Rain and throughfall chemistry in a Norway spruce forest in the Western Prealps

Novo, A.; Buffoni, A.; Tita, M.

doi:10.1016/0269-7491(92)90040-h

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“…It is not clear whether these rates can simply be doubled for reaching at annual input rates, as the element fluxes with snowfall were not quantified. In a 50-to 60-year-old spruce plantation on the southern foothills of the Alps, the flux of inorganic N with throughfall ranged between 39·7 and 64·7 kg ha À1 in an 8month period (January-August), whereas the deposition of inorganic N with gross precipitation was 30·8-34·8 kg ha À1 year À1 (Novo et al, 1992). High N deposition rates in temperate montane forests have been observed by other authors as well.…”

Section: Elevational Change In the Deposition Of Nitrogen And Other Esupporting

confidence: 64%

“…Throughfall measurements in Norway spruce stands at different elevations across Switzerland revealed total N loads of 6-33 kg ha À1 year À1 (Flückiger and Braun, 1998). In a 50-to 60-year-old spruce plantation on the southern foothills of the Alps, the flux of inorganic N with throughfall ranged between 39·7 and 64·7 kg ha À1 in an 8month period (January-August), whereas the deposition of inorganic N with gross precipitation was 30·8-34·8 kg ha À1 year À1 (Novo et al, 1992). In seven montane to upper montane spruce stands in different regions of Germany (508-840 m a.s.l.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Cloud water interception and element deposition differ largely between Norway spruce stands along an elevation transect in Harz Mountains, Germany

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Cloud deposition can contribute a significant amount of water and elements to montane forests and thus play an important role in the hydrological and biochemical cycles of these ecosystems. However, elevational pattern in cloud and throughfall input to forest ecosystems and the associated chemical element fluxes are poorly understood so far. We studied gross precipitation, throughfall and cloud water deposition, and the associated fluxes of elements (N, P, Ca, K, Mg and Na) in five mature stands of Norway spruce along an elevation transect from lowlands to the alpine treeline (420-1060 m) at Mt Brocken (Harz Mountains, Germany). We tested the hypotheses that water input increases with elevation despite a reduction in intercepting plant surfaces, leading to higher inputs of nitrogen and other elements to high-elevation forests than in lower-elevation stands. Gross precipitation (only snow-free period) rose by 75% towards the treeline, but water input with throughfall increased by 350% because of a large increase in cloud water deposition (from 2 mm at 420 m to 160-200 mm at 1000 m in the study period). Element fluxes with gross precipitation were not uniformly related to elevation across all six elements. However, element fluxes via throughfall showed a positive correlation with elevation for all elements. Thus, the upper montane spruce forests received 50-150% higher atmospheric inputs of base cations and inorganic N and~200% higher P inputs than lower-elevation forests. We conclude that elevation does have a large influence on the atmospheric water and element inputs in temperate mountain forests. N ti = total inorganic nitrogen. Significant correlations (p < 0·05) are indicated by bold numbers. N = 5 for every element. Italic numbers indicate simple non-linear regressions; all other regressions are linear.

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Section: Elevational Change In the Deposition Of Nitrogen And Other Esupporting

confidence: 64%

Section: Elevational Change In the Deposition Of Nitrogen And Other Ementioning

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Cloud water interception and element deposition differ largely between Norway spruce stands along an elevation transect in Harz Mountains, Germany

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“…4confirm the expected marine origin of these elements (Berg et al 1994;Pacyna 1990;Skřivan et al 2000;Vach et al 2004;Novo et al 1992) and thus indicate that the sampling methods employed, their analyses Percentage of highlighting is related to maximum corrected concentration value in time series of element and processing of the results are suitable for obtaining information on the directions of transport of the monitored elements in the atmosphere. 24-h backward trajectory No.…”

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Inorganic Pollutants in Wet Atmospheric Deposition and the Trajectories of Their Possible Transport

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Skřivan

Rohovec

et al. 2008

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This work is concerned with analysis of the transport trajectories and identification of the probable emission sources of a set of chemical elements monitored in samples of atmospheric precipitation collected in the area of Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. This is based on evaluation of the significance of transport trajectories obtained using the HYSPLIT model for specific periods of duration of the sampled precipitation episodes in dependence on the values of the corrected concentrations of the monitored elements in the individual samples. The proposed method of correction of the measured concentrations of the elements is concerned with elimination of meteorological effects that are unspecific from with respect to the direction of the transport trajectories. The results for the group of elements with higher concentration levels in the sampled precipitation agree with the assumptions on their probable most important sources. The common main source of Na, Mg and Ca is marine aerosol, while K, P and Mn are probably of biogenic origin. The common main sources of Al and Fe-probably terrigenic dust-also correspond to the assumptions. Sulfur does not exhibit a significant predominant direction to the sampling site. Zinc, Cd, Cu and also Si are transported to the greatest degree from the north-westerly direction, indicating the probable effect of large energy-production sources in the area under the Krušné Mountains in the CR or the effect of traffic in the Capital City of Prague. The predominant direction of dispersion of Pb and As is a northeasterly to easterly direction of transport.

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“…-by the wash-out of solid atmospheric aerosol, which was caught by interception on the surface of the vegetation (Atteia & Dambrine, 1993;Novo et al, 1992;Hantschel et al, 1990), -by dissolution of gaseous substances adsorbed on the above -ground parts of the vegetation from the atmosphere (Joslin & Wolfe, 1992;Kaupenjohann et al, 1988),…”

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Forest vegetation affecting the deposition of atmospheric elements to soils

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Atmospheric inputs of elements/ions into the soil through bulk precipitation and throughfall (precipitation below tree canopies) were monitored monthly at two forested catchments (Lesni Potok and Liz) in central and southwestern Bohemia, respectively. The annual deposition fluxes (expressed in µg/mg m −2 yr −1 ) of Al, As, Ba, Be, Ca, Cd, Cl It is declared that high fluxes of these elements/ions in TH significantly affect the forest soil water chemistry and that the forest vegetation significantly contributes to the mobilization of several elements in soil and to their redistribution throughout the soil profile.

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Rain and throughfall chemistry in a Norway spruce forest in the Western Prealps

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Cloud water interception and element deposition differ largely between Norway spruce stands along an elevation transect in Harz Mountains, Germany

Cloud water interception and element deposition differ largely between Norway spruce stands along an elevation transect in Harz Mountains, Germany

Inorganic Pollutants in Wet Atmospheric Deposition and the Trajectories of Their Possible Transport

Forest vegetation affecting the deposition of atmospheric elements to soils

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