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[A-GE03_30AM2] Subsurface Mass Transport and Environmental Assessment

2014年4月30日(水) 11:00 〜 12:44 213 (2F)

コンビーナ:*森 也寸志(岡山大学大学院環境生命科学研究科)、斎藤 広隆(東京農工大学大学院農学研究院)、川本 健(埼玉大学大学院理工学研究科)、濱本 昌一郎(東京大学大学院農学生命科学研究科)、張 銘(産業技術総合研究所地圏資源環境研究部門)、座長:森 也寸志(岡山大学大学院環境生命科学研究科)、張 銘(産業技術総合研究所地圏資源環境研究部門)

11:00 〜 11:25

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キーワード:Root water uptake, Karst, Evapotranspiration, Spatial variability

Woody plants, especially Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei) and honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), are encroaching into a karst savanna on the Edwards Plateau in central Texas. However, their impact on hydrology is unclear because of high variability in soil depth and uncertainties about shallow and deep root contributions to water uptake in rocky soil overlying bedrock or other substrates that limit water storage capacity and root growth, and create high spatial variability in plant available water. This complex below-ground structure, while not uncommon, has of not been adequately characterized by most hydrological models. We evaluated root water uptake and water storage in the karst of the Edwards Plateau, at a typical savanna site with ~50% woody cover, mainly Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei) and honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa). Water content profiles to a depth of 1.6 m were measured by neutron thermalization and time domain reflectometry at 36 locations in a 25-by-25 m grid (5 m node spacing). Bulk density profiles were measured by gamma densitometry. Temporal changes in water storage were compared with eddy covariance measurements of evapotranspiration (ET) to evaluate relative amounts of ET originating from root water uptake at various depths. Water storage capacity in the measurement grid ranged from 185 to 401 mm, and coupled with heterogeneous distribution of trees created high spatial variability in root water uptake. Water uptake was higher beneath trees than beneath grass, in part because tree roots were able to extract water from regions of the root zone with high rock density. On average, 81% of the water uptake occurred from the upper 1 m of the profile with the greatest uptake occurring at depths of 0.4 to 0.8 m. An estimated 10% of the uptake occurred from below the maximum measurement depth of 1.6 m. While this result confirms the hypothesis that trees on rocky substrates take up water from greater depths compared to similar ecosystems on soil, it also refutes the view that trees in karst regions have greater access to groundwater.