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2001
– Natural organic matter in the nordic countries
Rolf D. Vogt, E.T. Gjessing, Dag Olav Andersen, ...
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Rolf D. Vogt E.T. Gjessing Dag Olav Andersen Nicholas Clarke T.C. Gadmar K. Bishop U.S. Lundström Michael StarrAbstract
In the Total Organic Carbon (TOC) intercalibration sub-project a set of 10 synthetic and natural samples as well as non-labile reverse osmosis isolates were sent to 25 laboratories for the analysis of TOC and dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC).The outcome of the statistical treatment of the results from this intercalibration and the information regarding the participants instruments and standard operational procedures is that:Synthetic samples provide apparent better precision than natural samples. This fact, together with the good experience from the use of non-labile Reverse Osmosis (RO) and freeze dried isolates of dissolved organic carbon (DOM) in the intercalibration, lead us to recommend the use of RO isolates as material for the preparation of house standards and for determination of methods merits.The intra laboratory precision (relative standard deviation) varied from 5 to 16%.The fractionation of the DOC by 0.45um membrane filtering causes in some cases a contamination of carbon to the sample.A specific construction in a brand of the TOC analysers give poor results in samples with high TOC concentrations and that are of refractory material. The five selected sampling sites have proven, on the basis of their soil and water chemistry, to be well suited for studying the effect of climate and S-deposition on the characteristics of DOM. 163 water samples from two seasons (fall and spring) and 20 soil samples are collected and analysed.Most water samples are determined for all major charge contributing species, DOM fractions, and several other parameters. The DOM in the surface waters have been isolated both using reverse osmosis and hydrophobic resin (XAD8). The original surface water, reconstructed water by RO isolates as well as the XAD8 fractionated DOM have been characterized by a number of methods ranging from optical properties to pH and metal titration.The RO isolates have been provided to 14 scientific research groups in Europe and North America that are in the process of using their analytical technique to characterize the DOM.The soils have been determined for key explanatory variables as pH, cation exchange capacity and C/N ratio. The main findings from the characterisation of DOM is that:Generally the hydrophobic acid fraction (HPO-A) was the main DOM fractions in all water compartments and sites.Seasonal variation in the DOM fractionation is found to be greater than the variation between the sites and water compartments. The DOM fractionation is therefore not a fingerprint of the site.According to a batch titration experiment the aluminium complexing ability of the HPO-A and hydrophilics (HPI) DOM fractions (fractionated using only the XAD8 resin) was indistinguishable.The HPI fraction has generally a higher site density of weak acids (WA).The reverse osmosis (RO) isolates represent the total DOM in the original sample.NMR spectres of the RO isolates show that the main difference between the sites lie in the amounts of carbohydrates and aromatic compounds.The RO isolates produce reconstructed water with DOM that have similar optical properties.PCA analysis suggest that as the S-deposition is decreasing we should expect relatively more hydrophobic character of the DOM.The spring sample from Svartberget differs from the rest of the samples in that there was a small rainstorm causing a hydrologic episode during the sampling. This led to the lowest pH, highest TOC and organic charge (A-) among the surface water samples. In terms of DOM characteristics this temporal variation in flow regime led to the highest HPO-N DOM fractions, lowest intensity of the NMR spectre and low ash content and lower density of WA then expected. This expresses the importance of temporal variation during hydrologic episodes.
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Rolf D. Vogt K. Bishop Nicholas Clarke T.C. Gadmar E.T. Gjessing Jan Mulder Michael Starr Dag Olav AndersenAbstract
The main tasks of the NOMiNiC project (Natural Organic Matter in the Nordic countries; see http://www.kjemi.uio.no/envir/nominic/) is to study the physiochemical characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and provide reverse osmosis (RO) spring and fall isolates of surface water natural organic matter (NOM) from 5 Nordic forested sites that differ mainly in atmospheric S-loading and climate. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic fractions are hypothesized to be more easily defined and have distinct different chemical characteristics than the total sample. A XAD-8 fractionation may then be used as a simple proxy for the physico-chemical properties of NOM. Both XAD-8 fractions and the total DOM sample have been base and metal titrated. Enhanced understanding of the significance of the numerous operationally defined parameters describing NOM will be achieved through a common multi-dimensional characterisation of the same set of isolates, that span a large spectre of the variation found in DOM. 7 institutes are already collaborating in characterizing the RO isolates using a large range of techniques and new participants are invited. In this presentation the 5 sampling sites are described and some results of the characterisation of the RO isolates are presented.
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Edward Tipping B. Michalzik Jan Mulder J.F. Gallardo Lancho E. Matzner Charlotte Bryant Nicholas Clarke S. Lofts A. Vicente EstebanAbstract
DyDOC identifies three soil horizons with different properties. Within each horizon the transport of wter, metabolic transformations of organic matter, and sorption of potential DOC are simulated. The model is parameterised by fitting experimental laboratory and field data, including 14C signals. The outputs are quasi-steady state C pools, varying on long timescales (centuries) and daily DOC concentrations and fluxes.
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2000
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Nitrogen is among the most important plant nutrients, and the effects on forest trees of changes in the concentrations and fluxes of both inorganic and organic nitrogen need to be known. In Norway, much of the nitrogen present in natural waters is organic (Mulder et al., 2000), therefore this fraction can not be neglected. Work using glycine has shown that forest plants can take up some forms of organic nitrogen directly, without preliminary mineralisation (Nsholm et al., 1998).Amino acids and amino sugars appear to be the most important organic sources of nitrogen for plants, including Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) (Johnsson et al., 1999). Organic nitrogen occurs in different forms. In soils, the most important are heterocyclic compounds and amino acids (35 % and 40 % respectively, Schulten and Schnitzer, 1998). In soil waters, amino sugars may also be important (Michalzik and Matzner, 1999).At present, organic nitrogen is normally determined as the difference between total nitrogen and the sum of nitrogen in nitrate and ammonium. This is not entirely satisfactory, as there will be a certain amount of uncertainty in each of the three determinations required. The total uncertainty involved in the determination of organic nitrogen may then be quite large compared to the actual concentration, especially when most nitrogen is present as inorganic nitrogen.A method for the direct determination of organic nitrogen is therefore desirable. Because organic nitrogen generally has a higher molecular weight than inorganic nitrogen, it might be possible to separate organic from inorganic nitrogen using size fractionation methods. In 1998, we worked on the setting up of methods for the determination of amino acids and amino sugars in soil waters, and on the direct determination of organic nitrogen using equilibrium dialysis.
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Jan Mulder J.F. Gallardo Lancho E. Matzner Edward Tipping Charlotte Bryant Nicholas Clarke S. Lofts B. Michalzik A. Vicente EstebanAbstract
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Svein Solberg Kjell Andreassen Nicholas Clarke Ingvald Røsberg Kjetil Tørseth Dan Aamlid Wenche AasAbstract
På 17 skogfelter, spredt over hele landet, foregår intensiv overvåking av tilstanden i skogøkosystemet. Disse flatene inngår i Overvåkingsprogram for skogskader, og i det europeiske nettverket av intensive skogovervåkingsflater. Denne overvåkingen har i Norge foregått siden 1986. Formålet er å beskrive skogtilstanden og belyse virkninger av langtransportert forurensing. Siden 1988 er antall felt redusert til 17, etter at granfeltet i Kårvatn (KV) er nedlagt etter omfattende snøbrekk i 1998. Furufeltet i Kårvatn går videre som tidligere. Tilførslene av de langtransporterte luftforurensningene svovel og sterk syre (H+) har avtatt gjennom de siste 20 år for, mens for nitrogen og ozon har det vært årlige variasjoner uten noen trend over tid. De sørvestligste delene av landet har hatt de største tilførslene. Resultatene tyder på at vi ikke har direkte eller indirekte skader av langtransporterte luftforurensninger på skog i Norge. Konsentrasjoner av luftforurensninger i luft og av mulig toksisk aluminium i jordvann på de intensive flatene er generelt klart lavere enn grenseverdier for skadelige effekter. Men noe usikkerhet er det omkring dette. Når det gjelder skogtilstanden (vitalitet, nålekjemi, tilvekst og strøfall), så er det verken tydelige trender over tid, eller tydelige regionale mønstre. Generelt er det betydelige variasjoner fra år til år. Det var en gjennomgående forbedring av vitaliteten til trærne fra 1998 til 1999, med tettere og grønnere trekroner. Bunn- og feltvegetasjonen har også vært stabil, kun med enkelte endringer som kan ha hatt med klimatiske forhold å gjøre. Generelt er det forøvrig er det som i tidligere år en del forskjeller mellom felter, som både kan tilskrives naturlige forskjeller i geologi, klima og skoglige forhold, og også langtransporterte luftforurensninger kan bidra.
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