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Distribution of nitrate nitrogen and oxygen isotopes along the hydrological path in alpine forests
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Yi-meng HAN, Jian-xing ZHOU, Fan XIA, Bing-zhen LI, Dan-ni XIE*
China Environmental Science | 2025, 45(2) : 935 - 942
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China Environmental Science | 2025, 45(2): 935-942
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Distribution of nitrate nitrogen and oxygen isotopes along the hydrological path in alpine forests
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Yi-meng HAN, Jian-xing ZHOU, Fan XIA, Bing-zhen LI, Dan-ni XIE*
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  • School of Land Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710054, China
Published: 2025-02-20
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To deeply understand the nitrogen cycling process in alpine forest small watersheds in the northeast of the Tibetan Plateau, the throughfall, soil water and surface runoff at two alpine forest sites in Datong and Huangyuan in the Hehuang Valley in the Tibetan Plateau were studied from April to September 2022. The concentration and flux of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) were monitored, and the distribution characteristics of nitrogen and oxygen (N and O) isotopes of nitrate (NO3) along the hydrological path (from throughfall to soil water and then to surface runoff) was analyzed via stable isotope technology. The results showed that the average nitrogen deposition in Datong and Huangyuan (3.60kg/(hm2·a)) was higher than that in the Tibetan Plateau (2.94kg/(hm2·a)), and the nitrogen deposition in Huangyuan (4.17kg/(hm2·a)) was higher than that in Datong (3.02kg/(hm2·a)). The average concentration of NO3 in soil water at the two alpine forest small watersheds was 5.78mg/L. The average δ18O-NO3 ((−1.54±9.77)‰) in soil water was lower than that in throughfall ((74.2±0.01)‰), indicating that nitrification occurred in alpine forest soil. Over 90% of the NO3 in soil water was from soil nitrification using the end member model analysis, and the remaining approximately 10% might be came from atmospheric deposition. The average concentration of NO3 in surface runoff at the two alpine forest small watersheds was 5.73mg/L. The δ18O-NO3 and δ15N-NO3 in surface runoff were enriched along the growth trend of 1:2, indicating that a denitrification process occurred in surface runoff. The δ15N-NO3 and δ18O-NO3 in the Tibetan Plateau alpine forests decreased from throughfall to soil water, and then increased from soil water to surface runoff.

Tibetan Plateau  /  nitrogen deposition  /  nitrate  /  nitrogen and oxygen isotopes  /  alpine forest
Yi-meng HAN, Jian-xing ZHOU, Fan XIA, Bing-zhen LI, Dan-ni XIE. Distribution of nitrate nitrogen and oxygen isotopes along the hydrological path in alpine forests[J]. China Environmental Science, 2025 , 45 (2) : 935 -942 .
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  • Receive Date:2024-07-18
  • Online Date:2026-03-17
  • Published:2025-02-20
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
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Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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