Fluxes and budgets of Cd, Zn, Cu, Cr and Ni in a remote forested catchment in Germany

The input of heavy metals by atmospheric deposition to forested watersheds substantially decreased during the last decades in many areas. The goal of our study was to identify the present sinks and sources of metals and factors influencing metal mobility at the catchment and soil profile scale. We d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biogeochemistry 2011-04, Vol.103 (1-3), p.59-70
Hauptverfasser:	Huang, Jen-How, Ilgen, Gunter, Matzner, Egbert
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biogeochemistry Biogeosciences Biological and medical sciences Cadmium Catchment scale Catchments Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Earth, ocean, space Ecosystems Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics Environmental Chemistry Exact sciences and technology Forest ecosystems Forest floor Forest litter Forest soils Forest watersheds Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Heavy metals Life Sciences Metal concentrations Mineral soils Mobility Pollution, environment geology Rainfall Runoff Sink and source function Soil depth Soil horizons Soil infiltration Soil pollution Soil profiles Soil solution Soils Surface flow Surficial geology Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems Throughfall Upland soils Watersheds Zinc
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Zusammenfassung:	The input of heavy metals by atmospheric deposition to forested watersheds substantially decreased during the last decades in many areas. The goal of our study was to identify the present sinks and sources of metals and factors influencing metal mobility at the catchment and soil profile scale. We determined concentrations and fluxes of Cd, Zn, Cu, Cr and Ni in precipitation, litterfall, soil solutions (Oi, Oe, Oa horizon percolates, 20 and 90 cm soil depth) and runoff in a forest ecosystem in NE-Bavaria, Germany for 1 year. The metal concentrations in solutions were mostly
ISSN:	0168-2563 1573-515X
DOI:	10.1007/s10533-010-9447-0