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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1335-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1335-2022
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Research article
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04 Mar 2022
Research article |
| 04 Mar 2022
| 04 Mar 2022
Physiological and climate controls on foliar mercury uptake by European tree species
Lena Wohlgemuth
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
Pasi Rautio
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Ounasjoentie 6, 96200 Rovaniemi, Finland
Bernd Ahrends
Department of Environmental Control, Northwest German Forest Research Institute (NW-FVA), Grätzelstr. 2, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
Alexander Russ
Landesbetrieb Forst Brandenburg, Alfred-Möller-Straße 1, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany
Lars Vesterdal
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Peter Waldner
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Volkmar Timmermann
Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), 1431 Ås, Norway
Nadine Eickenscheidt
State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia (LANUV), Leibnizstr. 10, 45659 Recklinghausen, Germany
Alfred Fürst
Department of Forest Protection, Austrian Federal Research Centre for Forests, Vienna, 1130, Austria
Martin Greve
Research Institute for Forest Ecology and Forestry Rhineland-Palatinate (FAWF), Hauptstr. 16, 67705 Trippstadt, Germany
Peter Roskams
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Gaverstraat 4, 9500 Geraardsbergen, Belgium
Anne Thimonier
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Manuel Nicolas
Département Recherche-Développement-Innovation, Office National des Forêts (ONF), 77300 Fontainebleau, France
Anna Kowalska
Laboratory of Natural Environment Chemistry, Forest Research Institute, Sekocin Stary, Braci Lesnej 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
Morten Ingerslev
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Päivi Merilä
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Paavo Havaksentie 3, 90570 Oulu, Finland
Sue Benham
Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, GU51 3QE, United Kingdom
Carmen Iacoban
Department of Ecology, “Marin Dracea” National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry, Campulung Moldovenesc Station, 73 bis Calea Bucovinei, 725100 Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania
Günter Hoch
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
Christine Alewell
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
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Short summary
Gaseous mercury is present in the atmosphere all over the globe. During the growing season, plants take up mercury from the air in a similar way as CO2. We investigated which factors impact this vegetational mercury uptake by analyzing a large dataset of leaf mercury uptake rates of trees in Europe. As a result, we conclude that mercury uptake is foremost controlled by tree-intrinsic traits like physiological activity but also by climatic factors like dry conditions in the air and in soils.
Gaseous mercury is present in the atmosphere all over the globe. During the growing season,...
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