Publication
Title
Historical land use change has lowered terrestrial silica mobilization
Author
Abstract
Continental export of Si to the coastal zone is closely linked to the ocean carbon sink and to the dynamics of phytoplankton blooms in coastal ecosystems. Presently, however, the impact of human cultivation of the landscape on terrestrial Si fluxes remains unquantified and is not incorporated in models for terrestrial Si mobilization. In this paper, we show that land use is the most important controlling factor of Si mobilization in temperate European watersheds, with sustained cultivation (>250 years) of formerly forested areas leading to a twofold to threefold decrease in baseflow delivery of Si. This is a breakthrough in our understanding of the biogeochemical Si cycle: it shows that human cultivation of the landscape should be recognized as an important controlling factor of terrestrial Si fluxes
Language
English
Source (journal)
Nature communications
Publication
2010
ISSN
2041-1723
DOI
10.1038/NCOMMS1128
Volume/pages
1 (2010) , p. 129,1-129,7
Article Reference
129
ISI
000288224800027
Medium
E-only publicatie
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
Land Use Changes and Si Transport through the Scheldt River Basin. (LUSi)
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 07.12.2010
Last edited 15.11.2022
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