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2004
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Sampling the catchment outlet generally is assumed to be a convenient way to infer information about a variety of biogeochemical processes at the catchment scale as it provides a spatial and temporal integral of the predominating catchment output fluxes for a number of chemical compounds of interest.Moreover, the short-term dynamics and long-term trends of the hydrograph and of solute concentrations in the catchment runoff can provide information about the predominating processes at the catchment scale and can be used to refine conceptual and mathematical models.Additional measurements inside the catchment, e.g., of soil solution, groundwater, and stream water at different sites, are used to relate the findings to within-catchment processes and thus to further constrain hypotheses and models.
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Arne O. Stuanes Richard Wright Heleen A. de Wit Lars R. Hole Øyvind Kaste Jan MulderAbstract
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Torild Wickstrøm Gunnar OgnerAbstract
A humus sample and a mineral soil sample were collected to investigate different sample pretreatments and their effects on the quality (mean value and uncertainty) of soil chemical data. Thirty-four humus subsamples and sixty mineral subsamples were prepared for chemical analysis. Diverse combinations of sieving, milling or grinding were utilized before the determination of Kjeldahl nitrogen (Kj-N), pH, extractable elements, and a few other chemical parameters.The humus subsamples were sieved, sieved and milled or sieved and ground. Relative to sieving, grinding improved the uncertainty in the determination by 210 times [highest for calcium (Ca), manganese (Mn), Kj-N, loss on ignition and volume weight].The mineral soil subsamples were either sieved or sieved and ground. The uncertainty was improved by 24 times for aluminum (Al), barium (Ba), Ca, hydrogen (H), potassium (K), sulphur (S), silicon (Si), zinc (Zn), and nitrogen (N) when grinding was applied.The result increased for almost all of the chemical parameters when the samples (humus and mineral) were ground in addition to sieving. The maximum increase in mean value was observed for Si (330%), iron (Fe) (200%) and carbon (C), K, magnesium (Mg), Mn, sodium (Na) (1734%).The determination of Kj-N was less influenced (016%) by different pretreatments but the uncertainty in the determination was improved up to 10 times when the sample was ground.Different sieving techniques were also utilized. It was shown that different sieving techniques altered the mean value for Ba, Fe, K, Mg, Si, Zn, pH, and loss on ignition, while the uncertainty was unaffected.All subsamples were reanalyzed after 15 months, without mixing in each sample before weighing. An increase in concentration was observed for C, Fe, phosphorus (P), S (up to 130%) and in volume weight (626%) while a decrease was observed for Ca, K, Mg, strontium (Sr), Zn (727%).
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Per Holm Nygaard Heleen A. de WitAbstract
Aluminium (Al), mobilized by acidic deposition, has been claimed to be a major threat to forest vitality. Fine root mortality, decreased root growth and reduced nutrient uptake have been observed in controlled laboratory experiments where roots of tree seedlings were exposed to elevated concentrations of Al. Yet, evidence for Al-induced root damage from forest stands is scarcely reported. Nevertheless, Al dissolved in soil water has received a key role in the critical load concept for forests. Here, we present effects of artificially elevated concentrations of Al in the soil solution on fine roots in a middle-aged stand of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). Although the inorganic Al concentrations about 200 M and Ca:Al ratio about 0.7 that were established in the soil solution within this experiment have been associated with reduction of root growth and root mortality for spruce seedlings in hydroponic studies, no acute damage on fine roots was observed. Three years of treatment did not cause visual root damage, nor were effects on fine root necromass observed. Fine root necromass made up about 10 % of fine root biomass for all treatments. However, significantly lower molar Ca:Al and Mg:Al ratios in living and dead fine roots were found in the plots where Al concentrations were highest and ratios of Ca to Al in the soil solution were lowest. The lack of response on fine root biomass suggests that forest stands tolerate higher Al levels than results from laboratory experiments indicate. We conclude that effect studies in the laboratory have limited value for field conditions. The key role of Al toxicity, expressed as the Ca/Al ratio, in critical load calculations for forests may have to be reconsidered.
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Nina Elisabeth Nagy Carl Gunnar Fossdal Lars Sandved Dalen Anders Lønneborg Inger Heldal Øystein JohnsenAbstract
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Sissel Torre Päivi Rinne Carl Gunnar Fossdal Heather Danforth Stein Erik Lid Ragnhild Nestestog Chris Van der SchootAbstract
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