From soil water to surface water – how the riparian zone controls element transport from a boreal forest to a stream

Lidman, Fredrik; Boily, Åsa; Laudon, Hjalmar; Köhler, Stephan J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3001-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3001-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3001-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

Research article

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21 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 21 Jun 2017

From soil water to surface water – how the riparian zone controls element transport from a boreal forest to a stream

Fredrik Lidman, Åsa Boily, Hjalmar Laudon, and Stephan J. Köhler

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RC1: 'Review: Intersting paper with innovative results. Presentation could be improved.', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Not convincing in the present state', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Feb 2017
RC3: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 10 Feb 2017
AC1: 'Response to the Referees', Fredrik Lidman, 09 Mar 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (26 Mar 2017) by Roland Bol

AR by Fredrik Lidman on behalf of the Authors (14 Apr 2017) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (14 May 2017) by Roland Bol

AR by Fredrik Lidman on behalf of the Authors (24 May 2017)

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The riparian zone is the narrow strip of land that lines a watercourse. This is the last soil that the groundwater is in contact with before it enters the stream and it therefore has a high impact on the water quality. In this paper we show that many elements occur in elevated concentrations in the peat-like riparian zone of boreal headwaters and that this also leads to elevated concentrations in the streams. Hence, understanding riparian soils is crucial for a sustainable management of streams.