Allocation patterns of airborne nitrogen in mountainous heathlands – A 15N tracer study in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain)

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The fate of atmospheric N depositions in heathlands dominated by Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain) was analyzed in this study. The aim was to identify and quantify allocation patterns of airborne nitrogen in mountain heathland ecosystems by <sup>15</sup>N tracer experiment. Four replicated plots were established to analyze <sup>15</sup>N partitioning among different compartments selected (Calluna biomass, soil horizons and soil microbial biomass), besides N losses by leaching, using <sup>15</sup>N tracer pulse addition. The study was conducted over two years. The recovery of <sup>15</sup>N tracer was significantly higher (72%) in the first year compared to the second year (5%). Most <sup>15</sup>N was recovered in the soil compartment in both years, mainly in the O-horizon. <sup>15</sup>N losses by leaching were negligible over two years, suggesting that the ecosystem was not N saturated. Low <sup>15</sup>N tracer recovery was found both in the new shoots of Calluna (0.5%) and the old ones (1.3%) in the short-term. The soil microbial biomass was not an important N sink in these heathlands. This study demonstrates that Cantabrian heathlands have a capacity to immobilize nitrogen in a short time, but that N is transferred out of the ecosystem during the second year.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftEcological Engineering
Jahrgang84
Seiten (von - bis)128-135
Anzahl der Seiten8
ISSN0925-8574
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 11.2015

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