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Imamura N, Ohte N, Tanaka N. Factors influencing the difference in dissolved ion inputs to the forest floor between deciduous and coniferous stands: comparison under high and low atmospheric deposition conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 196:1. [PMID: 38041704 PMCID: PMC10693530 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-12132-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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It is necessary to clear the relationship between physical and vegetation factors on the processes governing dissolved ion inputs to the forest floor to estimate correctly the values of atmospheric input to the forest. This study identified the factors influencing the differences in dissolved ion inputs to the forest floor between coniferous evergreen and broad-leaved deciduous species by analyzing the phenological variations of dry deposition and canopy exchange calculated by the canopy budget model under a high-deposition site near the city of Tokyo and a low-deposition site 84 km further away. At low-deposition site, vegetation factors such as capture efficiency did not explain the differences in Na+ or Cl- dry deposition. Leaf physiological characteristics influenced the differences in the Mg2+ and Ca2+ canopy leaching values, and phenology, leaf wettability, and diffusion processes from water film into leaves influenced the differences in NH4+ and NO3- input processes between tree types. At the high-deposition site, differences in the dry deposition of Na+, SO42-, Cl-, Mg2+, Ca2+, NH4+, and NO3- between tree types were influenced by differences in capture efficiency between coniferous and broad-leaved canopies in the leafed period and by the absence of leaves in deciduous species after leaf fall. These results indicated that atmospheric deposition affected the capture efficiency of coniferous trees for dry deposition and enhanced the difference of dissolved ion inputs to the forest floor between coniferous and deciduous species.
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- Naohiro Imamura
- Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Toyohira-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
- The University of Tokyo Hokkaido Forest, The University of Tokyo Forests, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
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Wang Y, Cao X, Yu H, Xu Y, Peng J, Qu J. Nitrate with enriched heavy oxygen isotope linked to changes in nitrogen source and transformation as groundwater table rises. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 455:131527. [PMID: 37163892 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Nitrate is a significant constituent of the total nitrogen pool in shallow aquifers and poses an escalating threat to groundwater resources, making it crucial to comprehend the source, conversion, and elimination of nitrogen using appropriate techniques. Although dual-isotope dynamics in nitrate have been widely used, uncertainties remain regarding the asynchronously temporal changes in δ18O-NO3- and δ15N-NO3- observed in hypoxic aquifers. This study aimed to investigate changes in nitrogen sources and transformations using temporal changes in field-based NO3- isotopic composition, hydro-chemical variables, and environmental DNA profiling, as the groundwater table varied. The results showed that the larger enrichment in δ18O-NO3- (+13‰) compared with δ15N-NO3- (-2‰) on average during groundwater table rise was due to a combination of factors, including high 18O-based atmospheric N deposition, canopies nitrification, and soil nitrification transported vertically by rainfalls, and 18O-enriched O2 produced through microbial and root respiration within denitrification. The strong association between functional gene abundance and nitrogen-related indicators suggests that anammox was actively processed with nitrification but in small bacterial population during groundwater table rise. Furthermore, bacterial species associated with nitrogen-associated gradients provided insight into subsurface nitrogen transformation, with Burkholderiaceae species and Pseudorhodobacter potentially serving as bioindicators of denitrification, while Candidatus Nitrotogn represents soil nitrification. Fluctuating groundwater tables can cause shifts in hydro-chemical and isotopic composition, which in turn can indicate changes in nitrogen sources and transformations. These changes can be used to improve input sources for mixture models and aid in microbial remediation of nitrate.
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- Yajun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, and State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- College of Marine Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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A Review on the Application of Isotopic Techniques to Trace Groundwater Pollution Sources within Developing Countries. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w14010035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Owing to a lack of efficient solid waste management (SWM) systems, groundwater in most developing countries is found to be contaminated and tends to pose significant environmental health risks. This review paper proffers guidelines on the application of isotopic techniques to trace groundwater pollution sources from data spanning from 2010 to 2020 within developing countries. Earlier groundwater studies in those countries were mainly focused on using hydrochemical and geophysical techniques. The limitation of these techniques is that they can only monitor the concentration of pollutants in the water bodies and possible leachate infiltration but cannot determine the specific sources of the pollution. Stable isotopes of δ18O, δ2H and δ13C can confirm leachate migration to water bodies due to methanogenesis. The high tritium in landfill leachates is useful to identify leachate percolation in groundwater. The δ15N technique has been used to distinguish between synthetic and organic nitrogen sources but its application is limited to differentiating between atmospheric vs. inorganic nitrogen sources. The use of a dual isotope of δ15N–NO3− and δ18O–NO3− is beneficial in terms of identifying various sources of nitrogen such as atmospheric and inorganic fertilizers but is yet to be used to differentiate between nitrogen pollution sources from dumpsites, sewage and animal manure. The coupling of the 11B isotope with δ15N–NO3− and δ18O–NO3− and other hydrochemical parameters has proven to be effective in distinguishing between nitrate fertilizer, animal manure, seawater contamination and sewage. Therefore, in areas affected by agricultural activities, landfill leachates, domestic or sewage effluent and seawater intrusion, it is incumbent to couple hydrochemical (Cl−, NO3−, B, DO) and isotope techniques (δ18O, 2H, δ13C, δ18O–NO3−, δ15N–NO3−, δ11B and 3H) to effectively determine pollution sources of groundwater in developing countries. The foregoing review will provide guidelines for studies that may aim to critically distinguish between seawater intrusion, dumpsites, sewage and septic leachates.
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N Isotope Fractionation in Tree Tissues During N Reabsorption and Remobilization in Fagus crenata Blume. FORESTS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/f10040330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background and Motivation: Nitrogen content in tissues of Fagus crenata Blume is key for flowering and seed production. However, there is a lack of information on seasonal intra-plant nitrogen partitioning in this representative tree species typical of heavy snowfall regions in Japan. Therefore, the objective of this study was to elucidate Fagus crenata intra-plant nitrogen movement by means of nitrogen content, nitrogen isotope analysis, and amino acids temporal variability. Materials and Methods: Nitrogen content, isotope ratio, and free amino acids content were measured in coarse roots, sapwood, leaves, and litter in four phenological stages in nine adult Fagus crenata trees and upscaled to the whole-tree level.
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Hayashi M, Lopez Caceres ML, Nobori Y, Mijidsuren B, Boy J. Nitrogen isotope pattern in Mongolian larch stands at the southern Eurasian boreal forest boundary. ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES 2018; 54:608-621. [PMID: 30156882 DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2018.1509073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In the last decades a drastic increase in air temperature but a stable precipitation regime in Mongolia has led to gradual drying conditions. Thus, we evaluated the effect of spatial and climatic characteristics on the soil-plant nitrogen dynamics in three representative larch stands (Larix sibirica) with different geographical and climatic conditions using stable nitrogen isotopes. The results showed significant differences in the soil inorganic N content among sites and consequently a different isotopic composition in the plant-soil system. Litter, bark and wood had the lowest δ15N values for all sites, slightly higher δ15N values for needles, while the highest δ15N values were observed for roots and soil. These differences could be the result of the larch stands age themselves, but were in agreement with the spatial and climatic characteristics of the sites. Based on the δ15N value a higher reliance on ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECMF) was observed in the warmest and driest site, while lower dependency was shown in the cooler northern site with higher soil inorganic N content. In both sites, the rate of air temperature increase has been similar in the last decades; however, their soil-plant N dynamics showed different characteristics.
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- Mika Hayashi
- a Faculty of Agriculture , Yamagata University , Tsuruoka , Japan
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- a Faculty of Agriculture , Yamagata University , Tsuruoka , Japan
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- b Plant Protection Research Institute , Mongolian University of Life Sciences , Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia
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- c Soil Institute , Leibniz Universität Hannover , Hannover , Germany
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Watanabe K, Kohzu A, Suda W, Yamamura S, Takamatsu T, Takenaka A, Koshikawa MK, Hayashi S, Watanabe M. Microbial nitrification in throughfall of a Japanese cedar associated with archaea from the tree canopy. SPRINGERPLUS 2016; 5:1596. [PMID: 27652169 PMCID: PMC5026986 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3286-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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To investigate the nitrification potential of phyllospheric microbes, we incubated throughfall samples collected under the canopies of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) and analyzed the transformation of inorganic nitrogen in the samples. Nitrate concentration increased in the unfiltered throughfall after 4 weeks of incubation, but remained nearly constant in the filtered samples (pore size: 0.2 and 0.4 µm). In the unfiltered samples, δ18O and δ15N values of nitrate decreased during incubation. In addition, archaeal ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) genes, which participate in the oxidation of ammonia, were found in the throughfall samples, although betaproteobacterial amoA genes were not detected. The amoA genes recovered from the leaf surface of C. japonica were also from archaea. Conversely, nitrate production, decreased isotope ratios of nitrate, and the presence of amoA genes was not observed in rainfall samples collected from an open area. Thus, the microbial nitrification that occurred in the incubated throughfall is likely due to ammonia-oxidizing archaea that were washed off the tree canopy by precipitation.
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- Keiji Watanabe
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan ; Center for Environmental Science in Saitama, Kazo, Saitama 347-0115 Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562 Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan
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Matsushita M, Ishikawa S, Nagai K, Hirata Y, Ozawa K, Mitsunobu S, Kimura H. Regional Variation of CH4 and N2 Production Processes in the Deep Aquifers of an Accretionary Prism. Microbes Environ 2016; 31:329-38. [PMID: 27592518 PMCID: PMC5017811 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me16091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Accretionary prisms are mainly composed of ancient marine sediment scraped from the subducting oceanic plate at a convergent plate boundary. Large amounts of anaerobic groundwater and natural gas, mainly methane (CH4) and nitrogen gas (N2), are present in the deep aquifers associated with an accretionary prism; however, the origins of these gases are poorly understood. We herein revealed regional variations in CH4 and N2 production processes in deep aquifers in the accretionary prism in Southwest Japan, known as the Shimanto Belt. Stable carbon isotopic and microbiological analyses suggested that CH4 is produced through the non-biological thermal decomposition of organic matter in the deep aquifers in the coastal area near the convergent plate boundary, whereas a syntrophic consortium of hydrogen (H2)-producing fermentative bacteria and H2-utilizing methanogens contributes to the significant production of CH4 observed in deep aquifers in midland and mountainous areas associated with the accretionary prism. Our results also demonstrated that N2 production through the anaerobic oxidation of organic matter by denitrifying bacteria is particularly prevalent in deep aquifers in mountainous areas in which groundwater is affected by rainfall.
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- Makoto Matsushita
- Department of Environment and Energy Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University
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