Importance of the Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles in the Proton Budget in a Declining Fir Forest and its Relation to Aluminium Toxicity

  • T. Becquer
  • A. Herbillon
  • D. Merlet
  • J. P. Boudot
  • J. Rouiller
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Abstract

In a fir stand showing symptoms of forest decline from Eastern France, the net H+ budget was strongly inflluenced by the net NO3- production/uptake/leaching balance. Aluminium toxicity was mainly related to seasonal variations of the NO3- fluxes and corresponding proton budget.

Keywords

Nitrate Uptake Aluminium Toxicity Sulfur Cycle Forest Decline Toxicity Index 
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© ECSC, EEC, EAEC, Brussels and Luxembourg 1992

Authors and Affiliations

  • T. Becquer
    • 1
  • A. Herbillon
    • 1
  • D. Merlet
    • 1
  • J. P. Boudot
    • 1
  • J. Rouiller
    • 1
  1. 1.Centre de Pédologie Biologique (UPR 6831 du CNRS associé à l’Université de Nancy I)Vandœuvre-les-NancyFrance

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