Weathering, atmospheric deposition and vegetation uptake: role for ecosystem sensitivity to acid deposition and critical load

Moncoulon, David; Probst, Anne; Party, Jean-Paul

doi:10.1016/j.crte.2004.09.008

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“…This usually decreases the pH and produces CO 2 , while the release of organic acids further enhances the dissolution and hydrolysis of minerals by (Ochs et al, 1993;Welch and Ullman, 1993;Hinsinger, 1998). This, in turn, releases cations, such as Na + , K + , Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , and Fe 3+ that are essential for plant growth (Warfvinge et al, 1993;Quideau et al, 1996;Dambrine et al, 1998;Reynolds et al, 2000;Williams et al, 2003;Moncoulon et al, 2004;Karyotis et al, 2005). As a consequence, climate, chemical weathering rates, nutrient levels, and vegetation communities are strongly interdependent variables.…”

Section: Silicate and Carbonate Weatheringmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Different plant species show large differences in WUE that are mainly related to their photosynthetic pathways. Average long term WUE for C3 plants is 1 mol CO 2 to 925 ± 506 mol H 2 O (Jones, 1992) and for C4 plants 1 mol CO 2 per 425 ± 96 mol H 2 O (Molles, 2002). The value of the WUE is important because it enables a first order calculation of the Net Primary Productivity (NPP) for a given catchment:…”

Section: Evaluation Of Transpiration Fluxesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Applications of stable water and carbon isotopes in watershed research: Weathering, carbon cycling, and water balances

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Geldern

Freitag

et al. 2011

Earth-Science Reviews

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Research on rivers has traditionally involved concentration and flux measurements to better understand weathering, transport and cycling of materials from land to ocean. As a relatively new tool, stable isotope measurements complement this type of research by providing an extra label to characterize origin of the transported material, its transfer mechanisms, and natural versus anthropogenic influences. These new stable isotope techniques are scalable across a wide range of geographic and temporal scales. This review focuses on three aspects of hydrological and geochemical river research that are of prime importance to the policy issues of climate change and include utilization of stable water and carbon isotopes: (i) silicate and carbonate weathering in river basins, (ii) the riverine carbon and oxygen cycles, and (iii) water balances at the catchment scale. Most studies at watershed scales currently focus on water and carbon balances but future applications hold promise to integrate sediment fluxes and turnover, ground and surface water interactions, as well as the understanding of contaminant sources and their effects in river systems. Contents 2.1. Weathering and stable isotopes of water and carbon 2.2. Case study on the Lagan River (Northern Ireland) 3. The riverine carbon cycle 4. Water fluxes in river catchments 4.1. Water transport and mixing 4.2. Runoff and evapotranspiration 4.3. Case study of stable isotope application in the Ebro Basin 4.4. Evaluation of transpiration fluxes 4.5. Case studies of water and carbon transpiration fluxes on watershed scales 5. Conclusions and challenges for future work

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Section: Silicate and Carbonate Weatheringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Evaluation Of Transpiration Fluxesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications of stable water and carbon isotopes in watershed research: Weathering, carbon cycling, and water balances

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Geldern

Freitag

et al. 2011

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“…Critical load (CL) was defined as ''the quantitative estimate of an exposure to one or more pollutants below which significant harmful effects on specified sensitive elements of the environment do not occur according to the present knowledge'' (Nilsson and Grennfelt, 1988). CL has first been developed to evaluate and mitigate the effect of acid rain on forest ecosystems in Europe ( De Vries, 1988;De Vries et al, 1994;Warfvinge and Sverdrup, 1992;Hornung et al, 1995) and particularly in France (Dambrine et al, 1993;Massabuau et al, 1995;Party et al, 1995Party et al, , 2001Moncoulon et al, 2004Moncoulon et al, , 2007. Since 1991, CL maps are used for international negotiations on air pollution abatement strategies (Hettelingh et al, 1991).…”

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Determining cadmium critical concentrations in natural soils by assessing Collembola mortality, reproduction and growth

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Probst

Bianco

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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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The toxicity of cadmium for the Collembola Folsomia candida was studied by determining the effects of increasing Cd concentrations on growth, survival and reproduction in three cultivated and forested soils with different pH (4.5-8.2) and organic matter content (1.6-16.5%). The Cd concentration in soil CaCl(2) exchangeable fraction, in soil solution and in Collembola body was determined. At similar total soil concentrations, the Cd concentration in soil solutions strongly decreased with increasing pH. Reproduction was the most sensitive parameter. Low organic matter content was a limiting factor for reproduction. Effect of Cd on reproduction was better described by soil or body concentrations than by soil solution concentration. Values of EC(50-Repro) expressed on the basis of nominal soil concentration were 182, 111 and 107 microg g(-1), respectively, for a carbonated cultivated soil (AU), an acid forested soil with high organic matter (EPC) and a circumneutral cultivated soil with low organic content (SV). Sensitivity to Cd was enhanced for low OM content and acidic pH. The effect of Cd on reproduction is not directly related to Cd concentration in soil solution for carbonated soil: a very low value is found for EC(50-Repro) (0.17) based on soil solution for the soil with the highest pH (AU; pH=8.2). Chronic toxicity cannot be predicted on the basis of soluble fractions. Critical concentrations were 8 x 10(-5), 1.1, 0.3 microg mL(-1), respectively, for AU, EPC and SV soils.

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“…Such a resilience might be less obvious or efficient elsewhere in case of lower buffering capacity by silicate weathering or much higher strong acid inputs and sulfate storage in soils, like in the "Black Triangle" (Marx et al, 2017) or in other sites of Europe (Prechtel et al, 2001). In France, this was the case in more sensitive critical zones, where critical loads have been exceeded (Party et al, 1995;Probst et al, 1995d;Février et al, 1999;Moncoulon et al, 2004Moncoulon et al, , 2007. The capacity of resilience against nitrogen acid deposition, whose impact is nowadays largely spread over remote areas also (Rogora et al, 2006), still needs to be assessed.…”

Section: Disturbance and Resilience To Acidification: Weathering Inflmentioning

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Disturbance and resilience of a granitic critical zone submitted to acid atmospheric influence (the Ringelbach catchment, Vosges Mountains, France): Lessons from a hydrogeochemical survey in the nineties

Probst

Ambroise

2019

Journal of Hydrology

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The chemistry of precipitations and stream waters in the critical zone of a small granitic catchment mainly covered by grassland has been investigated backward (period 1990-1997). Major elements concentrations, fluxes and budgets at annual and seasonal scales allowed evaluating the catchment response to variation trends in atmospheric deposition and hydrological patterns. Acid precipitation was efficiently buffered by soil cations exchange and mineral weathering processes, as attested by the dominance of Ca and HCO 3 in stream waters. A decrease of sulfate acidity in precipitation following clean air measures was accompanied by an increase of alkalinity and a decrease of sulfate in stream waters. Waters of short residence time from water-saturated areas in the valley bottom and rapid shallow circulations within slopes were a very effective diluted weathering endmember contributing to stream outlet in high flow conditions, whereas evapotranspiration from saturated areas and/or deep waters with long residence time influenced the stream water concentration pattern in low flow conditions. Water discharge controlled the variations of the annual and seasonal budgets of major elements, except for nitrate and sulfate, mainly stored during summer. Soil legacy sulfate was mainly released during the first autumn stormflows, with high peak concentrations decreasing rapidly from 1990 to 1992 and disappearing afterwards. The output water flux was the main driver of the weathering rate in the acidification recovery period 1993-97, contrary to the first period 1990-92 when acidification was still under way, as attested by the weathering plateau (constant Si/ΣBC ratio). At that time, the intense weathering testifies the disturbance caused by acidification process. However, this critical zone was resilient enough to allow rapid and significant recovery over a few years following sulfur atmospheric abatement. For the future, the atmospheric nitrogen deposition pressure remains still challenging in a global change context, which argues for the necessity of long-term observatories.

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Weathering, atmospheric deposition and vegetation uptake: role for ecosystem sensitivity to acid deposition and critical load

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Applications of stable water and carbon isotopes in watershed research: Weathering, carbon cycling, and water balances

Applications of stable water and carbon isotopes in watershed research: Weathering, carbon cycling, and water balances

Determining cadmium critical concentrations in natural soils by assessing Collembola mortality, reproduction and growth

Disturbance and resilience of a granitic critical zone submitted to acid atmospheric influence (the Ringelbach catchment, Vosges Mountains, France): Lessons from a hydrogeochemical survey in the nineties

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