Seasonal fluctuation in microbial biomass and activity along a natural nitrogen gradient in a drained peatland

H Potila, T Sarjala - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
The effects of peat total N on the dissolved N and C concentrations and microbial biomass
and activity and their range of seasonal fluctuation were studied in a drained peatland forest …

Nutrient conditions in drained peatlands along a north-south climatic gradient in Sweden

E Sundström, T Magnusson, B Hånell - Forest Ecology and Management, 2000 - Elsevier
Soil nutrient conditions were investigated in a series of five peatland afforestation trials
(established 1971) along a north-south gradient in Sweden. All areas were drained low …

Temperate peatlands use-management effects on seasonal patterns of soil microbial activity and nitrogen availability

MN Maslov, OA Maslova - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Temperate peatlands are regionally important for farming but long-term cultivation, as well
as reforestation after intense agricultural use, can have a significant impact on their soil …

Nitrogen dynamics in floating and non-floating peatlands in the Western Boreal Plain

HE Wray, SE Bayley - Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2008 - cdnsciencepub.com
The overall objective of this study was to measure the major nitrogen pools and fluxes in
nutrient-and peat-rich, vegetated marshes and fens surrounding shallow ponds in the …

Seasonal changes in rates of potential denitrification in poorly-drained reseeded blanket peat

RE Wheatley, BL Williams - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 1989 - Elsevier
Denitrification of added NO 3—N was estimated in peat cores from a poorly-drained
reseeded area of blanket peat where grass growth did not respond well to early applications …

Mineral nitrogen dynamics in poorly drained blanket peat

BL Williams, RE Wheatley - Biology and fertility of soils, 1992 - Springer
Mineral-N dynamics have been measured over a period of 3 years in PK-and NPK-treated
plots (4 m 2) laid out on an area of poorly drained, reseeded, blanket peat in the north of …

Comparison of soil nitrogen dynamics under beech, Norway spruce and Scots pine in central Germany

Z Zhong, F Makeschin - European Journal of Forest Research, 2004 - Springer
To investigate the effect of tree species on soil N dynamics in temperate forest ecosystems,
total N (Nt), microbial N (Nmic), net N mineralization, net nitrification, and other soil chemical …

N-, P-and DOC-dynamics in soil and groundwater after restoration of intensively cultivated fens

K Kalbitz, H Rupp, R Meissner - … in Central Europe: Soil organisms, soil …, 2002 - Springer
Abstract Most fens in Northeast-Germany have been drained since the late 18 th century
with a consequent increase in intensity of agricultural land use until the early 1990s. This …

Short-term accumulation of organic matter and nutrient contents in two dry sand ecosystems

JW Van Rheenen, MJA Werger, R Bobbink… - Vegetatio, 1995 - Springer
Inland dunes in northwestern Europe support a number of dry vegetation types. These
ecosystems are poor in nutrients and it has been suggested that accumulation of nutrients …

Effects of N and P fertilization on the greenhouse gas exchange in two northern peatlands with contrasting N deposition rates

M Lund, TR Christensen, M Mastepanov… - …, 2009 - bg.copernicus.org
Peatlands are important ecosystems in the context of biospheric feedback to climate change,
due to the large storage of organic C in peatland soils. Nitrogen deposition and increased …