Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale
The foliar N content of bryophytes and Calluna vulgaris (L.) has been shown to be an indicator of atmospheric N deposition in the UK at a regional scale (1000km) and more recently on a smaller scale in the vicinity of intensive livestock farms. This work extends the geographical scale of the relatio...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:3677 2024-06-09T07:48:32+00:00 Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale Pitcairn, Carole E.R. Leith, Ian D. Sutton, Mark A. Fowler, David Hargreaves, Ken J. Moghaddam, Masoud Kennedy, Valerie H Grannat, Lennart 2001 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/3677/ http://www.springerlink.com/content/l081837757786j18/?p=dda4d3b540b94bad85dbc4656eda6add&pi=166 unknown Springer Pitcairn, Carole E.R.; Leith, Ian D.; Sutton, Mark A. orcid:0000-0002-6263-6341 Fowler, David; Hargreaves, Ken J.; Moghaddam, Masoud; Kennedy, Valerie H; Grannat, Lennart. 2001 Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 130. 1037-1042. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013908312369 <https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013908312369> Ecology and Environment Atmospheric Sciences Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2001 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013908312369 2024-05-15T08:46:53Z The foliar N content of bryophytes and Calluna vulgaris (L.) has been shown to be an indicator of atmospheric N deposition in the UK at a regional scale (1000km) and more recently on a smaller scale in the vicinity of intensive livestock farms. This work extends the geographical scale of the relationship between foliar N concentration of Calluna vulgaris and other ericaceous shrubs and N deposition with 2 measurement transects, one extending from northern Finland to southern Norway (2000 km) and the other extending from central Sweden to Stockholm, south east Sweden (330 km). Included in the second transect is a region of complex terrain in the Transtrand uplands, where the variation in N deposition with altitude and canopy cover was quantified using 210Pb inventories in organic soil. The relationship between foliar N (FN) and N deposition was shown to increase linearly with N deposition (ND) over the range 0.8% N to 1.4% N according to FN = 0.040ND + 0.793 (r2 = 0.70). The data are entirely consistent with earlier studies which together provide a valuable indicator of critical loads exceedance, the threshold value being approximately 1.5% N, which is equivalent to a N deposition of 20 kg N ha–1 y–1. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Norway |
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Ecology and Environment Atmospheric Sciences Pitcairn, Carole E.R. Leith, Ian D. Sutton, Mark A. Fowler, David Hargreaves, Ken J. Moghaddam, Masoud Kennedy, Valerie H Grannat, Lennart Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale |
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The foliar N content of bryophytes and Calluna vulgaris (L.) has been shown to be an indicator of atmospheric N deposition in the UK at a regional scale (1000km) and more recently on a smaller scale in the vicinity of intensive livestock farms. This work extends the geographical scale of the relationship between foliar N concentration of Calluna vulgaris and other ericaceous shrubs and N deposition with 2 measurement transects, one extending from northern Finland to southern Norway (2000 km) and the other extending from central Sweden to Stockholm, south east Sweden (330 km). Included in the second transect is a region of complex terrain in the Transtrand uplands, where the variation in N deposition with altitude and canopy cover was quantified using 210Pb inventories in organic soil. The relationship between foliar N (FN) and N deposition was shown to increase linearly with N deposition (ND) over the range 0.8% N to 1.4% N according to FN = 0.040ND + 0.793 (r2 = 0.70). The data are entirely consistent with earlier studies which together provide a valuable indicator of critical loads exceedance, the threshold value being approximately 1.5% N, which is equivalent to a N deposition of 20 kg N ha–1 y–1. |
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Pitcairn, Carole E.R. Leith, Ian D. Sutton, Mark A. Fowler, David Hargreaves, Ken J. Moghaddam, Masoud Kennedy, Valerie H Grannat, Lennart |
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Pitcairn, Carole E.R. Leith, Ian D. Sutton, Mark A. Fowler, David Hargreaves, Ken J. Moghaddam, Masoud Kennedy, Valerie H Grannat, Lennart |
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Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale |
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Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale |
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Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale |
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Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale |
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Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale |
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foliar nitrogen as an indicator of nitrogen deposition and critical loads exceedance on a european scale |
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Pitcairn, Carole E.R.; Leith, Ian D.; Sutton, Mark A. orcid:0000-0002-6263-6341 Fowler, David; Hargreaves, Ken J.; Moghaddam, Masoud; Kennedy, Valerie H; Grannat, Lennart. 2001 Foliar Nitrogen as an Indicator of Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads Exceedance on a European Scale. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 130. 1037-1042. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013908312369 <https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013908312369> |
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