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Interactions and Changes between Sapflow Flux, Soil Water Tension, and Soil Moisture Content at the Artificial Forest of Abies holophylla in Gwangneung, Gyeonggido  

Jun, Jaehong (Department of Forest Environment, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Kyongha (Department of Forest Environment, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Yoo, Jaeyun (Department of Forest Environment, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Jeong, Yongho (Department of Forest Environment, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Jeong, Changgi (Department of Forest Environment, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.94, no.6, 2005 , pp. 496-503 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the influences of sapflow flux on soil water tensions and soil moisture content at the Abies holophylla plots in Gwangneung, Gyeonggido, from September to October 2004. The Abies holophylla had been planted in 1976 and thinning and pruning were carried out in 1996 and 2004. Sapflow flux was measured by the heat pulse method, and soil water tension was measured by tensiometer at hillslope and streamside. Time domain reflectometry probes (TDR) were positioned horizontally at the depth of 10, 30 and 50 cm to measure soil moisture content. All of data were recorded every 30 minutes with the dataloggers. The sapflow flux responded sensitively to rainfall, so little sapflow was detected in rainy days. The average daily sapflow flux of sample trees was 10.16l, a maximum was 15.09l, and a minimum was 0.0l. The sapflow flux's diurnal changes showed that sapflow flux increased from 9 am and up to 0.74 l/30 min. The highest sapflow flux maintained by 3 pm and decreased almost 0.0 l/30 mm after 7 pm. The average soil water tensions were low ($-141.3cmH_2O$, $-52.9cmH_2O$ and $-134.2cmH_2O$) at hillslope and high ($-6.1cmH_2O$, $-18.0cmH_2O$ and $-3.7cmH_2O$) at streamside. When the soil moisture content decreased after rainfall, the soil water tension at hillslope responded sensitively to the sapflow flux. The soil water tension decreased as the sapflow flux increased during the day time, whereas increased during the night time when the sapflow flux was not detected. On the other hand, there was no significant relationship between soil water tension and sapflow flux at streamside. Soil moisture content at hillslope decreased continuously after rain, and showed a negative correlation to sapflow flux like a soil water tension at hillslope. As considered results above, it was confirmed that the response of soil moisture tension to sapflow flux at hillslope and streamside were different.
Keywords
sapflow flux; soil water tension; soil moisture content;
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