Journal
PLANT BIOSYSTEMS
Volume 144, Issue 3, Pages 537-546Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/11263500903429346
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Free-air ozone enrichment; leaf litter; lysimeter study; nitrogen cycling; nitrogen uptake; nitrogen mobilization
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- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers within the frame of the Virtual Institute Center for Stable Isotope Analysis in Ecosystem Research [VH-VI-129]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the frame of the Beech Research Group (BRG) [RE 515/27-1, FOR788]
- Growth and Parasite defence [SFB607]
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In a lysimeter study with young beech trees, the effects of elevated ozone concentration on the decomposition and fate of nitrogen in 15N-labeled leaf litter were analyzed after one growing season. Nitrogen in the litter was dominated by a relatively inert, residual fraction, but easily decomposable nitrogen was present in substantial amounts. Nitrogen loss was significantly higher at twice-ambient ozone which was largely attributed to an enhanced mobilization of residual nitrogen. Enhanced mobilization of nitrogen from litter at twice-ambient ozone exposure resulted in additional 15N incorporation into the soil down to 30 cm depth. Only 0.41-0.62% of the nitrogen in the litter was incorporated into plant material at both ozone concentrations. Twice-ambient ozone exposure changed the distribution of the nitrogen taken up from litter inside the beech trees in favor of the shoot, where it may have been used in biosynthetic processes required for defense reactions.
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