Controls over N2O, NOx and CO2 fluxes in a calcareous mountain forest soil

Kitzler, B.; Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S.; Holtermann, C.; Skiba, U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-6092; Butterbach-Bahl, K.. 2006 Controls over N2O, NOx and CO2 fluxes in a calcareous mountain forest soil. Biogeosciences, 3 (4). 383-395.

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Abstract/Summary

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.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > BG01 Measuring and modelling trace gas, aerosol and carbon > BG01.1 UK nitrogen and sulphur compounds CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > BG01 Measuring and modelling trace gas, aerosol and carbon
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	_ Atmospheric Sciences
ISSN:	1726-4170
NORA Subject Terms:	Agriculture and Soil Science Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	07 May 2008 09:31 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/2883

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