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© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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07 Oct 2016
Research article |
| 07 Oct 2016
Trends in soil solution dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations across European forests
Marta Camino-Serrano
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Elisabeth Graf Pannatier
WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Sara Vicca
Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Sebastiaan Luyssaert
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
now at: Free University of Amsterdam, Department of
Ecological Science, Boelelaan 1085, 1081HV, the Netherlands
Mathieu Jonard
UCL-ELI, Université catholique de Louvain, Earth and
Life Institute, Croix du Sud 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Philippe Ciais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Bertrand Guenet
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Bert Gielen
Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Josep Peñuelas
CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
Jordi Sardans
CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
Peter Waldner
WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Sophia Etzold
WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Guia Cecchini
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy
Nicholas Clarke
Division of Environment and Natural Resources, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, 1431, Ås, Norway
Zoran Galić
University of Novi Sad-Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Laure Gandois
EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Avenue de l'Agrobiopole – BP 32607, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
Karin Hansen
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Natural
Resources & Environmental Effects, 100 31, Stockholm,
Sweden
Jim Johnson
UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Uwe Klinck
Northwest German Forest Research Institute,
Grätzelstr. 2, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
Zora Lachmanová
FGMRI, Forestry and Game Management Research Institute,
Strnady 136, 252 02 Jíloviště, Czech Republic
Antti-Jussi Lindroos
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), P.O. Box 18,
01301 Vantaa, Finland
Henning Meesenburg
Northwest German Forest Research Institute,
Grätzelstr. 2, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
Tiina M. Nieminen
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), P.O. Box 18,
01301 Vantaa, Finland
Tanja G. M. Sanders
Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems,
Alfred-Möller-Straße 1, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany
Kasia Sawicka
Soil Geography and Landscape Group, Wageningen
University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
Walter Seidling
Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems,
Alfred-Möller-Straße 1, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany
Anne Thimonier
WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Elena Vanguelova
Centre for Ecosystem, Society and Biosecurity, Forest
Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey GU10 4LH,
UK
Arne Verstraeten
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO),
Kliniekstraat 25, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
Lars Vesterdal
University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and
Natural Resource Management, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C,
Denmark
Ivan A. Janssens
Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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We investigated the long-term trends of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in soil solution and the drivers of changes in over 100 forest monitoring plots across Europe. An overall increasing trend was detected in the organic layers, but no overall trend was found in the mineral horizons. There are strong interactions between controls acting at local and regional scales. Our findings are relevant for researchers focusing on the link between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and for C-cycle models.
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