Cycling of organic and inorganic sulphur in a chestnut oak forest
Johnson, D. W. ; Henderson, G. S. ; Huff, D. D. ; Lindberg, S. E. ; Richter, D. D. ; Shriner, D. S. ; Todd, D. E. ; Turner, J.
Springer
Published 1982
Springer
Published 1982
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1432-1939
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Biology
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Summary Sulfur (S) cycling in a chestnut oak forest on Walker Branch Watershed, Tennessee, was dominated by geochemical processes involving sulfate. Even though available SO 4 2- was present far in excess of forest nutritional requirements, the ecosystem as a whole accumulated ∼60% of incoming SO4−S. Most (90%) of this accumulation occurred by SO 4 2- adsorption in sesquioxide-rich subsurface soils, with a relatively minor amount accumulating and cycling as SO 4 2- within vegetative components. Organic sulfates are thought to constitute a large proportion of total S in surface soils, also, and to provide a pool of readily mineralized available S within the ecosystem.
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Electronic Resource
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