Short-term effects of nitrogen deposition on soil microbial biomass in Calluna heathlands NW Spain: critical loads

[EN] We evaluate the short-term effects of different N deposition loads on nutrient dynamic of soil microbial biomass in Cantabrian heathlands. A surplus of 10 kg N ha-1 yr-1 above N background deposition was required to increase soil microbial biomass N content in old Calluna heathlands, while a su...

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Autores: Calvo Fernández, Javier, Marcos Porras, Elena María, Calvo Galván, María Leonor
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/20209
Acceso en línea:https://apcz.umk.pl/EQ/article/view/EQ.2015.010
https://hdl.handle.net/10612/20209
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ecología. Medio ambiente
Calluna vulgaris
Cantabrian heathlands
N critical loads
Soil microbial biomass
C:N ratio
3103.13 Fertilidad del Suelo
2511.06 Conservación de Suelos
2511.09 Microbiología de Suelos
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Sumario:[EN] We evaluate the short-term effects of different N deposition loads on nutrient dynamic of soil microbial biomass in Cantabrian heathlands. A surplus of 10 kg N ha-1 yr-1 above N background deposition was required to increase soil microbial biomass N content in old Calluna heathlands, while a surplus of 20 kg N ha-1 yr-1 was required in young ones. The increase of atmospheric N deposition showed no change in soil microbial biomass C content. This caused a decrease in C:N ratio with the highest N deposition loads, being linked to a bacterial biomass dominance against fungal dominance