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Relationships between the content of C, N, P and their stoichiometry in the soils of selected forest reserves of the Białowieża Primeval Forest.
* 1, 2 , 3
1  Post-doctoral in agricultural sciences in the discipline of environmental chemistry
2  Forest Research Institute, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, ul Braci Leśnej 3, Sękocin Stary, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
3  Doctor of agricultural sciences in the discipline of forest science Forest Research Institute, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, ul Braci Leśnej 3, Sękocin Stary, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
Academic Editor: Rodolfo Picchio

Abstract:

The aim of the study was to assess the correlation between the content of C, N, P and the C:N and C:P ratios in the soils of the Białowieża Primeval Forest reserves in north-eastern Poland. The research was carried out in forest reserves in the Lipiny, Dębowy Grąd, Władysława Szafera and Koryciny reserves in the Białowieża Primeval Forest (north-eastern Poland). Soil samples were collected in the fall of 2021 from the layers: 0 (litter), 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-40 cm, and after drying and preparation, the pH was measured in 0.01 mol CaCl2·dm-3 and the content of NTot and PTot. Soils were acidic (pHCaCl2: 4.32-5.00) and the average nutrient contents were in the range: for C (68.4 - 110.0 g·kg-1 in DM); N (2.95-3.45 g·kg-1 in DM); P (0.187-0.516 g·kg-1 in DM). Significant positive linear Pearson correlations (p = 0.00001) were obtained for CTot x NTot (R = 0.916); CTot x PTot (R = 0.666); NTot x PTot (R = 0.665) for all objects. The stoichiometric ratios had a wide range for C: N (10.71-52.70) and C: P (4.78-1445.0). Their highest values ​​were recorded in the litter ("0") and in the layer 0-5 cm deep. A significant value of C:N>20 and C:P>300 may indicate the accumulation of soil organic matter "carbon sequestration" and an increase in biological phosphorus sorption.

Keywords: Nitrogen, poshrus, forest reserve, stoichiometry
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