Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Atmospheric Deposition and Soil Resources of the Southern Pine Forest

  • Chapter
Impact of Air Pollutants on Southern Pine Forests

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 118))

Abstract

Soils are open systems. As such, atmospheric deposition affects soil properties, processes, and genesis. Windblown loess deposits influence physical and chemical properties in many soils on all continents. Andisols, one of 11 soil orders of the world, owe their existence mainly to atmospheric depositions of volcanically ejected particulates (Soil Survey Staff, 1992). Near marine coastlines, sea-spray aerosols entrained in the atmosphere are deposited to soils, elevating concentrations of sodium, chloride, magnesium, and sulfate (Låg, 1968). Similarly, industrial emissions of acid- and base-forming compounds are transported through the atmosphere and are eventually deposited to soils as gases, aerosols, and as solutes in precipitation, sometimes up to thousands of kilometers from their points of emission.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Alexander M (1977) Introduction to Soil Microbiology. John Wiley, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Binkley D, Driscoll CT, Allen HL, Schoenenberger P, McAvoy D (1989) Acid Deposition and Forest Soils: context and Case Studies in the Southeastern United States. Springer-Verlag Ecological Studies 77, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Binkley D, Richter DD (1987) Nutrient cycles and H+ budgets of forest ecosystems. Adv Ecol Res 16:1–51.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Binkley D, Valentine D, Wells C, Valentine U (1989) An empirical analysis of the factors contributing to 20-yr decrease in soil pH in an old-field plantation of loblolly pine. Biochemistry 8:39–54.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bohn H, McNeal BL, O’Connor GA (1985) Soil Chemistry. John Wiley, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Cosby BJ, Hornberger GM, Galloway JN (1985) Modelling the effects of acid deposition: assessment of a lumped parameter model of soil water and streamwater chemistry. Water Resources Research 21: 51–63.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dai KH (1994) Soil Aluminum Chemistry in Response to Low-Ionic Strength Solutions and Ligands. Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, Durham, NC

    Google Scholar 

  • Driscoll CT, Likens GE, Hedin LO, Eaton HS, Bormann FH (1989) Changes in the chemistry of surface waters. Environ Sci Technol 23: 137–143.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Fitzgerald JW, Autry AR (1992) Organic sulfur dynamics including mineralization and immobilization of various organic fractions. in: Johnson DW, Lindberg SE (eds) Atmospheric Deposition and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 118–129.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gholz HI, Perry CS, Cropper WP, Hendry LC (1985) Litterfall, decomposition, and nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in a chronosequence of slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plantations. For Sci 31: 463–478.

    Google Scholar 

  • Harrison RB, Johnson DW (1992) Inorganic sulfate dynamics. In: Johnson DW, Lindberg SE (eds) Atmospheric Deposition and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 104–118.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hedin LO, Granat L, Linkens GE, Buishand TA, Galloway JN, Butler TJ, Rodhe H (1994) Steep declines in atmospheric base cations in regions of Europe and North America. Nature 367: 351–354.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hodges SC, Johnson GC (1987) Kinetics of sulfate adsorption and desorption by Cecil soil using miscible displacement. Soil Sci Soc Am J 51: 323–331.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson DW, Henderson GS (1979) Sulfate adsorption and sulfur fractions in a highly weathered soil under a mixed deciduous forest. Soil Sci 128: 34–40.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson DW, Kelly JM, Swank WT, Cole DW, Van Miegroet H, Hornbeck JW, Pierce RS, Van Lear D (1988) The effects of leaching and whole-tree harvest on cation budgets of several forests. J Environ Qual 17: 418–424.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson DW, Lindberg SE (1992) Atmospheric Deposition and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Johnson DW, Richter DD, Lovett GM, Lindberg SE (1985) Effects of atmospheric deposition on potassium, calcium, and magnesium cycling in two deciduous forests. Can J For Res 15: 773–782.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson DW, Todd DE (1983) Relationships among iron, aluminum, carbon, and sulfate in a variety of forest soils. Soil Sci Soc Am J 47: 792–800.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson DW, Todd DE, (1987) Nutrient export by leaching and whole-tree harvesting in a loblolly pine and mixed oak forest. Plant and Soil 102: 99–109.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klopatek JM, Harris WF, Olson RJ (1980) A regional ecological assessment approach to atmospheric deposition: effects on soil systems. In: Shriner DS, Richmond CR, Lindberg SE (eds) Atmospheric Sulfur Deposition: Environmental Impact and Health Effects. Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Ann Arbor, MI, pp 539–553.

    Google Scholar 

  • Låg (1968) Relationships between the chemical composition of the precipitation and the contents of exchangeable ions in the humus layer of natural soils. Acta Agric Scand 18: 148–152.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lindberg SE, Lovett GM, Richter DD, Johnson DW (1986) Atmospheric deposition and canopy interactions of major ions in a forest. Science 231: 141–145.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • McCracken RJ, Daniels RB, Fulcher WE (1989) Undisturbed soils, landscapes, and vegetation in a North Carolina Piedmont virgin forest. Soil Sci Soc Am J 53: 1146–1152.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • McFee W (1980) Sensitivity of soil regions to long-term acid precipitation. In: Shriner DS, Richmond CR, Lindberg SE (eds) Atmospheric Sulfur Deposition: Environmental Impact and Health Effects. Ann Arbor Science Publsihers, Ann Arbor, MI, pp 495–505.

    Google Scholar 

  • Olson RJ, Johnson DW, Shriner DS (1982) Regional Assessments of Potential Sensitivity of Soils in the Eastern United States to Acid Precipitation. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Manual 9374, Oak Ridge, TN.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ralston CW (1978) The Southern Pinery. Forests, physiography, and soils. In: Tom Tippin (ed) A symposium on principles of maintaining productivity on prepared sites. Proceedings USFS and Southern Region of the Association of State College and University Forestry Research Organizations, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. USFS, New Orleans, LA, pp 6–13.

    Google Scholar 

  • Raynal D (1990) Sensitivity of tree seedlings to Al: III. Red spruce and loblolly pine. J Environ Qual 19: 180–187.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Raynal D, Joslin JD, Thornton FC, Schaedle M, Henderson GS (1990) Sensitivity of tree seedlings to Aluminum: III. Red spruce and loblolly pine. J Environ Qual 19: 180–187.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Reuss JO (1983) Implications of the calcium-aluminum exchange system for the effect of acid precipitation on soils. J Environ Qual 12: 591–595.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Reuss JO, Johnson DW (1986) Acid Deposition and the Acidification of Soils. Springer-Verlag, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Richter DD (1980) Prescribed Fire: Effects on Forest Nutrient Cycling and Water Quality on the Santee Experimental Forest, South Carolina. Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, Durham, NC.

    Google Scholar 

  • Richter DD (1986) Sources of acidity in some forested Udults. Soil Sci Soc Am J 50: 1584–1589.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Richter DD, Comer PJ, King KS, Sawin HS, Wright DW (1988) Effects of low ionic strength solutions on pH of acid forested soils. Soil Sci Soc Am J 52: 261–264.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Richter DD, Johnson DW, Dai KH (1992) Cation exchange reactions in acid forested soils: effects of atmospheric pollutant deposition. In: Johnson DW, Lindberg SE (eds) Atmospheric Deposition and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems. Spring-Verlag, New York, pp 339–358.

    Google Scholar 

  • Richter DD, Johnson DW, Todd DE (1983) Atmospheric deposition, neutralization, and leaching in two forest ecosystems. J Environ Qual 12: 263–270.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Richter DD, Markewitz D, Wells CG, Allen HL, April R, Heine PR, Urrego B (1994) Soil chemical change during three decades in a old-field loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) ecosystem. Ecology 75: 1463–1473.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Richter DD, Markewitz D, Wells CG, Allen HL, Dunscomb J, Harrison K, Heine PR, Stuanes A, Urrego B, Bonani G (1995) Carbon cycling in a loblolly pine forest: Implications for the missing carbon sink and for the concept of soil. In: Kelly JM, McFee WW (eds) Proc 8th N Amer For Soils Conf, Gainesville, FL, pp 233–251. Soil Sci Soc Am Publ, Madisor, WI.

    Google Scholar 

  • Richter DD, Ralston CW, Harms WR (1982) Prescribed fire: Effects on forest nutrient cycling and water quality. Science.Soil Survey Staff (1992) Keys to Soil Taxonomy. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stone EL, Kalisz PJ (1991) On the maximum extent of tree roots. For Ecol and Management 46: 59–102.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Swank WT, Fitzgerald JW, Ash JT (1984) Microbial transformation of sulfate in forest soils. Science 223: 182–184.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Switzer GL, Nelson LE (1972) Nutrient accumulation and cycling in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation ecosystems: the first twenty years. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 36: 143–147.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Switzer GL, Shelton MG (1979) Successional development of the forest floor and soil surface on upland sites of the east gulf coastal plain. Ecology 60: 1162–1171.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tabatabai MA (1985) Effect of acid rain on soils. Crit Rev Environ Control 15: 65–110.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Trimble SW (1974) Man-Induced Soil Erosion on the Southern Piedmont 1700-1970. Soil Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, IA.

    Google Scholar 

  • Turner RS, Olson RJ, Brandt CC (1986) Areas Having Soil Characteristics that May Indicate Sensitivity to Acid Deposition Under Alternative Forest Damage Hypotheses. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Manual 9917, Oak Ridge, TN.

    Google Scholar 

  • Urrego JB (1993) Nutrient Accumulation in Biomass and Forest Floor of a 34-Year-Old Loblolly Pine Plantation. M.S. thesis, North Carolina State University Dept of For, Raleigh.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wells CG, Jorgensen JR (1975) Nutrient cycling in loblolly pine plantations. In: Bernier B, Winget CH (eds) Forest Soils and Forest Land Management. Fourth North American Forest Soils Conference. Laval University Press, Quebec, Canada, pp 137–158.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Daniel D. Richter
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Daniel Markewitz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA

    Susan Fox

  2. ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA

    Robert A. Mickler

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1996 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Richter, D.D., Markewitz, D. (1996). Atmospheric Deposition and Soil Resources of the Southern Pine Forest. In: Fox, S., Mickler, R.A. (eds) Impact of Air Pollutants on Southern Pine Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 118. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0809-9_9

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0809-9_9

  • Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4612-6909-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4612-0809-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation