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Ammonia Emission from a Young Larch Ecosystem Afforested after Clear-Cutting of a Pristine Forest in Northernmost Japan

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The present study aimed to elucidate the atmosphere–forest exchange of ammoniacal nitrogen (NHX-N) at a young larch ecosystem. NHX-N exchanges were measured at a remote site in northernmost Japan where 4-year-old larches were growing after a pristine forest had been clear-cut and subsequent dense dwarf bamboo (Sasa) had been strip-cut. The site was a clean area for atmospheric ammonia with mean concentrations of 0.38 and 0.11 μg N m−3 in snowless and snow seasons, respectively. However, there was a general net emission of NHX-N. The annual estimated emission of NHX-N of 4.8 kg N ha−1 year−1 exceeded the annual wet deposition of 2.4 kg N ha−1 year−1, but the weekly exchange fluxes may have been underestimated by 28–60%. The main cause of the ammonia loss from the young larch ecosystem was probably enhanced nitrogen supply stimulated by the cutting of the pristine forest and Sasa, in particular, the Sasa.

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Acknowledgements

This research was implemented by the collaboration of Hokkaido University, the National Institute for Environmental Studies, and the Hokkaido Electric Power, through the project “CC-LaG Experiment,” and partly supported through a project (5–2) of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan. We would like to express our appreciation to Mr. Ko Inukai and the staff members of the Teshio Experimental Forest for their support of this research and to Dr. Kazuhide Matsuda, Meisei University, for his helpful advice on the analysis of the atmospheric concentrations and the exchange fluxes.

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  1. Carbon and Nutrient Cycles Division, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 305-8604, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Kentaro Hayashi

  2. Teshio Experimental Forest, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, 098-2943, Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan

    Kentaro Takagi & Hiroyuki Takahashi

  3. Environmental Chemistry Section, Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences, 060-0819, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Izumi Noguchi

  4. Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, 606-8502, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto, Japan

    Karibu Fukuzawa

  5. Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, 060-8628, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Tatsuya Fukazawa

  6. Northern Forestry Research and Development Office, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, 096-0071, Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan

    Hideaki Shibata

  7. Department of Environmental Management, Tottori University of Environmental Studies, 689-1111, Tottori, Tottori, Japan

    Yasumi Fujinuma

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Hayashi, K., Takagi, K., Noguchi, I. et al. Ammonia Emission from a Young Larch Ecosystem Afforested after Clear-Cutting of a Pristine Forest in Northernmost Japan. Water Air Soil Pollut 200, 33–46 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-008-9891-9

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