Nitrogen distribution and cycling through water flows in a subtropical bamboo forest under high level of atmospheric deposition.

BACKGROUND: The hydrological cycle is an important way of transportation and reallocation of reactive nitrogen (N) in forest ecosystems. However, under a high level of atmospheric N deposition, the N distribution and cycling through water flows in forest ecosystems especially in bamboo ecosystems ar...

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Main Authors: Li-hua Tu, Ting-xing Hu, Jian Zhang, Li-hua Huang, Yin-long Xiao, Gang Chen, Hong-ling Hu, Li Liu, Jiang-kun Zheng, Zhen-Feng Xu, Liang-hua Chen
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795693?pdf=render
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spelling doaj-90015539b2aa46098c69ca48b6b81fb82020-11-25T00:47:04ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01810e7586210.1371/journal.pone.0075862Nitrogen distribution and cycling through water flows in a subtropical bamboo forest under high level of atmospheric deposition.Li-hua TuTing-xing HuJian ZhangLi-hua HuangYin-long XiaoGang ChenHong-ling HuLi LiuJiang-kun ZhengZhen-Feng XuLiang-hua ChenBACKGROUND: The hydrological cycle is an important way of transportation and reallocation of reactive nitrogen (N) in forest ecosystems. However, under a high level of atmospheric N deposition, the N distribution and cycling through water flows in forest ecosystems especially in bamboo ecosystems are not well understood. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In order to investigate N fluxes through water flows in a Pleioblastus amarus bamboo forest, event rainfall/snowfall (precipitation, PP), throughfall (TF), stemflow (SF), surface runoff (SR), forest floor leachate (FFL), soil water at the depth of 40 cm (SW1) and 100 cm (SW2) were collected and measured through the whole year of 2009. Nitrogen distribution in different pools in this ecosystem was also measured. Mean N pools in vegetation and soil (0-1 m) were 351.7 and 7752.8 kg ha(-1). Open field nitrogen deposition at the study site was 113.8 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1), which was one of the highest in the world. N-NH4(+), N-NO3(-) and dissolved organic N (DON) accounted for 54%, 22% and 24% of total wet N deposition. Net canopy accumulated of N occurred with N-NO3(-) and DON but not N-NH4(+). The flux of total dissolved N (TDN) to the forest floor was greater than that in open field precipitation by 17.7 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1), due to capture of dry and cloudwater deposition net of canopy uptake. There were significant negative exponential relationships between monthly water flow depths and monthly mean TDN concentrations in PP, TF, SR, FFL and SW1. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The open field nitrogen deposition through precipitation is very high over the world, which is the main way of reactive N input in this bamboo ecosystem. The water exchange and N consume mainly occurred in the litter floor layer and topsoil layer, where most of fine roots of bamboo distributed.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795693?pdf=render
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author Li-hua Tu
Ting-xing Hu
Jian Zhang
Li-hua Huang
Yin-long Xiao
Gang Chen
Hong-ling Hu
Li Liu
Jiang-kun Zheng
Zhen-Feng Xu
Liang-hua Chen
spellingShingle Li-hua Tu
Ting-xing Hu
Jian Zhang
Li-hua Huang
Yin-long Xiao
Gang Chen
Hong-ling Hu
Li Liu
Jiang-kun Zheng
Zhen-Feng Xu
Liang-hua Chen
Nitrogen distribution and cycling through water flows in a subtropical bamboo forest under high level of atmospheric deposition.
PLoS ONE
author_facet Li-hua Tu
Ting-xing Hu
Jian Zhang
Li-hua Huang
Yin-long Xiao
Gang Chen
Hong-ling Hu
Li Liu
Jiang-kun Zheng
Zhen-Feng Xu
Liang-hua Chen
author_sort Li-hua Tu
title Nitrogen distribution and cycling through water flows in a subtropical bamboo forest under high level of atmospheric deposition.
title_short Nitrogen distribution and cycling through water flows in a subtropical bamboo forest under high level of atmospheric deposition.
title_full Nitrogen distribution and cycling through water flows in a subtropical bamboo forest under high level of atmospheric deposition.
title_fullStr Nitrogen distribution and cycling through water flows in a subtropical bamboo forest under high level of atmospheric deposition.
title_full_unstemmed Nitrogen distribution and cycling through water flows in a subtropical bamboo forest under high level of atmospheric deposition.
title_sort nitrogen distribution and cycling through water flows in a subtropical bamboo forest under high level of atmospheric deposition.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
series PLoS ONE
issn 1932-6203
publishDate 2013-01-01
description BACKGROUND: The hydrological cycle is an important way of transportation and reallocation of reactive nitrogen (N) in forest ecosystems. However, under a high level of atmospheric N deposition, the N distribution and cycling through water flows in forest ecosystems especially in bamboo ecosystems are not well understood. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In order to investigate N fluxes through water flows in a Pleioblastus amarus bamboo forest, event rainfall/snowfall (precipitation, PP), throughfall (TF), stemflow (SF), surface runoff (SR), forest floor leachate (FFL), soil water at the depth of 40 cm (SW1) and 100 cm (SW2) were collected and measured through the whole year of 2009. Nitrogen distribution in different pools in this ecosystem was also measured. Mean N pools in vegetation and soil (0-1 m) were 351.7 and 7752.8 kg ha(-1). Open field nitrogen deposition at the study site was 113.8 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1), which was one of the highest in the world. N-NH4(+), N-NO3(-) and dissolved organic N (DON) accounted for 54%, 22% and 24% of total wet N deposition. Net canopy accumulated of N occurred with N-NO3(-) and DON but not N-NH4(+). The flux of total dissolved N (TDN) to the forest floor was greater than that in open field precipitation by 17.7 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1), due to capture of dry and cloudwater deposition net of canopy uptake. There were significant negative exponential relationships between monthly water flow depths and monthly mean TDN concentrations in PP, TF, SR, FFL and SW1. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The open field nitrogen deposition through precipitation is very high over the world, which is the main way of reactive N input in this bamboo ecosystem. The water exchange and N consume mainly occurred in the litter floor layer and topsoil layer, where most of fine roots of bamboo distributed.
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795693?pdf=render
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