Sulfur constituents in soils and streams of a watershed in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta.

M. J. Mitchell, M. B. David, D. G. Maynard, S. A. Telang

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Abstract

In the Marmot Basin watershed, total S in soils ranged from 2.5-49.8mu mol/g dry mass. High concentrations of sulfate (93- 355mu mol/L), Ca (763-1075mu mol/L), Mg (387-765mu mol/L), and C (1930-4169mu mol/L) in streams were due to mineral weathering. Atmospheric inputs of S at Marmot Creek were much less important than in forest ecosystems subject to acidic deposition. The dynamics of organic S constituents exert a major influence on S flux in some forest ecosystems as a result of their role in mineralization and immobilization processes.-from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)315-320
Number of pages6
JournalCanadian Journal of Forest Research
Volume16
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Forestry
  • Ecology

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