Dissolved carbon and nitrogen losses from forests of the Oregon Cascades over a successional gradient

Plant and Soil

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 185-196

  Cairns, Michael A ^a,c   Lajtha, Kate ^b   Beedlow, Peter A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Watershed Enhancement Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

C:N; Carbon; Cascades; Forest succession; Lysimeter; Nitrogen; Oregon; Soil solution; Stream

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; FOREST FLOOR; HILLSLOPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LYSIMETER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL WATER; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS;

EID: 67349134202     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9828-5     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. JD Aber SV Ollinger CT Driscoll 1997 Modeling nitrogen saturation in forest ecosystems in response to land use and atmospheric deposition Ecol Modell 101 61 78
2. Agee JK (1993) Fire ecology of pacific northwest forests. Island, Washington, DC
3. LR Ashkenas SL Johnson SV Gregory JL Tank WM Wollheim 2004 A stable isotope tracer study of nitrogen uptake and transformation in an old-growth forest stream Ecology 85 1725 1739
4. ES Bernhardt J Robert O Hall GE Likens 2002 Whole-system estimates of nitrification and nitrate uptake in streams of the Hubbard Brook experimental forest Ecosystems (N Y, Print) 5 419 430
5. ES Bernhardt GE Likens RO Hall DC Buso SG Fisher TM Burton JL Meyer WH McDowell MS Mayer WB Bowden SEG Findlay KH Macneale RS Stelzer WH Lowe 2005 Can't see the forest for the stream? In-stream processing and terrestrial nitrogen exports Bioscience 55 219 230
6. D Binkley JP Kimmins MC Feller 1982 Water chemistry profiles in an early- and mid-successional forest in coastal British Columbia Can J For Res 12 240 248
7. AJ Boulton S Findlay HM Valett 1998 The functional significance of the hyporheic zone in streams and rivers Annu Rev Ecol Syst 29 59 81
8. DA Burns 1998 Retention of NO3- in an upland stream environment: a mass balance approach Biogeochemistry 40 73 96
9. MA Cairns K Lajtha 2005 Effects of succession on nitrogen export in the west-central cascades, Oregon Ecosystems (N Y, Print) 8 583 601
10. 2-fixing red alder Ecosystems (N Y, Print) 6 773 785
11. WS Currie 1999 The responsive C and N biogeochemistry of the temperate forest floor Trends Ecol Evol 14 316 320
12. NB Dise E Matzner P Gundersen 1998 Synthesis of nitrogen pools and fluxes from European forest ecosystems Water Air Soil Pollut 105 143 154
13. WK Dodds AJ Lopez WB Bowden S Gregory NB Grimm SK Hamilton AE Hershey E Marti WH McDowell JL Meyer D Morrall PJ Mulholland BJ Peterson JT Tank HM Valett JR Webster W Wollheim 2002 N uptake as a function of concentration in streams J N Am Benthol Soc 21 206 220
14. Erway MM, Motter K, Baxter K (2001) Quality assurance plan Willamette research station analytical laboratory. Unpublished report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Corvallis (OR): Western ecology division
15. JF Franklin RTT Forman 1987 Creating landscape patterns by forest cutting: ecological consequences and principles Landscape Ecol 1 5 18
16. Franklin JF, Dyrness CT (1988) Natural vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR
17. CL Goodale JD Aber 2001 The long-term effects of land-use history on nitrogen cycling in northern hardwood forests Ecol Appl 11 253 267
18. D Greenland 1994 The Pacific Northwest regional context of the climate of the H.J Andrews experimental forest long-term ecological research site. Northwest Sci 69 81 96
19. P Gundersen BA Emmett OJ Kjønaas CJ Koopmans A Tietema 1998 Impact of nitrogen deposition on nitrogen cycling in forests: a synthesis of NITREX data For Ecol Manage 101 37 56
20. ME Harmon K Cromack Jr BG Smith 1987 Coarse woody debris in mixed-conifer forests, Sequoia national park, California Can J For Res 17 1265 1272
21. Harmon ME, Sexton J (1996) Guidelines for measurements of woody detritus in forest ecosystems. Publication No. 20. U.S. LTER Network Office: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
22. RD Harr 1981 Some characteristics and consequences of snowmelt during rainfall in western Oregon J Hydrol (Amst) 53 277 304
23. LO Hedin JJ Armesto AH Johnson 1995 Patterns of nutrient loss from unpolluted, old-growth temperate forests: evaluation of biogeochemical theory Ecology 76 493 509
24. AR Hill CF Labadia K Sanmugadas 1998 Hyporheic zone hydrology and nitrogen dynamics in relation to the streambed topography of a N-rich stream Biogeochemistry 42 285 310
25. B Hong DP Swaney PB Woodbury DA Weinstein 2005 Long-term nitrate export pattern from Hubbard Brook Watershed 6 driven by climatic variation Water Air Soil Pollut 160 293 326
26. JW Hornbeck SW Bailey DC Buso JB Shanley 1997 Streamwater chemistry and nutrient budgets for forested watersheds in New England: variability and management implications For Ecol Manage 93 73 89
27. RB Jackson JS Sperry TE Dawson 2000 Root water uptake and transport: using physiological processes in global predictions Trends Plant Sci 5 482 488
28. James ME (1977) Rock weathering in the central western Cascades. M.S. thesis. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
29. Johnson RJ, Raines GL (1995) Major Bedrock Lithologic Units for the PNW. Open File Report 95-680. USDI-USGS
30. Jones JA, Grant GE (1996) Peak flow responses to clear-cutting and roads in small and large Perkins, R.M. 1997. Climatic and physiographic controls on peakflow generation in the western Cascades, Oregon. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR PhD dissertation
31. K Kalbitz B Glaser R Bol 2004 Clear-cutting of a Norway spruce stand: implications for controls on the dynamics of dissolved organic matter in the forest floor Eur J Soil Sci 55 401 413
32. L Kellman 2004 Nitrate removal in a first-order stream: reconciling laboratory and field measurements Biogeochemistry 71 89 105
33. M Kovářová S Vacek 2003 Mountain Norway spruce forests: needle supply and its nutrient content J. For Sci 49 327 332
34. Koroleff F (1983) Simultaneous oxidation of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds by persulfate. In: Grasshoff K, Eberhardt M & Kremling K (Eds) Methods of Seawater Analysis (pp. 168-169). Weinheimer (FRG): Verlag Chemie
35. P Kortelainen S Saukkonen T Mattsson 1997 Leaching of nitrogen from forested catchments in Finland Global Biogeochem Cycles 11 627 638
36. K Lajtha S Crow Y Yano S Kaushal E Sulzman P Sollins J Spears 2005 Detrital controls on soil solution N and dissolved organic matter in soils: a field experiment Biogeochemistry 76 261-281
37. Langridge RW (1987) Soil survey of Linn county area, Oregon. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
38. Legard HA, Meyer LC (1973) Willamette national forest soil resource inventory. USFS Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR
39. GE Likens 2004 Some perspectives on long-term biogeochemical research from the Hubbard Brook ecosystem study Ecology 85 2355 2362
40. Likens GE, Bormann FH (1995) Biogeochemistry of a forested ecosystem. Springer-Verlag, New York
41. CW Martin RD Harr 1989 Logging of mature Douglas-fir in western Oregon has little effect on nutrient output budgets Can J For Res 19 35 43
42. ME McClain EW Boyer CL Dent SE Gergel NB Grimm PM Groffman SC Hart JW Harvey CA Johnston E Mayorga WH McDowell G Pinay 2003 Biogeochemical hot spots and hot moments at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems Ecosystems (N Y, Print) 6 301 312
43. KJ McGuire JJ McDonnell M Weiler C Kendall BL McGlynn JM Welker J Seibert 2005 The role of topography on catchment-scale water residence time Water Resour Res 41 W05002
44. JE Means PC MacMillan K Cromack Jr 1992 Biomass and nutrient content of Douglas-fir logs and other detrital pools in an old-growth forest, Oregon, U.S.A Can J For Res 22 1536 1546
45. JL Merriam WH McDowell JL Tank WM Wollheim CL Crenshaw SL Johnson 2002 Characterizing nitrogen dynamics, retention and transport in a tropical rainforest stream using an in situ N-15 addition Freshw Biol 47 143 160
46. Morrison PH, Swanson FJ (1990) Fire history and pattern in a cascade range landscape. General technical. report PNW-GTR-254. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR
47. Motter K (2000) Standard operating procedures for the digestion and analysis of fresh water samples for total nitrogen and total phosphorus. WRS 34A.0. Unpublished report. Corvallis, OR: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Western Ecology Division
48. PJ Mulholland JL Tank DM Sanzone JR Webster WM Wollheim BJ Peterson JL Meyer 2001 Ammonium and nitrate uptake lengths in a small forested stream determined by 15N tracer and short-term nutrient enrichment experiments Proceedings- International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology 27 1320 1325
49. Oliver CD, Larson BC (1990) Forest stand dynamics. McGraw-Hill, Inc., NY, NY
50. RL Parfitt GJ Salt LF Hill 2002 Clear-cutting reduces nitrate leaching in a pine plantation of high natural N status For Ecol Manage 170 43 53
51. S Piirainen L Finer H Mannerkoski M Starr 2002 Effects of forest clear-cutting on the carbon and nitrogen fluxes through podzolic soil horizons Plant Soil 239 301 311
52. BJ Peterson WM Wollheim PJ Mulholland JR Webster JL Meyer JL Tank E Marti WB Bowden HM Valett AE Hershey WH McDowell WK Dodds SK Hamilton S Gregory DD Morrall 2001 Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams Science 292 86 90
53. Qualls RG (1989) The biogeochemical properties of dissolved organic matter in a hardwood forest ecosystem: their influence on the retention of nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon. University of Georgia, Athens PhD dissertation
54. SAS (SAS Institute, Inc. 1989-1996) (1996) Cary, NC, USA
55. Sherrod DR, Smith JG (1989) Preliminary map of upper eocene to holocene volcanic and related rocks of the cascade range, Oregon. Open-File Report 89-14. U.S. Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR
56. SHRD (Sweet Home Ranger District) (1995) South Santiam watershed analysis. Sweet home ranger district, Willamette national forest, USDA Forest Service, Eugene, OR
57. P Sollins SP Cline T Verhoeven D Sachs G Spycher 1987 Patterns of log decay in old-growth Douglas-fir forests Can J For Res 17 1585 1595
58. U.S. EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) (1998) Carbon/Nitrogen Elemental Analysis. TERA SOP Number 3.01, Version 2.00, Corvallis, OR
59. USFS (1995) Synopsis of the South Santiam watershed analysis. U.S. Forest Service, Willamette National Forest, Sweet Home Ranger District. April 1995
60. USGS (United States Geological Survey) (1992 and 1994) Digital orthophoto quadrangles. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA Web access: www-nmd.usgs.gov/pub/dog-html/standards-dog.html
61. N Van Breeman EW Boyer CL Goodale NA Jaworski K Paaustian SP Seitzinger K Lajtha B Mayer D Van Dam RW Howarth KJ Nadelhoffer M Eve G Billen 2002 Where did all the nitrogen go? Fate of nitrogen inputs to large watersheds in the northeastern USA Biogeochemistry 57 267 293
62. KL Vanderbilt K Lajtha FJ Swanson 2003 Biogeochemistry of unpolluted forested watersheds in the Oregon cascades: temporal patterns of precipitation and stream nitrogen fluxes Biogeochemistry 62 87 117
63. CE Van Wagner 1968 The line intersect method in forest fuel sampling For Sci 14 20 26
64. PM Vitousek WA Reiners 1975 Ecosystem succession and nutrient retention: a hypothesis Bioscience 25 376 381
65. WG Warren PF Olsen 1964 A line transect technique for assessing logging waste For Sci 10 267 276
66. K Williard D Dewalle P Edwards 2005 Influence of bedrock geology and tree species composition on stream nitrate concentrations in mid-Appalachian forested watersheds Water Air Soil Pollut 160 55 76
67. Y Yano K Lajtha P Sollins BA Caldwell 2004 Chemical and seasonal controls on the dynamics of dissolved organic matter in a coniferous old-growth stand in the Pacific Northwest, USA Biogeochemistry 71 197 223