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Assessment of Soil Water Composition in the Northern Taiga Coniferous Forests of Background Territories in the Industrially Developed Region

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The composition of soil water under coniferous forests of Murmansk oblast—an industrially developed region of northern Russia—was investigated. The studied objects were dwarf-shrub–green-moss spruce forests and dwarf-shrub–lichen pine forests on Al-Fe-humus podzols (Albic Rustic Podzols) that are widespread in the boreal zone. The concentrations and removal of organic carbon performing the most important biogeochemical and pedogenic functions were estimated. The results proved significant intra- and inter-biogeocenotic variability in the composition of atmospheric depositions and soil water. Carbon removal with soil water from organic and mineral horizons within elementary biogeoareas (EBGA) under tree crowns was 2–5 and 2–3 times (in some cases, up to 10 times) greater than that in the intercrown areas, respectively. The lowest critical level of mineral nitrogen (0.2 mg/L) was, as a rule, exceeded in tree EBGAs contrary to intercrown areas. Concentrations of sulfates and heavy metals in water of tree EBGA were 3–5 times greater than those in inter-crown areas. Significant inter-biogeocenotic variations related to differences in the height of trees and tree stand density were found. It is argued that adequate characterization of biochemical cycles and assessment of critical levels of components in soil water of forest ecosystems should be performed with due account for the intra- and inter-biogeocenotic variability.

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  1. Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    N. V. Lukina, M. A. Orlova & D. N. Teben’kova

  2. Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Fersmana 14, Apatity, Murmansk oblast, 184209, Russia

    V. V. Ershov, T. T. Gorbacheva & L. G. Isaeva

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Lukina, V.V. Ershov, T.T. Gorbacheva, M.A. Orlova, L.G. Isaeva, D.N. Teben’kova, 2018, published in Pochvovedenie, 2018, No. 3, pp. 284–296.

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Lukina, N.V., Ershov, V.V., Gorbacheva, T.T. et al. Assessment of Soil Water Composition in the Northern Taiga Coniferous Forests of Background Territories in the Industrially Developed Region. Eurasian Soil Sc. 51, 277–289 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229318030079

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