of the exit orifice. Fluxes ranged from <0.0001 to 0.034 kg s-~ at 43 actively degassing ice towers.
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