Soil sustainability - Data sets from Level II Forest Health Monitoring Plots

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Data sets reveal long-term trends as follows:

A significant decline in soil solution SO₄ and S uptake which is consistent with the reduction in S deposition as a result of emissions control policies.
Graph showing soil solution [S04] and foliar [S] content ^{(New window)}
A significant decline in soil solution K⁺ in the majority of the Level II plots, possibly due to enhanced K leaching and/or uptake in response to management intervention.
Graph showing soil solution [K+] and foliar [K] content ^{(New window)}
Variable NO3 in soil solution, with a distinct increase in NO₃ observed in peat soils under Sitka spruce.
Graph showing soil solution [NO3] and foliar [N] content ^{(New window)}
The first signs of recovery from soil acidification at previously polluted sites.
Soil acidification at a site with high N deposition from local sources.

Themes

Soil science

Research Status

current

Research Groups

Physical environmental sciences