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- Title
Comparison of the Effects of Wet N Deposition (NH<sub>4</sub>Cl) and Dry N Deposition (NH<sub>3</sub>) on UK Moorland Species.
- Authors
Leith, Ian D.; Sheppard, Lucy J.; Pitcairn, Carole E. R.; Cape, J. Neil; Hill, Paul W.; Kennedy, Valerie H.; Tang, Y. Sim; Smith, Ron I.; Fowler, David
- Abstract
Increases in N deposition (wet and dry) have been associated with a decline in semi-natural plant communities, adapted for growth on nutrient poor soils in the UK and Europe. The impacts of N deposition applied as either wet NH4+ or gaseous NH3 on vegetation (7 species) from acid moorland in SE Scotland were compared in a dose-response study. Wet N deposition at 0, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 kg N ha-1 y-1 was applied as NH4Cl, and dry deposition as gaseous NH3 (2, 6, 20, 50, 90 µg NH3 m-3) under controlled conditions in open-top chambers. A strong linear dose-response relationship (p<0.05) was found between foliar N content in all seven plant species and applied NH4-N. However, in the NH3 treatment, only C. vulgaris and P. commune showed a significant response to increasing N additions. NH3 was found to increase the rate of water loss in Calluna in both autumn and winter by comparison with wet deposition. For Eriophorum vaginatum, the NH3 and NH4+ treatments showed significant N dose response relationships for biomass. A significant increase in above ground biomass, proportional to the added N, was found for Narthecium ossifragum when N was applied as NH3 compared to NH4+.
- Subjects
BIOMASS; REJUVENESCENCE (Botany); ECONOMIC geology; FALL foliage; NARTHECIUM; ERIOPHORUM
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2001, Vol 130, Issue 1-4, p1043
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1013960329208