Ammann, Markus; Siegwolf, Rolf; Pichlmayer, F.; Suter, Marianne; Saurer, Matthias; Brunold, Christian (1999). Estimating the uptake of traffic-derived NO2 from 15N abundance in Norway spruce needles. Oecologia, 118(2), pp. 124-131. Springer 10.1007/s004420050710
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The 15N ratio of nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted from vehicles, measured in the air adjacent to a highway in the Swiss Middle Land, was very high [δ15N(NO2) = +5.7‰]. This high 15N abundance was used to estimate long-term NO2 dry deposition into a forest ecosystem by measuring δ15N in the needles and the soil of potted and autochthonous spruce trees [Picea abies (L.) Karst] exposed to NO2 in a transect orthogonal to the highway. δ15N in the current-year needles of potted trees was 2.0‰ higher than that of the control after 4 months of exposure close to the highway, suggesting a 25% contribution to the N-nutrition of these needles. Needle fall into the pots was prevented by grids placed above the soil, while the continuous decomposition of needle litter below the autochthonous trees over previous years has increased δ15N values in the soil, resulting in parallel gradients of δ15N in soil and needles with distance from the highway. Estimates of NO2 uptake into needles obtained from the δ15N data were significantly correlated with the inputs calculated with a shoot gas exchange model based on a parameterisation widely used in deposition modelling. Therefore, we provide an indication of estimated N inputs to forest ecosystems via dry deposition of NO2 at the receptor level under field conditions.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) > Stress Physiology [discontinued] 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ammann, Markus, Suter, Marianne, Brunold, Christian |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany) |
ISSN: |
0029-8549 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Peter Alfred von Ballmoos-Haas |
Date Deposited: |
02 Jun 2016 12:13 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:56 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s004420050710 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
15N, Forests, Spruce, Picea abies, NO2 deposition |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.82858 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/82858 |
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