Towards establishing integrated carbon and nitrate budget at the landscape scale
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Edited by Pauline Buysse, Heye Bogena, Didier Voisin
Establishing carbon and nitrate budgets at the landscape scale is complex due to the heterogeneous mosaic of potentially interacting ecosystems, such as forests, agricultural lands, inland waters, rivers, and other environments. Quantifying lateral transfers of organic matter and more generally lateral influences between neighbouring ecosystems is often difficult, and understanding their controls typically relies on local-scale experimental and modelling studies, which are not always easy to upscale. This session will focus on the methodologies and results of studies that aim to integrate terrestrial and aquatic carbon and/or nitrogen fluxes to quantify land-atmosphere exchanges at the landscape scale. Both experimental and modelling works are welcome, including top-down and bottom-up approaches. We are particularly interested in integrated carbon and/or nitrogen studies that address both dissolved and atmospheric forms of these compounds. Studies conducted in various types of ecosystems, ranging from natural catchments and landscapes to more agricultural and urban settings, are encouraged.