Monitoring of atmospheric deposition in European forests and an overview on its implication on forest condition

Fischer, Richard; Mues, Volker; Ulrich, Erwin; Becher, Georg; Lorenz, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.004

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“…Consequently, several research programmes have been initialed to study atmospheric N deposition in forests, such as the large-scale European NITREX (Nitrogen saturation experiment), SFONE (Swedish Forest Optimum Nutrition Experiments), and EANET (Acid deposition monitoring network in East Asia). These programmes found that "N saturation" appeared in many forests, i.e., in Poland and many parts of Europe (Fischer et al, 2007;Walna and Kurzyca, 2007). However, researches on N deposition in China have primarily focused on heavily polluted regions, and only few measurements have been conducted in forests (Fang et al, 2011;Zhao et al, 2009).…”

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Inorganic nitrogen wet deposition: Evidence from the North-South Transect of Eastern China

Zhan

et al. 2015

Environmental Pollution

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a b s t r a c tWe examined the spatio-temporal variation of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) deposition in eight typical forest ecosystems of Eastern China for three consecutive years. DIN deposition exhibited an increasing gradient from north to south, with N À NH þ 4 as the predominant contributor. DIN deposition in precipitation changed after interaction with the forest canopy, and serious ecological perturbations are expected in this region. DIN deposition presented seasonal fluctuations, which might be ascribed to agricultural activity, fossil-fuel combustion and environmental factors (i.e., wind direction, soil temperature). Notably, N fertilizer use (F N ), energy consumption (E), and precipitation (P) jointly explained 84.3% of the spatial variation in DIN deposition, of which F N (27.2%) was the most important, followed by E (24.8%), and finally P (9.3%). The findings demonstrate that DIN deposition is regulated by precipitation mainly via anthropogenic N emissions, and this analysis provides decision-makers a novel view for N pollution abatement.

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Inorganic nitrogen wet deposition: Evidence from the North-South Transect of Eastern China

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“…Acidifying compounds thus 23 affect surface waters, groundwaters and acid sensitive soils far beyond their country of origin. 24 Acidification of the environment has lead to fish death and extinction of fish populations 25 (Haines and Baker 1986), soil acidification (Matzner and Murach 1995), and reduced forest 26 vitality (Fischer et al 2007). Recently, deposition of reactive nitrogen has also been shown to 27 pose a threat to remote terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems through nutrient enrichment (Lepori 28 and Keck 2012; Stevens et al 2011;Phoenix et al 2012).…”

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Trends in Surface Water Chemistry in Acidified Areas in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2008

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“…In these locations, we can expect a rather slight increase in the future, in relation to the increasing road traffic. Although an executive report of the ICP Forests programme from 2007 (Fischer et al 2007) identifies a slight decrease in nitrogen deposition in Europe, the critical load was exceeded at two thirds of the monitoring sites, while in Central Europe, where there are still very high levels of depositions, exceeding the critical load occurring at almost all the sites where it was measured.…”

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“…It turns out that the number of plant species that indicate elevated nitrogen content has been increasing. Approximately 19% of the variability of vegetation can be explained in terms of deposition (Fischer et al 2010). …”

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Ground vegetation as an important factor in the biodiversity of forest ecosystems and its evaluation in regard to nitrogen deposition

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ABSTRACT:We documented the current typological and phytosociological characterisation of the ground vegetation as an essential component of biodiversity in 154 Czech forest monitoring plots and to describe its changes during the past 15 years in regard to the deposition and concentration of nitrogen in the soil. Plots were classified as vegetation units in accordance with the UNECE and FAO nomenclature and on the basis of their potential natural vegetation and compared in terms of the occurrence and coverage of the indicative selected nitrophilous species. In all the soil horizons tested statistically significant differences in the C/N ratio were observed between areas with and without the presence of certain selected nitrophilous species (Geranium robertianum, Impatiens parviflora, Sambucus nigra, Urtica dioica). In the areas with the presence of the Geranium robertianum and Urtica dioica species, statistically significantly higher concentrations of nitrogen were recorded in some soil horizons than in those areas with the absence of these species. The findings concerning the influence of nitrogen on nitrophilous herbaceous indicators were compared with the European results obtained in the framework of the ICP Forests international programme and with those of other foreign studies.

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Monitoring of atmospheric deposition in European forests and an overview on its implication on forest condition

Cited by 45 publications

References 3 publications

Inorganic nitrogen wet deposition: Evidence from the North-South Transect of Eastern China

Inorganic nitrogen wet deposition: Evidence from the North-South Transect of Eastern China

Trends in Surface Water Chemistry in Acidified Areas in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2008

Ground vegetation as an important factor in the biodiversity of forest ecosystems and its evaluation in regard to nitrogen deposition

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