Using metabolic fingerprinting of plants for evaluating nitrogen deposition impacts on the landscape level
Gidman, Eleanor A.; Stevens, Carly J.; Goodacre, Royston; Broadhurst, David; Emmett, Bridget 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-4389; Gwynn-Jones, Dylan.
2006
Using metabolic fingerprinting of plants for evaluating nitrogen deposition impacts on the landscape level.
Global Change Biology, 12 (8).
1460-1465.
10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01190.x
Abstract/Summary
Nitrogen emissions and atmospheric deposition are globally significant with the potential to alter ecosystem nutrient balance, provoking changes in vegetation composition. Shifts in plant biochemistry are good indicators of nitrogen pollution and have been used to monitor vegetation health. Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy has previously been shown to be a rapid and relatively inexpensive method for evaluating leaf biochemistry. In the present study, FT-IR spectra were collected from Galium saxatile samples taken from sites across the United Kingdom. Spectral changes in the tissue samples were correlated with a gradient of N deposition using partial least squares regression analysis. We show that FT-IR analysis of G. saxatile leaf tissue is an effective way to evaluate nitrogen deposition across the entire UK landscape.
| Item Type: | Publication - Article |
|---|---|
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01190.x |
| Programmes: | CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry |
| UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas: | _ Biogeochemistry & Ecosystem Function |
| ISSN: | 1354-1013 |
| Format Availability: | Electronic, Print |
| Additional Keywords: | ecosystem health, FT-IR, metabolomics, nitrogen deposition, partial least-squares regression analysis, plant biochemistry |
| NORA Subject Terms: | Botany Ecology and Environment Atmospheric Sciences |
| Date made live: | 02 Jul 2007 15:50 +0 (UTC) |
| URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/339 |
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