Is There Synchronicity in Nitrogen Input and Output Fluxes at the Noland Divide Watershed, a Small N-Saturated Forested Catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
High-elevation red spruce [Picea rubens Sarg.]-Fraser fir [Abies fraseri (Pursh.) Poir] forests in the Southern Appalachians currently receive large nitrogen (N) inputs via atmospheric deposition (30 kg N ha�1 year�1) but have limited N retention capacity due to a combination of stand age, heavy fir...
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| author | H. Van Miegroet I.F. Creed N.S. Nicholas D.G. Tarboton K.L. Webster J. Shubzda B. Robinson J. Smoot D. W. Johnson S. E. Lindberg G. Lovett S. Nodvin S. Moore |
| author_facet | H. Van Miegroet I.F. Creed N.S. Nicholas D.G. Tarboton K.L. Webster J. Shubzda B. Robinson J. Smoot D. W. Johnson S. E. Lindberg G. Lovett S. Nodvin S. Moore |
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| description | High-elevation red spruce [Picea rubens Sarg.]-Fraser fir [Abies fraseri (Pursh.) Poir] forests in the Southern Appalachians currently receive large nitrogen (N) inputs via atmospheric deposition (30 kg N ha�1 year�1) but have limited N retention capacity due to a combination of stand age, heavy fir mortality caused by exotic insect infestations, and numerous gaps caused by windfalls and ice storms. This study examined the magnitude and timing of the N fluxes into, through, and out of a small, first-order catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It also examined the role of climatic conditions in causing interannual variations in the N output signal. About half of the atmospheric N input was exported annually in the streamwater, primarily as nitrate (NO3-N). While most incoming ammonium (NH4-N) was retained in the canopy and the forest floor, the NO3-N fluxes were very dynamic in space as well as in time. There was a clear decoupling between NO3-N input and output fluxes. Atmospheric N input was greatest in the growing season while largest NO3-N losses typically occurred in the dormant season. Also, as water passed through the various catchment compartments, the NO3-N flux declined below the canopy, increased in the upper soil due to internal N mineralization and nitrification, and declined again deeper in the mineral soil due to plant uptake and microbial processing. Temperature control on N production and hydrologic control on NO3-N leaching during the growing season likely caused the observed inter-annual variation in fall peak NO3-N concentrations and N discharge rates in the stream. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2c782c73ba75467191677502b0c6d1502025-02-03T01:32:50ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2001-01-01148049210.1100/tsw.2001.384Is There Synchronicity in Nitrogen Input and Output Fluxes at the Noland Divide Watershed, a Small N-Saturated Forested Catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park?H. Van Miegroet0I.F. Creed1N.S. Nicholas2D.G. Tarboton3K.L. Webster4J. Shubzda5B. Robinson6J. Smoot7D. W. Johnson8S. E. Lindberg9G. Lovett10S. Nodvin11S. Moore12Department of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USADepartment of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5215, USAHigh-elevation red spruce [Picea rubens Sarg.]-Fraser fir [Abies fraseri (Pursh.) Poir] forests in the Southern Appalachians currently receive large nitrogen (N) inputs via atmospheric deposition (30 kg N ha�1 year�1) but have limited N retention capacity due to a combination of stand age, heavy fir mortality caused by exotic insect infestations, and numerous gaps caused by windfalls and ice storms. This study examined the magnitude and timing of the N fluxes into, through, and out of a small, first-order catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It also examined the role of climatic conditions in causing interannual variations in the N output signal. About half of the atmospheric N input was exported annually in the streamwater, primarily as nitrate (NO3-N). While most incoming ammonium (NH4-N) was retained in the canopy and the forest floor, the NO3-N fluxes were very dynamic in space as well as in time. There was a clear decoupling between NO3-N input and output fluxes. Atmospheric N input was greatest in the growing season while largest NO3-N losses typically occurred in the dormant season. Also, as water passed through the various catchment compartments, the NO3-N flux declined below the canopy, increased in the upper soil due to internal N mineralization and nitrification, and declined again deeper in the mineral soil due to plant uptake and microbial processing. Temperature control on N production and hydrologic control on NO3-N leaching during the growing season likely caused the observed inter-annual variation in fall peak NO3-N concentrations and N discharge rates in the stream.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2001.384 |
| spellingShingle | H. Van Miegroet I.F. Creed N.S. Nicholas D.G. Tarboton K.L. Webster J. Shubzda B. Robinson J. Smoot D. W. Johnson S. E. Lindberg G. Lovett S. Nodvin S. Moore Is There Synchronicity in Nitrogen Input and Output Fluxes at the Noland Divide Watershed, a Small N-Saturated Forested Catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Is There Synchronicity in Nitrogen Input and Output Fluxes at the Noland Divide Watershed, a Small N-Saturated Forested Catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? |
| title_full | Is There Synchronicity in Nitrogen Input and Output Fluxes at the Noland Divide Watershed, a Small N-Saturated Forested Catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? |
| title_fullStr | Is There Synchronicity in Nitrogen Input and Output Fluxes at the Noland Divide Watershed, a Small N-Saturated Forested Catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is There Synchronicity in Nitrogen Input and Output Fluxes at the Noland Divide Watershed, a Small N-Saturated Forested Catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? |
| title_short | Is There Synchronicity in Nitrogen Input and Output Fluxes at the Noland Divide Watershed, a Small N-Saturated Forested Catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? |
| title_sort | is there synchronicity in nitrogen input and output fluxes at the noland divide watershed a small n saturated forested catchment in the great smoky mountains national park |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2001.384 |
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