Variations of bioavailable Sr concentration and87Sr/86Sr ratio in boreal forest ecosystems
Autor: | Tonie Wickman, Kevin Bishop, Etienne Dambrine, Bruno Ferry, Anne Poszwa, Benoît Pollier, Michel Loubet |
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Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology Taiga Scots pine Xylem Picea abies 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 15. Life on land Plant litter biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Podzol Environmental chemistry Soil water Botany 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental Chemistry Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes Water Science and Technology |
Zdroj: | Biogeochemistry. 67:1-20 |
ISSN: | 0168-2563 |
Popis: | The mean depth of Sr and water uptake in mixed Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stands was investigated, using natural variations of 87Sr/86Sr and 18O/16O in soils in relation to depth. Three spruce-pine pairs were studied on a podzol and a peat site in Northern Sweden. Tree leaf and wood, as well as soils, soil solutions and roots below each tree were analysed for Sr and Ca concentrations and 87Sr/86Sr ratio. The 18O/16O ratio was also determined in xylem sap and soil solutions in relation to depth. Soil solution 18O/16O decreased in relation to depth. Comparing with xylem sap 18O/16O data indicated a deeper uptake of soil water by pine than spruce on the podzol site and a superficial uptake by both species on the peat. The 87Sr/86Sr ratio of bioavailable Sr generally increased in soils in relation to depth. Contrastingly, the 87Sr/86Sr ratio in spruce wood was generally higher than in pine wood suggesting a deeper uptake of Sr by spruce. But the 87Sr/86Sr ratio and concentrations of bioavailable Sr were systematically higher below spruce than below pine. In order to explain these unexpected results, we built a simple flux model to investigate the possible effects of interspecific variations in Sr cycling, soil mineral weathering and depth of Sr uptake on soil and tree 87Sr/86Sr ratio. At the study sites, spruce cycled in litterfall up to 12 times more strontium than pine. The use of the model showed that this difference in Sr cycling could alone explain higher isotopic signatures of trees and topsoils below spruce. Besides, high isotopic signatures of roots in the A/E horizons below spruce led us to hypothesise a species-specific weathering process. Finally, the comparison between the 87Sr/86Sr ratios in wood and root or soil solutions below each species suggested that the average depth of Sr and water uptake were close, but irregular variations of the Sr isotopic ratio with depth reduce the accuracy of the results. Tree species strongly influence Sr isotopic ratios in boreal forest soils through differences in Sr cycling, and possibly through specific mineral weathering. |
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