Effects of repeated (NH₄)₂SO₄ application on sulfur pools in soil, soil microbial biomass, and ground vegetation of two watersheds in the Black Forest/Germany

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 230; no. 2; pp. 287 - 305
• Main Authors: Prietzel, Jörg, Weick, Corry, Korintenberg, Julia, Seybold, Gabriele, Thumerer, Thomas, Treml, Bernd
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Kluwer Academic Publishers 01.03.2001; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: acid soils; Adsorption; aluminum; ammonium sulfate; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; application rate; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomass; Dissolved organic matter; ecosystems; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Esters; Fertilizers; Forest soils; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Germany, Black Forest; Karst; Mineral soils; Mineralization; Organic soils; Pine trees; Retention; Soil biochemistry; Soil microorganisms; Soil organic matter; Soil pollution; Soil solution; Sulfates; Sulfur; Terrestrial environment, soil, air; Vegetation; Watersheds; Europe; Germany; Baden-Wurttemberg; Sulfur compounds; Organic matter; Forests; Acid soil; Nitrogen compounds; Forest soil; Inorganic element; Microbial biomass; inorganic sulfur; organic sulfur; Multiple dose; Ground cover; SULPHUR FERTILIZERS; Ammonium sulfate; Watershed; Vegetation; Pool; Sulfur

The effect of repeated (NH₄)₂SO₄ applications (3 × 700 kg ha⁻¹ in 1988, 1991, and 1994, respectively) on S pools in soil, soil microbial biomass, and ground vegetation was studied at two Norway spruce (Picea abies L. [Karst.]) sites in the Black Forest/Germany. In both eco-systems, most of the total...