Stikstofdepositie, Zandmotor en de korstmossen van Solleveld [Nitrogen deposition, the Sand Motor, and the lichen flora of Solleveld]
- Author:
- Toetenel H.
- Year:
- 2022
- Journal:
- Buxbaumiella
- Pages:
- 123: 16–39
- Url:
- http://www.buxbaumiella.nl/pdf/BUX2022123001.pdf
[in Dutch with English abstract: ]
This article concerns Solleveld, a small dune area
south of The Hague. Solleveld includes a quite narrow
stretch of calcareous dunes near the sea and, on the
inland side, a larger stretch of non-calcareous dune
grasslands, heath vegetation and dune forests. The
grasslands and heath vegetation have a well-developed
lichen soil vegetation including many species of
Cladonia.
The article compares two lichen inventories, the first
executed in the year 2012, the second in the year 2020.
The reason for the first inventory was the construction
of a large sandbank, shaped as a peninsula and
known as the Sand Motor, on the coast near Solleveld
in 2011. This sandbank is meant to act as a sand supply
for coastal reinforcement. It is expected that ocean
streams, wind and waves will gradually spread the
sand along the coast.
The first inventory was intended as a baseline measurement
for monitoring the possible effect of the Sand
Motor on the lichen flora of Solleveld. The results of
the second inventory are studied and compared with
the results of the first one. The differences are analysed,
and an attempt is made to correlate the results
with changes in the sand-spray (lime fragments) and
salt-spray on Solleveld due to the Sand Motor.
Other causes of changes in Solleveld’s abiotic factors
are studied as well, such as the effect of a high nitrogen
load. The effect of the nitrogen load is studied using
two index values, one that calculates an index concerning
acidophilic lichens on tree trunks (AIW) and another
that calculates an index concerning nitrophilous
lichens on tree trunks (NIW).
The possible effect of the Sand Motor is also studied
using two index values, one that computes a covering
factor for calcicole soil lichens (KHI) and another that
computes a covering factor for calcifuge soil lichens
(KAI). The mean calculated value of the AIW showed
a decrease of 12% when comparing the results of the
two inventories and the NIW showed an increase of
76%. These differences are very likely caused by the
high nitrogen load. The mean calculated value of the
KHI showed an increase of 40% and the KAI showed
am decrease of 26%. The changes in KHI and KAI values
are probably due to a combination of abiotic factors.
In my opinion the main contribution to the differences
is caused by the spray of lime fragments from
the Sand Motor.
- Id:
- 37478
- Submitter:
- zpalice
- Post_time:
- Sunday, 05 January 2025 23:26