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  Controls over N2O, NOx and CO2 fluxes in a calcareous mountain forest soil
 
 
Title: Controls over N2O, NOx and CO2 fluxes in a calcareous mountain forest soil
Author: B. Kitzler
S. Zechmeister-Boltenstern
C. Holtermann
U. Skiba
K. Butterbach-Bahl
Appeared in: Biogeosciences
Paging: Volume 3 (2006) nr. 4 pages 383-395
Year: 2006
Contents: We measured nitrogen oxides (N2O and NOx), dinitrogen (N2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from a spruce-fir-beech forest soil in the North Tyrolean limestone Alps in Austria. The site received 10.6–11.9 kg N ha−1 y−1 nitrogen as bulk deposition. Fluxes of nitric oxide (NO) were measured by an automatic dynamic chamber system on an hourly basis over a two year period. Daily N2O emissions were obtained by a semi-automatic gas measuring system. In order to cover spatial variability biweekly manual measurements of N2O and CO2 emissions were carried out in addition. For acquiring information on the effects of soil and meteorological conditions and of N-deposition on N-emissions we chose the auto-regression procedure (time-series analysis) as our means of investigation. Hence, we could exclude the data's autocorrelation in the course of the time. We found that soil temperature, soil moisture and bulk N-deposition followed by air temperature and precipitation were the most powerful influencing parameters effecting N-emissions. With these variables, up to 89% of observed temporal variations of N-emissions could be explained. During the two-year investigation period between 2.5 and 3.5% of deposited N was reemitted in form of N2O whereas only 0.2% were emitted as NO. At our mountain forest site the main end-product of microbial activity processes was N2 and trace gases (N2O and NO) were only of minor importance.
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH (provided by DOAJ)
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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