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Effects of clear-cutting on nitrogen leaching and fine root dynamics in a cool-temperate forested watershed in northern Japan
| Title: | Effects of clear-cutting on nitrogen leaching and fine root dynamics in a cool-temperate forested watershed in northern Japan |
| Authors: | Fukuzawa, Karibu Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Shibata, Hideaki Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Takagi, Kentaro Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Nomura, Mutsumi Browse this author | | Kurima, Noriko Browse this author | | Fukazawa, Tatsuya Browse this author | | Satoh, Fuyuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Sasa, Kaichiro Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | fine root biomass | | nitrate | | Sasa dwarf bamboo | | soil solution | | stream chemistry |
| Issue Date: | 15-Apr-2006 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Forest ecology and management |
| Volume: | 225 |
| Issue: | 1-3 |
| Start Page: | 257 |
| End Page: | 261 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.001 |
| Abstract: | Stream and soil solution chemistry, fine root biomass and soil nitrogen processing before and after clear-cutting of trees and subsequent strip-cutting of understory vegetation, dwarf bamboo (Sasa senanensis), were investigated to understand the effect of these disturbances on biogeochemical processes on forested watershed in northern Japan. Tree-cutting did not cause a significant increase of nitrate (NO3−) concentration in stream water during the growing season after the cutting. Subsequent Sasa-cutting caused significant increase of stream NO3− concentration to ca. 15 μmol L−1. There was no significant change of stream pH following both cuttings. NO3− concentration in soil solution increased after both cutting, but the change of concentration was higher (>100 μmol L−1) after the Sasa-cutting than after the tree-cutting. In a riparian conserved area, on the other hand, NO3− in soil solution remained low after tree-cutting, suggesting the riparian area acted as a NO3− sink after the tree-cutting. There was no significant change in total biomass of fine roots after the tree-cutting because of an increase in Sasa root biomass despite a decrease in tree roots. The subsequent Sasa-cutting caused a 50% decrease of fine root biomass compared to that in the un-cut Sasa site. These results suggested that nitrogen uptake by Sasa was very important in preventing nitrogen leaching after tree-cutting, and decline of this nitrogen uptake after Sasa-cutting lead to marked NO3− leaching to the stream. |
| Rights: | © 2006 Elsevier B.V. |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03781127 |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/8541 |
| Appears in Collections: | 農学院・農学研究院 (Graduate School of Agriculture / Faculty of Agriculture) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 福澤 加里部
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