publication . Article . 2014

Predicting nitrogen and acidity effects on long-term dynamics of dissolved organic matter

Name: Predicting nitrogen and acidity effects on long-term dynamics of dissolved organic matter
Keywords: Ecology and Environment, Agriculture and Soil Science, Toxicology, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Medicine

Edwin C. Rowe; Chris D. Evans; Annette Burden; Jane Hall; Filip Oulehle; Maximilian Posch; Timothy G. Jones; Edward Tipping; David Cooper;

Open Access English

Published: 01 Jan 2014

Publisher: Elsevier

Country: United Kingdom

Summary

Abstract

Abstract Increases in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) fluxes may relate to changes in sulphur and nitrogen pollution. We integrated existing models of vegetation growth and soil organic matter turnover, acid–base dynamics, and organic matter mobility, to form the ‘MADOC’ model. After calibrating parameters governing interactions between pH and DOC dissolution using control treatments on two field experiments, MADOC reproduced responses of pH and DOC to additions of acidifying and alkalising solutions. Long-term trends in a range of acid waters were also reproduced. The model suggests that the sustained nature of observed DOC increases can best be explained by a c...

doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.023

Subjects

free text keywords: Ecology and Environment, Agriculture and Soil Science, Toxicology, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Medicine, Dissolution, Chemistry, Soil pH, Environmental chemistry, Carbon, chemistry.chemical_element, Organic matter, chemistry.chemical_classification, Dissolved organic carbon, Nutrient pollution, Soil organic matter, Nitrogen

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