Monitoring water from the underground to the tree: first results with a new sap extractor on a riparian woodland.

Title:

Resource Type:

document --> guidance / decision support

Country:

EU Projects

Year:

2002

Availability:

Plant and Soil 241: 197-207

Author 1/Producer:

Lambs, L.

Other Authors/Producers:

Berthelot, M.

Author / Producer Type:

EC Project

Publisher:

Springer Scientific

Publisher City:

Ashbourne House, The Guildway, Old Portsmouth Road, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1LP

Report / download web link (=direct link):

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/plso/2002/00000241 ...

Format (e.g. PDF):

HTML

EUGRIS Keyword(s):

Contaminated land-->Site investigation-->Site investigation overview
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Groundwater processes overview
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Hydrogeology
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater protection overview
Water resources and their management -->Water resources and their management Overview

Short description:

The impacts of the variable hydrological conditions of riparian woodlads were assessed by assessing water uptake in trees using a novel tequnique for the rapid extraction of xylem sap. The machine developed is capable of extracting sap directly in the field from wood cores in a few minutes. A description of both the machine and its performance is provided, along with early experimental results comparing the vertical water profile of the soil and the corresponding xylem sap at different roots horizons and in the trunk of trees in a young riparian woodland beside the Garonne River.

Link to Project(s):

FLOBAR2 Floodplain Biodiversity and Restoration

Submitted By:

Dr Stefan Gödeke WhoDoesWhat? Last update: 05/06/2007