Vertical distribution of biological and geochemical phosphorus subcycles in two southern Appalachian forest soils

1991 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.R. Walbridge ◽  
C.J. Richardson ◽  
W.T. Swank
2012 ◽  
Vol 131 (5) ◽  
pp. 1585-1599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Winkelbauer ◽  
Jörg Völkel ◽  
Matthias Leopold ◽  
Kerstin Hürkamp ◽  
Rudolf Dehos

Author(s):  
Elena M. Kezlya ◽  
Anton M. Glushchenko ◽  
Yevhen I. Maltsev ◽  
Svetlana Y. Maltseva ◽  
Evgeniy S. Gusev ◽  
...  

The report presents the results of a study of algae in forest soils in the Cat Tien National Park (South Vietnam) using 7 model sites as an example. The species composition of algae and their vertical distribution in the soil horizons have been characterized.


Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1155
Author(s):  
Peter Baas ◽  
Jennifer D. Knoepp ◽  
Jacqueline E. Mohan

Understanding the dominant soil nitrogen (N) cycling processes in southern Appalachian forests is crucial for predicting ecosystem responses to changing N deposition and climate. The role of anaerobic nitrogen cycling processes in well-aerated soils has long been questioned, and recent N cycling research suggests it needs to be re-evaluated. We assessed gross and potential rates of soil N cycling processes, including mineralization, nitrification, denitrification, nitrifier denitrification, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) in sites representing a vegetation and elevation gradient in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Experimental Forest, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in southwestern North Carolina, USA. N cycling processes varied among sites, with gross mineralization and nitrification being greatest in high-elevation northern hardwood forests. Gaseous N losses via nitrifier denitrification were common in all ecosystems but were greatest in northern hardwood. Ecosystem N retention via DNRA (nitrification-produced NO3 reduced to NH4) ranged from 2% to 20% of the total nitrification and was highest in the mixed-oak forest. Our results suggest the potential for gaseous N losses through anaerobic processes (nitrifier denitrification) are prevalent in well-aerated forest soils and may play a key role in ecosystem N cycling.


1969 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki IEKI ◽  
Yasue KUBOMURA ◽  
Setsumi ITOI

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