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May, Christoph ; Schmidt, Gisela ; Gebauer, Gerhard ; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef:
The Fate of [15N]Ammonium and [15N]Nitrate in the Soil of a 140-Year-Old Spruce Stand (Picea Abies) in the Fichtelgebirge (NE-Bavaria).
In: Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies.
Vol. 32
(1996)
Issue 2-3
.
- pp. 149-158.
ISSN 1477-2639
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10256019608036306
Abstract in another language
A 15N tracer-experiment was carried out in a 140-year-old spruce stand (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in the Fichtelgebirge (NE-Bavaria, Germany). Highly enriched (98 at%) [15N]ammonium and [15N]nitrate were applied as tracers by simulation of a deposition of 41.3 mol N ha-1 with 1 I water m-2. To examine seasonal variations of uptake by spruce and understorey vegetation, different plots were labelled in spring, summer and autumn 1994.One aim of the present study was to perfect a method of preparation of soil extracts for isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) measurements. Ammonium and nitrate from soil extracts were prepared for IRMS measurements by steam distillation and subsequent freeze drying. Additionally, tracer distribution and transformations in the soil nitrogen pools were examined. Ammonium, nitrate and total nitrogen were examined in the organic layer and the upper 10 cm of the mineral soil during 3 months after the first tracer application in spring 1994.In July 1994, three months after tracer application, 40 % of the [15N]ammonium label and 29% of the [15N]nitrate label, respectively, were recovered in the total N pool of the investigated soil horizons. In the organic layer the L/Of horizon retained most of the recovered tracers. Nitrification, immobilisation and mineralisation occurred even under the conditions of high soil acidity at the study site.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Additional notes: | BAYCEER6731 |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Plant Ecology Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Centres |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2015 06:35 |
| Last Modified: | 03 May 2016 10:27 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/19397 |