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2002
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Ole Martin Eklo Olav Lode Randi Bolli Reidun Aspmo Gunnhild Riise Tore Krogstad Brit Salbu Johannes DeelstraAbstract
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Concentrations and fluxes of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), together with pools of carbon and nitrogen in the soil and biomass, were determined along north-south and east-west transects across Norway, Sweden and Finland. The data were analysed statistically and modelled using the mechanistic model DyDOC.Concentrations of DOC and DON were greatest in the O horizon and decreased downwards in the soil. The highest production of dissolved organic matter appears to take place in the O horizon and any contribution from thoroughfall is probably small. A pronounced seasonal effect with peak DOC concentrations in late summer/early autumn may be due to a seasonal (largely temperature) effect on DOC production.The effect of acidic precipitation upon DOC concentrations and fluxes was unclear. DOC in the O horizon was mostly of recent origin, while DOC in the B horizon appeared to include some older material, possibly desorbed from the soil. A positive correlation was found with electrical conductivity and a negative correlation with pH in DOC concentrations from the O horizon.A lack of correlation between DOC concentrations and temperature is probably due to a time lag between peak temperatures and peak DOC concentrations. Modelling of DOC concentrations and fluxes using DyDOC gave rasonable results, suggesting that it might be possible to use DyDOC as a general tool for modelling and forecasting DOC concentrations and fluxes in Nordic forest ecosytems.Scenario analysis using DyDOC suggested that increased temperature without increased litter input might result in increased production of CO2 rather than DOC. An increase in both temperature and litter input would lead to increased DOC concentrations, with possible implications for drinking water quality. Increased precipitation will lead to increased fluxes of DOC.
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Nicholas ClarkeAbstract
In natural waters, total organic carbon (TOC) is the sum of particulate and dissolved organic carbon. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is operationally defined, usually as organic carbon that passes through a 0.45 µm filter. Cellulose acetate or nitrate filters should not be used for this purpose due to contamination or adsorption problems. Glass fibre filters are preferable. Although the discussion below concerns DOC, much of it applies to TOC as well. Organic carbon is most often determined after oxidation to CO2 using combustion, an oxidant such as persulphate, UV or other high-energy radiation, or a combination of some of these. If only UV radiation with oxygen as oxidant is used, low DOC values may be obtained in the presence of humic substances. A variety of methods are used for detection, including infrared spectrometry, titration and flame ionization detection after reduction to methane. Always follow the instrument manufacturer’s instructions. For determination of dissolved organic carbon, dissolved inorganic carbon must be either removed by purging the acidified (for example with phosphoric acid) sample with a gas which is free from CO2 and organic compounds, or determined and subtracted from the total dissolved carbon. If acidification followed by purging is used, care should be taken as volatile organic compounds may also be lost. After acidification, remove CO2 by blowing a stream of pure carbon-free inert gas through the system for at least 5 minutes. Carbon is ubiquitous in nature, so reagents, water, and glassware cannot be completely cleaned of it. Method interferences (positive bias) may be caused by contaminants in the carrier gas, dilution water, reagents, glassware, or other sample processing hardware (for example a homogenization device). All of these materials must be routinely demonstrated to be free from interference under the conditions of analysis by running reagent blanks. Plastic bottles can bleed carbon into water samples, especially when they are new, or when they are used for low-level samples (less than 200 ppb C). Any new bottles (especially plastic) should ideally be filled with clean water for a period of several days or boiled in water for a few hours before use. The use of high purity or purified reagents and gases helps to minimise interference problems. It is very important to use ultra-pure water with a carbon filter or boiled distilled water just before preparing stock and standard solutions, in order to remove dissolved CO2. The stock solution should not be kept too long (about one week). For most DOC instruments a correction for DOC (due to dissolved CO2) in the dilution water used for calibration standards is necessary, especially for standards below 10 ppm C. The carbon in the blank should only be subtracted from standards and not from samples. For calibration, standard solutions are most often potassium hydrogen phthalate for total dissolved carbon and sodium bicarbonate for dissolved inorganic carbon. The DOC concentration should be within the working range of the calibration. If necessary the sample can be diluted. Sample DOC below about 50 ppb C can be affected by atmospheric exposure. In these cases, sampling bottles should be kept closed when possible, and autosampler vials should be equipped with septa for needle piercing by the autosampler.
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Nicholas ClarkeAbstract
Within ICP Forests, the question has arisen whether it is necessary to determine DOC or TOC in deposition. There are several possible reasons for doing so, which can be summarised under two headings: quality control and process studies.
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The project reported here was a co-operation between the National Focal Centers for four of the ICPs in Norway: ICP Mapping and Modeling, ICP Waters, ICP Forest and ICP Integrated Monitoring. Dynamic modeling was carried out using data from several sites in the ICP networks, with the aim of making predictions on the future acidification status for surface waters, forest and soils in Norway. Predictions are made for three different deposition scenarios. At two of the sites, the model predictions suggest that the Current Legislation scenario will not promote water qualities sufficient for sustainable fish populations, while the scenario seems sufficient for the others. Under the Maximum Feasible Reduction scenario one of the sites still will not reach a sufficiently high ANC. In general, the modeling results for forest soils agree with results from previous investigations stating that surface water acidification is more severe than the soil acidification. However, the results suggest that there has been soil acidification at all sites as a result of acid deposition and that the base saturation will not be built up again to pre-industrial levels during the next 50 years at any of the sites, not even with the Maximum Feasible Reduction Scenario.
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We investigated the effects of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, and Zn) on the enzyme activity of soil denitrifying community, and tolerance to the same heavy metals as indicated by denitrification rates. We focused on the rates of nitrate reduction to N2O and the N20 reductase activity, because the ratio between these two process rates is an indicator of the community's intrinsic capacity to release N20 to the atmosphere. A sandy loam was given a single and double dose of a heavy metal mixture (single dose = 0.32, 80, 120 mg kg 1 dry soil of Cd, Cu, and Zn, respectively). Ground straw was added together with the metals to enhance microbial growth, and the soil was incubated aerobically at 15 °C for 2 months. Kinetics of production and reduction of N20 by the denitrifying community of this soil was investigated by anaerobic incubation of soil slurries or extracted bacterial cells, using glutamate as a C source. Time courses of the N20 production and reduction curves (with and without acetylene) were used to estimate kinetic parameters to characterize the community. Heavy metal tolerance was tested by exposing extracted cells to heavy metals during such anaerobic incubations. The immediate effect (after 1 day) of heavy metals was a general reduction of the denitrification rate but also to decrease the N20 reduction more than N20 production rate. N20 production was partly recovered 8 days after heavy metal introduction, and completely restored (equal to the control soil) after 2 months. In contrast, the N20 reductase activity was still not completely restored after 2 months. Exposure of extracted cells to the different heavy metals showed that soil exposure of heavy metals had induced an increased Cd-, Cu-, and Zn-tolerance of N20 reductase activity. Simulation of the NO production and reduction curves during the anaerobic incubation allowed an estimation of the apparent specific growth rate by fitting the simulated to the measured curves. Estimated growth rates were significantly lowered as the community heavy metal tolerance developed (heavy metal exposed soil after 2 months versus control soil), possibly reflecting a metabolic burden of the metal resistance mechanisms.
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The Norwegian intensive monitoring programme of forest condition has recorded rainfall, throughfall and soil water data from 1986 at 16 forest plots. Using covariance analysis, this study has examined short term and episodic influences on soil water ionic concentration at three of the plots, and identified both seasonal and long-term temporal trends. Acidity has decreased in bulk precipitation and throughfall, and the concentrations of base cations in the organic soil horizon have increased. Nevertheless, there is evidence of continued acidification in the organic and mineral soil horizons, though of a small scale. The influence of sea salt and drought effects on soil water chemistry are examined, but found to be unimportant in causing acidification effects such as increased soil aluminium concentration.
2001
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Fire ulike komposter ble benyttet til å evaluere ulike kjemiske parameteres egnethet som stabilitetsindeks. Vannløselig TOC viste signifikant korrelasjon til biologisk aktivitet målt som respirasjonsrate, og foreslås som en mulig operasjonell parameter ved komposteringsanlegg.