Dynamics of rare earth elements and associated major and trace elements during Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) litter degradation
Alessandro Montemagno,Christophe Hissler,Victor Bense,Adriaan J. Teuling,Johanna Ziebel,and Laurent Pfister
CATchment and ecohydrology research group (CAT/ENVISION/ERIN),
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Belvaux, 4408, Luxembourg
Department of Environmental Sciences, subdivision Hydrology and
Quantitative Water Management (HWQM), Wageningen University and Research,
Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands
Department of Environmental Sciences, subdivision Hydrology and
Quantitative Water Management (HWQM), Wageningen University and Research,
Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands
Department of Environmental Sciences, subdivision Hydrology and
Quantitative Water Management (HWQM), Wageningen University and Research,
Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands
Johanna Ziebel
Biotechnologies and Environmental Analytics Platform (BEAP/ERIN),
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Belvaux, 4408, Luxembourg
We investigated the biogeochemical processes that dominate the release and retention of elements (nutrients and potentially toxic elements) during litter degradation. Our results show that toxic elements are retained in the litter, while nutrients are released in solution during the first stages of degradation. This seems linked to the capability of trees to distribute the elements between degradation-resistant and non-degradation-resistant compounds of leaves according to their chemical nature.
We investigated the biogeochemical processes that dominate the release and retention of elements...