Recovery from N saturation in Flemish forests under high N deposition
The objective of this study was to evaluate the recovery from nitrogen (N) saturation in forests under high N deposition in Flanders, northern Belgium. Deposition and soil solution concentrations of inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and total N were measured at five ICP Forests intensive monitoring plots (1 Pinus sylvestris, 1 P. nigra subsp. laricio, 2 Fagus sylvatica and 1 mixed F. sylvatica – Quercus robur) from 1996 till 2013 (DIN) and from 2005 till 2013 (total N). Deposition and soil solution concentrations of organic nitrogen (DON) were calculated as total N - DIN. The sodium mass balance approa... Mehr ...