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Corre, Marife D.; Lamersdorf, Norbert P.
Ecology (Durham), November 2004, Volume: 85, Issue: 11Journal Article
An ongoing roof experiment, where N and acid inputs were reduced to the recommended critical load levels, has been conducted since 1991 in an N-saturated spruce stand in Soiling, Germany. Our study was aimed at (1) quantifying the changes in gross rates of microbial N cycling under ambient and reduced N conditions, and (2) relating the soil N dynamics to the changes in N leaching and N status of trees. Two roofs were used, one to achieve "ambient" and the other reduced ("clean rain") inputs, with a roofless plot as a control for possible roof effects. In 2001, the ambient roof and ambient no-roof plots showed an apparent decrease in gross N mineralization rates and significantly lower microbial NH4 +immobilization rates and turnover rates of NH4 +and microbial N pools. The microbial NO3 -immobilization rates and NO3 -pool turnover rates were lower than the microbial NH4 +immobilization rates and NH4 +pool turnover rates, showing that less NO3 -cycled through microorganisms than NH4 +. There was also low abiotic NO3 -immobilization. High NO3 -input from throughfall and low microbial turnover rates of the NO3 -pool, combined with low abiotic NO3 -retention, may have contributed to the high NO3 -leaching losses in these ambient plots. The clean rain plot showed a slight increase in gross N mineralization rates and significantly higher microbial NH4 +immobilization rates and turnover rates of NH4 +and microbial N pools. Neither nitrification nor soil NO3 -was detectable. There was an increase in abiotic NO3 -immobilization. Foliar N concentration had decreased but was still adequate. An efficient cycling of NH4 +through microorganisms, combined with the high abiotic NO3 -immobilization, indicated efficient mineral N retention in the clean rain plot. These results indicated that long-term reduction of throughfall N and acid inputs had induced high but tightly coupled microbial NH4 +cycling and an increase in abiotic NO3 -retention, which contributed to the reversal of N saturation.
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