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Canopy Uptake and Utilization of Atmospheric Pollutant Nitrogen

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Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in European Forest Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 142))

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Research on effects of air pollutants on forests concentrated initially on quantifying wet deposition into ecosystems, because of its significance in acidifying soils (Ulrich 1987; Last and Watling 1991) and because it can be easily monitored. By contrast, the deposition of pollutant gases has not received an equivalent amount of attention, even though the ecological importance of this process has long been recognised (Nilgard 1985; Roelofs et al. 1985). Understanding of gas interactions with canopies has led to a general explanation of the processes leading to forest decline (Schulze 1989). The processes involved in deposition and canopy uptake of pollutant N have remained difficult to quantify due to their complexity (e.g. Duyzer et al. 1992; Hanson and Lindberg 1991; Joslin et al. 1990) and a lack of adequate techniques to measure uptake fluxes directly under field conditions. Thus, estimates of the amounts of nitrogen entering into the ecosystem directly via the canopy, bypassing soils and roots, and the induced physiological responses in the trees and ground flora, have been assessed only by indirect methods (Pearson and Stewart 1993; Sutton et al. 1993).

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Harrison, A.F., Schulze, ED., Gebauer, G., Bruckner, G. (2000). Canopy Uptake and Utilization of Atmospheric Pollutant Nitrogen. In: Schulze, ED. (eds) Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in European Forest Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 142. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57219-7_8

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