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Impact of anthropogenic induced nitrogen input and liming on phosphorus leaching in forest soils
Author(s) -
Holzmann Stefan,
Missong Anna,
Puhlmann Heike,
Siemens Jan,
Bol Roland,
Klumpp Erwin,
Wilpert Klaus von
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of plant nutrition and soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1522-2624
pISSN - 1436-8730
DOI - 10.1002/jpln.201500552
Subject(s) - fagus sylvatica , chemistry , soil water , leaching (pedology) , environmental chemistry , phosphorus , mesocosm , nitrogen , irrigation , agronomy , environmental science , beech , nutrient , soil science , ecology , biology , organic chemistry
Phosphorus (P) is essential for sustainable forest growth, yet the impact of anthropogenic impacts on P leaching losses from forest soils is hardly known. We conducted an irrigation experiment with 128 mesocosms from three forest sites representing a gradient of resin extractable P of the A‐horizon. On each site we selected a Fagus sylvatica and a Picea abies managed subsite. We simulated ambient rain (AR), anthropogenic nitrogen input (NI) of 100 kg (ha · a) −1 and forest liming (FL) with a dolomite input of 0.3 Mg (ha · a) −1 . Soil solution was extracted from the organic layer, 10 cm depth and 20 cm depth of the mesocosms, and analyzed for molybdate reactive phosphorus (MRP) and molybdate unreactive phosphorus (MUP). Additionally, we separated colloids from the soil solution using Asymmetric Field Flow Fractionation for assessing the colloidal fraction of total element concentrations. NI increased MRP and MUP concentrations for all plots with one exception, while FL decreased MRP and MUP with the exception of another plot. While the irrigation treatments had little impact on the P‐richest site, MRP and MUP concentrations changed strongly at the poorer sites. The colloidal fraction of P in the soil solution equaled 38–47% of the total P load. Nitrogen input and liming also affected the Fe, Al, Ca, and Corg contents of the colloidal fraction.