Impact of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the exchange of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane from European forests.

2009 ◽  
pp. 249-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. de Vries ◽  
K. Butterbach-Bahl ◽  
H. D. van der Gon ◽  
O. Oenema
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen ◽  
European Forests

scholarly journals Environmental controls of greenhouse gas release in a restoring peat bog in NW Germany

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Glatzel ◽  
I. Forbrich ◽  
C. Krüger ◽  
S. Lemke ◽  
G. Gerold
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Gas Release ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen ◽  
Nw Germany ◽  
Surface Peat ◽  
Nitrous Oxide Release

Abstract. In Central Europe, most bogs have a history of drainage and many of them are currently being restored. Success of restoration as well as greenhouse gas exchange of these bogs is influenced by environmental stress factors as drought and atmospheric nitrogen deposition. We determined the methane and nitrous oxide exchange of sites in the strongly decomposed center and less decomposed edge of the Pietzmoor bog in NW Germany in 2004. Also, we examined the methane and nitrous oxide exchange of mesocosms from the center and edge before, during, and following a drainage experiment as well as carbon dioxide release from disturbed unfertilized and nitrogen fertilized surface peat. In the field, methane fluxes ranged from 0 to 3.8 mg m−2 h−1 and were highest from hollows. Field nitrous oxide fluxes ranged from 0 to 574 μg m−2 h−1 and were elevated at the edge. A large Eriophorum vaginatum tussock showed decreasing nitrous oxide release as the season progressed. Drainage of mesocosms decreased methane release to 0, even during rewetting. There was a tendency for a decrease of nitrous oxide release during drainage and for an increase in nitrous oxide release during rewetting. Nitrogen fertilization did not increase decomposition of surface peat. Our examinations suggest a competition between vascular vegetation and denitrifiers for excess nitrogen. We also provide evidence that the von Post humification index can be used to explain greenhouse gas release from bogs, if the role of vascular vegetation is also considered. An assessment of the greenhouse gas release from nitrogen saturated restoring bogs needs to take into account elevated release from fresh Sphagnum peat as well as from sedges growing on decomposed peat. Given the high atmospheric nitrogen deposition, restoration will not be able to achieve an oligotrophic ecosystem in the short term.

Microbial mechanisms responsible for the effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on methane uptake and nitrous oxide emission in forest soils: a review

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
方华军 FANG Huajun ◽  
程淑兰 CHENG Shulan ◽  
于贵瑞 YU Guirui ◽  
王永生 WANG Yongsheng ◽  
徐敏杰 XU Minjie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Forest Soils ◽  
Nitrous Oxide Emission ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen ◽  
Methane Uptake

scholarly journals Small scale controls of greenhouse gas release under elevated N deposition rates in a restoring peat bog in NW Germany

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 925-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Glatzel ◽  
I. Forbrich ◽  
C. Krüger ◽  
S. Lemke ◽  
G. Gerold
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Gas Release ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen ◽  
Nw Germany ◽  
Surface Peat ◽  
Nitrous Oxide Release

Abstract. In Central Europe, most bogs have a history of drainage and many of them are currently being restored. Success of restoration as well as greenhouse gas exchange of these bogs is influenced by environmental stress factors as drought and atmospheric nitrogen deposition. We determined the methane and nitrous oxide exchange of sites in the strongly decomposed center and less decomposed edge of the Pietzmoor bog in NW Germany in 2004. Also, we examined the methane and nitrous oxide exchange of mesocosms from the center and edge before, during, and following a drainage experiment as well as carbon dioxide release from disturbed unfertilized and nitrogen fertilized surface peat. In the field, methane fluxes ranged from 0 to 3.8 mg m−2 h−1 and were highest from hollows. Field nitrous oxide fluxes ranged from 0 to 574 μg m−2 h−1 and were elevated at the edge. A large Eriophorum vaginatum tussock showed decreasing nitrous oxide release as the season progressed. Drainage of mesocosms decreased methane release to 0, even during rewetting. There was a tendency for a decrease of nitrous oxide release during drainage and for an increase in nitrous oxide release during rewetting. Nitrogen fertilization did not increase decomposition of surface peat. Our examinations suggest a competition between vascular vegetation and denitrifiers for excess nitrogen. We also provide evidence that the von Post humification index can be used to explain nitrous oxide release from bogs, if the role of vascular vegetation is also considered. An assessment of the greenhouse gas release from nitrogen saturated restoring bogs needs to take into account elevated release from fresh Sphagnum peat as well as from sedges growing on decomposed peat. Given the high atmospheric nitrogen deposition, restoration will not be able to achieve an oligotrophic ecosystem in the short term.

scholarly journals Selecting Biomonitors of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition: Guidelines for Practitioners and Decision Makers

Nitrogen ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-320
Author(s):  
D. Nayeli Martínez ◽  
Edison A. Díaz-Álvarez ◽  
Erick de la Barrera
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Atmospheric Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Emissions ◽  
Vascular Epiphytes ◽  
Ecophysiological Response

Environmental pollution is a major threat to public health and is the cause of important economic losses worldwide. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is one of the most significant components of environmental pollution, which, in addition to being a health risk, is one of the leading drivers of global biodiversity loss. However, monitoring pollution is not possible in many regions of the world because the instrumentation, deployment, operation, and maintenance of automated systems is onerous. An affordable alternative is the use of biomonitors, naturally occurring or transplanted organisms that respond to environmental pollution with a consistent and measurable ecophysiological response. This policy brief advocates for the use of biomonitors of atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Descriptions of the biological and monitoring particularities of commonly utilized biomonitor lichens, bryophytes, vascular epiphytes, herbs, and woody plants, are followed by a discussion of the principal ecophysiological parameters that have been shown to respond to the different nitrogen emissions and their rate of deposition.

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