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Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection: 2nd International Nitrogen Conference 2001
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Sara C. Pryor, Rebecca J. Barthelmie, Margaret Carreiro, Melissa L. Davis, Anne Hartley, Bjame Jensen, Andrew Oliphant, Melissa J. C. Randolph, Justin T. Schoof, "Nitrogen Deposition to and Cycling in a Deciduous Forest", The Scientific World Journal, vol. 1, Article ID 912020, 10 pages, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2001.372
Nitrogen Deposition to and Cycling in a Deciduous Forest
Abstract
The project described here seeks to answer questions regarding the role increased nitrogen (N) deposition is playing in enhanced carbon (C) sequestration in temperate mid-latitude forests, using detailed measurements from an AmeriFlux tower in southern Indiana (Morgan-Monroe State Forest, or MMSF). The measurements indicate an average atmosphere-surface N flux of approximately 6 mg-N m-2 day-1 during the 2000 growing season, with approximately 40% coming from dry deposition of ammonia (NH3), nitric acid (HNO3), and particle-bound N. Wet deposition and throughfall measurements indicate significant canopy uptake of N (particularly NH4+) at the site, leading to a net canopy exchange (NCE) of –6 kg-N ha-1 for the growing season. These data are used in combination with data on the aboveground C:N ratio, litterfall flux, and soil net N mineralization rates to indicate the level of potential perturbation of C sequestration at this site.
