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dc.creatorStaelens,Jeroen
dc.creatorSchrijver,An De
dc.creatorOyarzún,Carlos
dc.creatorLust,Noël
dc.date2003-01-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-14T12:57:08Z
dc.date.available2019-11-14T12:57:08Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432003000100003
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/118125
dc.descriptionBulk precipitation, throughfall and stemflow of base cations Na+, K+, Mg2+ and Ca2+ were measured in two deciduous beech forests, located in regions with different air pollution characteristics and strongly differing in soil acidity and soil base saturation. The contribution of dry deposition and canopy leaching to net throughfall flux was estimated using Na+ as a tracer ion. The input of base cations via bulk precipitation was not significantly different between Nothofagus obliqua (Mirb.) Bl. in southern Chile and Fagus sylvatica L. in Flanders. However, net throughfall input of Ca2+ and Mg2+ to the forest floor was significantly higher in Chile than in Flanders. Potassium fluxes were similar in both studied stands. Dry deposition of Ca2+ was higher in Chile, in absolute value as well as in relative contribution to net throughfall flux. A strong difference between the two Fagaceae-dominated forests was found for magnesium. In Chile, canopy leaching of Mg2+ (8.9 kg ha-1 y-1) was the major input source to the forest floor, while Mg2+ canopy leaching was close to zero in Flanders. As the availability of base cations in the soil solution determines the possibility of trees to exchange cations, we hypothesize that the lower Mg2+ canopy leaching in Flanders is mainly due to magnesium deficiency in the Flemish forest soil
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dc.publisherFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción
dc.relation10.4067/S0717-66432003000100003
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceGayana. Botánica v.60 n.1 2003
dc.subjectAtmospheric deposition
dc.subjectbase cations
dc.subjectFagaceae
dc.subjectforest canopy
dc.subjectthroughfall
dc.titleCOMPARISON OF DRY DEPOSITION AND CANOPY EXCHANGE OF BASE CATIONS IN TEMPERATE HARDWOOD FORESTS IN FLANDERS AND CHILE


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