Properties of dissolved and total organic matter in throughfall, stemflow and forest floor leachate of Central European forests
Author:
Bischoff S.,Schwarz M. T.,Siemens J.,Thieme L.,Wilcke W.,Michalzik B.
Abstract
Abstract. For the first time, we investigated the composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) compared to total OM (TOM, consisting of DOM and particulate OM, POM) in throughfall, stemflow and forest floor leachate of beech and spruce forests using solid state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. We hypothesized that the composition and properties of OM in forest ecosystem water samples differed between DOM and TOM and between the two tree species. Under beech, a contribution of phyllosphere-derived fresh POM was echoed in structural differences. Compared with DOM, TOM exhibited higher relative intensities for the alkyl C region, representing aliphatic C from less decomposed organic material, and lower relative intensities for lignin-derived and aromatic C of the aryl C region, resulting in lower aromaticity indices and reduced humification intensities. Since differences in the structural composition of DOM and TOM were less pronounced under spruce than under beech, we suspect a~tree species-related effect on the origin of OM composition and resulting properties (e.g. recalcitrance, allelopathic potential).
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
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