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Soil Processes Drive Seasonal Variation In Retention Of 15N Tracers In A Deciduous Forest Catchment, Christine L. Goodale, Guinevere Fredriksen, Marissa S. Weiss, Carmody K. Mccalley, Jed P. Sparks, Steven A. Thomas
Soil Processes Drive Seasonal Variation In Retention Of 15N Tracers In A Deciduous Forest Catchment, Christine L. Goodale, Guinevere Fredriksen, Marissa S. Weiss, Carmody K. Mccalley, Jed P. Sparks, Steven A. Thomas
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Seasonal patterns of stream nitrate concentration have long been interpreted as
demonstrating the central role of plant uptake in regulating stream nitrogen loss from forested
catchments. Soil processes are rarely considered as important drivers of these patterns. We
examined seasonal variation in N retention in a deciduous forest using three whole-ecosystem
15N tracer additions: in late April (post-snowmelt, pre-leaf-out), late July (mid-growingseason),
and late October (end of leaf-fall). We expected that plant 15N uptake would peak in
late spring and midsummer, that immobilization in surface litter and soil would peak the
following autumn leaf-fall, and that leaching losses …