SLIDE 8 Minimal aggregated compartment schemes of carbon and nitrogen cycles in forest and peatland ecosystems
C1, N1 C2, N2 C3, N3
y1
C
f12
C
f13
C
q2
C
y2
C
f32
C
y31
C
q3
C
f23
C
q1
C
y1
N
q2
N
f12
N
f13
N
f31
N
f32
N
q3
N
f23
N
y32
C y33 C
y31
N
y32
N
y2
N
Storages : C1, N1 - phytomass; C2, N2 – phytophages and destructors (animals, fungi, bacteria); C3, N3 – dead organic matter of litter and root-based peat layer Flows : q1
C– carbon assimilation from the atmosphere, q1 N, q2 N–
nitrogen input from adjacent ecosystems with atmospheric nitrogen fixation by microorganisms, q2
C– dead organic matter
input from adjacent ecosystems, y11
C – autotrophic respiration,
y12
C, y12 N – export and run-off, y13 C, y13 N – consumption by
phytophages, y21
C, y21 N – decay of dead organic matter by
destructors with denitrification, y22
C, y22 N – export and run-off,
y23
C, y23 N – peat formation, y24 C – abiotic oxidation of dead
N – nitrogen uptake by vegetation from
available soil compounds, f12
C, f12 N – litterfall.
C1, N1 C2, N2
y12
C
f12
C
y13
C
y21
C
q2
C
q1
C
y12
N
q1
N
f12
N
f21
N
q2
N
y22
C
y23
C
y21
N
y22
N
y13
N
y11
C
y24
C
y23
N
Storage : C1, N1 – living organic matter; C2, N2 – dead organic matter possible aggregation