Impact of Climate Change on Soil Hydro-Climatic Conditions and Base Cations Weathering Rates in Forested Watersheds in Eastern Canada

Autor: Daniel Houle, Charles Marty, Fougère Augustin, Gérald Dermont, Christian Gagnon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Vol 3 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2624-893X
DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2020.535397
Popis: Increases in mean annual air temperature (MAAT) and mean annual precipitation (MAP) are projected for north eastern North America, which will alter soil hydro-climatic conditions and hence the rate of many soil processes. Among them, chemical weathering of soil minerals is an essential source of base cations (BC) which controls the acid-base status of surface waters and is crucial for forest nutrition. In this modeling study, MAAT and MAP projections from a regional and a global climate models were first used to project changes in soil temperature (MAST) and soil water content (SWC) with the ForStem and ForHym models for 21 eastern Canadian forested catchments. The models predicted an increase in MAST by 2.03–2.05°C and 2.87–3.42°C for the 2041–2070 and 2071–2100 periods, respectively, and a small decrease (
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