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Nutrient Dynamics through Water Transports in Natural Deciduous Forests in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province  

Jin Hyun-O (College of Life and Biotechnology, Kyunghee University)
Son Yowhan (Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University)
Yi Myong-Jong (Division of Forest Resources, Kangwon National university)
Park In-Hyeop (Department of Forest Resources, Sunchon National University)
Kim Dong-Yeop (Department of Landscape Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.7, no.2, 2005 , pp. 164-170 More about this Journal
Abstract
The amounts and nutrient compositions in precipitation, throughfall, stemflow and soil solution of natural deciduous forests (Quercus variabilis and Q. mongolica) were examined in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. The proportion to gross precipitation was $85\%$ for throughfall, $2-6\%$ for stem flow, $53-54\%$ for Ao horizon soil solution, $23-30\%$ for A horizon soil solution, and $11-14\%$$ for B horizon soil solution, respectively. pH and K concentration increased in throughfall and only K concentration increased in stemflow. Canopy leaching appeared to influence these changes. pH, and Ca and Mg concentrations increased significantly in the Ao horizon soil solution, and Ca concentration was higher in the B horizon than in the A horizon. However, there were no significant differences in pH and other nutrient concentrations between A and B horizons. Litter decomposition and leaching from Ao horizon might explain the changes. K, Mg and Cl concentrations in throughfall and soil solution decreased with precipitation. Nutrient contents increased in the transports from precipitation, through throughfall, to Ao horizon soil solution, while they decreased in the transport from A to B horizon soil solution. Stemflow contained less than $10\%$ of total (throughfall plus stemflow) nutrient contents.
Keywords
Nutrient dynamics; Water transport; Deciduous forest; Gwangju;
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