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2000
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Measurement data on air, precipitation and canopy throughfall chemistry from a network of sites have been combined to study scavenging and deposition processes, with particular emphasis on the oxidised nitrogen species.High deposition rates of oxidised nitrogen occur in coastal areas of SW Norway. These are partly caused by high precipitation rates, partly also because a large fraction of the oxidised nitrogen is present as nitrate in large particles, which are rapidly removed by both wet and dry deposition processes.High wind speeds near the coast result in high concentrations of sea-salt particles in the air and high deposition rates of both nitrate and sea-salt particles, particularly in coniferous forest stands. HNO3 contributes on average only about 10-20% to the sum of aerosol nitrate and HNO3 (sNO(3)). Still, the combined dry deposition velocity of sNO(3) to these forest stands may be between 4 and 6 cm s(-1) on average.
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We have compared bud set and frost hardiness among Norway spruce (Piceas abies (L.) Karst.) provenances and families in two cold-acclimation regimes in a phytotron; low light intensity and high night temperatures (LL-HNT), and high light intensity and low night temperatures (HL-LNT) under shortening day lengths.Nine provenances from 59-66N and altitude 100-700 m within Norway, and nine open-pollinated families from a single stand (61N, 270 m elevation) were used. Both provenances and families started bud set and frost hardening earlier in LL-HNT than in HL-LNT.Correlations between the same trait expressed in two regimes were high for both bud set and hardiness at the provenance level and slightly lower at the family level. The variation among family means in bud set and hardiness was large. The differences found between the family extremes were up to 75% of those found between provenance extremes.The relationship between bud set and frost hardiness was strong among the provenance means within both environments (r = 0.92) but weak for the families (r = 0.22-0.44). Causal factors influencing phenotypic variation within traits and covariation among traits may differ for provenances and families within stands. The strong relationships among traits that are found at the provenance level cannot be generalized to the levels of families or clones.
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Coastal spruce forests of central Norway harbour a unique assemblage of epiphytic lichens and are given high priority with respect to conservation of biodiversity. To assess the historical impact of logging during the last 100-150 yrs, 31 remnant stands were studied by means of tree-ring analysis of 2199 trees and the decay stage of 1605 stumps. No stands had been clear-cut, but all had been selectively logged at least twice during the last 150 yrs. Total harvested timber volurne ranged from 65 to 409 m3ha-1 (31-124 % of present-day standing volume) and the selective logging kept standing volume low (40-200 m3ha-1) during 1890-1930. Present-day stand characteristics were strongly correlated with site productivity and topographic position within the ravine valleys. Low amounts of dead wood at sites with high historical logging activity was the only consistent relationship found after covariance of site productivity, topographic position and deciduous trees were taken into account. The results indicate that old-growth stand characteristics, such as reversed J-shaped age distributions and dead wood in advanced decay ciasses, can be obtained 100-150 yrs after intensive selective logging.
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Bernt-Håvard ØyenAbstract
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Anders Lönneborg Marianne JensenAbstract
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Bjørn ØklandAbstract
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Carl Einar Amundsen Åsgeir Rossebø Almås Bal Ram SinghAbstract
The main purpose of the risk assessment is to assess the future risk from cadmium in mineral P-fertilisers to human health, soils and waters using model calculations. The risk assessment of Cd in mineral fertilisers has been performed according to procedures suggested by ERM (2000). The procedure consists of three modules: 1) The accumulation module; 2) The exposure module; 3) The risk characterisation module. Two scenarios for Cd in mineral P-fertilisers were used: 2.3 mg Cd kg-1 P2O5-(present level of Cd ) and 60 mg Cd kg-1 P2O5 average EU-level).In the accumulation module the future (in 100 years) concentration of Cd in soils was calculated using a mass balance model. Application of P-fertiliser containing 60 mg Cd kg-1 P2O5 increases the soil concentration of Cd by 16 to nearly 100 percent depending on type of crop and region. In the exposure module, the uptake of Cd from the soil to wheat, potato and carrot is calculated as well as the relative contribution from fertilisers to the human uptake of Cd. The application of P-fertilisers containing 60 mg Cd kg-1 P2O5 in 100 years increase the daily intake of Cd by 7
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Jyrki TomminenAbstract
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