Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11270-009-0059-z |
| Document | Shareable Link |
| Title (Primary) | Nitrogen fluxes of a slope mire in the German Harz Mountains |
| Author | Tauchnitz, N.; Meissner, R.; Bernsdorf, S.; Wegener, U. |
| Source Titel | Water Air and Soil Pollution |
| Year | 2010 |
| Department | BOPHY |
| Volume | 205 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Page From | 107 |
| Page To | 112 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Critical load; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen retention; Ombrotrophic peatland; Sphagnum |
| Abstract | Nitrogen (N) fluxes of a slope mire in the German Harz Mountains were monitored to study the effect of increased N deposition on the N retention of the mire. In addition, the N content of mire pore water beneath different plant species was analyzed to assess N retention ability of plants. Atmospheric N deposition at the study site was 4.9?±?0.4 g N m-2 year-1 averaged for the study period of 2002 and 2003, with forest stand deposition being the largest share. Discharge was the main output pathway of N with a rate of 1.9?±?0.3 g N m-2 year-1. The mire showed a high N retention rate of 67%. Short-term N accumulation rate was 3.9 g N m-2 year-1. Differences in mire pore water N concentration under different vegetation cover indicate a lower N retention ability for ombrotrophic Sphagnum plants |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=10574 |
| Tauchnitz, N., Meissner, R., Bernsdorf, S., Wegener, U. (2010): Nitrogen fluxes of a slope mire in the German Harz Mountains Water Air Soil Pollut. 205 (1-4), 107 - 112 10.1007/s11270-009-0059-z |
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