Forsmark, Benjamin and Nordin, Annika and Maaroufi, Nadia and Lundmark, Tomas and Gundale, Michael
(2020).
Low and High Nitrogen Deposition Rates in Northern Coniferous Forests Have Different Impacts on Aboveground Litter Production, Soil Respiration, and Soil Carbon Stocks.
Ecosystems. 23
, 1423-1436
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Abstract
Nitrogen (N) deposition can change the carbon (C) sink of northern coniferous forests by changing the balance between net primary production and soil respiration. We used a field experiment in an N poor Pinus sylvestris forest where five levels of N (0, 3, 6, 12, and 50 kg N ha−1 yr−1, n = 6) had been added annually for 12–13 years to investigate how litter C inputs and soil respiration, divided into its autotrophic and heterotrophic sources, respond to different rates of N input, and its subsequent effect on soil C storage. The highest N addition rate (50 kg N ha−1 yr−1) stimulated soil C accumulation in the organic layer by 22.3 kg C kg−1 N added, increased litter inputs by 46%, and decreased soil respiration per mass unit of soil C by 31.2%, mainly by decreasing autotrophic respiration. Lower N addition rates (≤ 12 kg N ha−1 yr−1) had no effect on litter inputs or soil respiration. These results support previous studies reporting on increased litter inputs coupled to impeded soil C mineralization, contributing to enhancing the soil C sink when N is supplied at high rates, but add observations for lower N addition rates more realistic for N deposition. In doing so, we show that litter production in N poor northern coniferous forests can be relatively unresponsive to low N deposition levels, that stimulation of microbial activity at low N additions is unlikely to reduce the soil C sink, and that high levels of N deposition enhance the soil C sink by increasing litter inputs and decreasing soil respiration.
Authors/Creators: | Forsmark, Benjamin and Nordin, Annika and Maaroufi, Nadia and Lundmark, Tomas and Gundale, Michael | ||||
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Title: | Low and High Nitrogen Deposition Rates in Northern Coniferous Forests Have Different Impacts on Aboveground Litter Production, Soil Respiration, and Soil Carbon Stocks | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||
Volume: | 23 | ||||
Page range: | 1423-1436 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 14 | ||||
ISSN: | 1432-9840 | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Journal article | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Published version | ||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Soil Science | ||||
Keywords: | autotrophic respiration, boreal forest, carbon budget, carbon sequestration, heterotrophic respiration, nitrogen deposition, soil carbon poolsand fluxes, soil respiration | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-106481 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-106481 | ||||
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ID Code: | 18741 | ||||
Faculty: | S - Faculty of Forest Sciences NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||
Department: | (S) > Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management (S) > Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology (S) > Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology | ||||
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Deposited On: | 25 Nov 2020 10:43 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 19:21 |
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