Brenna

Website adress - Institute being in charge of research: Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas 6 Kossutha str 40-844 Katowice http://www.ietu.katowice.pl/ Year of establishment 1991 Contact person: Tomasz Staszewski (e-mail: stasz@ietu.katowice.pl)

 

Site characteristics in brief

 

site description:	The Brenna monitoring site was established in 1991 and consists of a monitoring station at the elevation of 665 m a.s.l. where the measuring equipment is located, i.e. monitors for continuous measurements of ozone (Environics), Wind Speed Meter (Young) pyranometer (LiCo), a permanent plot in the 120-year-old Norway spruce stand at the elevation of 750 m a.s.l. and three catchments of a different areas: 7.4, 50, and 480 ha (limnigraphs)
ecosystem type under investigation:	forest grassland mountains freshwater streams or/and lakes
hierarchical level of plots/objects monitored:	watershed community species
objects investigated by the study	water quality, floral characteristics, dry and wet deposition, ozone concentration, health status of trees, soil characteristics
location - geographic co-ordinates:	latitude: 49° 40'' N longitude: 18° 56'' E
location - altitude:	750 (above sea level)

 

Co-opperation:

The Institute of Dendrology Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik Silesian University Agricultural University of Cracow The Institute of Forest Research Cracow

 

Summary of research activities

 

hypothesis / problem	Response of spruce stands to air pollution and forest management practice in the mountain area which has been influenced by emissions from the industrial complexes of Silesia and the Czech Republic
aims of studies	Response of tree stand to air pollution. The balance of nutrients in a small mountain catchment. Changes in floral characteristics under forest stand reconstruction. Effect of forest management (falling, skidding) on soil (erosion).
selection of publications resulting from the project	Vogt R.D., Godzik S., Kotowski M, Niklińska M., Pawłowski L., Seip H.M., Sienkiewicz J., Skotte G, Staszewski T., Szarek G., Tyszka J., Aagard P., 1994. Soil, soil water and stream water chemistry at some Polish sites with varying acid deposition. J. Ecol. Chem. v.3, No 3. 325 - 356. Staszewski T., Godzik S., Szdzuj J., 1995. Fate of nitrogen in spruce and pine ecosystems. In: Acid Rain Research: Do we have enough answers? Eds. G.J. Heij and J.W. Erisman. Elsevier Science BV. 417 - 418. Godzik S., Staszewski T., Szdzuj J., 1995. Deposition of air pollutants to forest ecosystems along pollution and climatic gradients in Poland. In: Acid Rain Research: Do we have enough answers? Eds. G.J. Heij and J.W. Erisman. Elsevier Science BV. 425- 426. Staszewski T., Godzik S., Szdzuj J., 1996: Monitoring spruce stands in Brenna and Salmopol Pass in the Polish part of the Beskids. The Beskids Bulletin, Brno. 8: 13 - 18. Godzik S.,Kubiesa P., Staszewski T., Szdzuj J., 1997. Air pollution and its possible effect on vegetation in Brenna - the Beskidy Mountains. The Beskids Bulletin, Brno. 9: 21 - 26. Staszewski T., Łukasik W.M., Godzik S., Szdzuj J., Uziębło A.K., 1998. Climatic and pollution gradient studies on coniferous trees health status, needles wetability and chemical characteristics. Chemosphere vol. 36, No. 4 - 5, 901 - 905 Bytnerowicz A., Godzik S., Poth M., Anderson I., Szdzuj J., Tobias C., Macko S., Kubiesa P., Staszewski T., Fenn M., 1999. Chemical composition of air, soil and vegetation in forests of the Silesian Beskid Mountains, Poland. Water, Soil and Air Pollution 116: 141 - 150. Staszewski T., Godzik S., Kubiesa P., Szdzuj J., 1999. Fate of nitrogen compounds deposited to spruce (Picea abies Karst.) and pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests located in different air pollution and climatic conditions. Water, Soil and Air Pollution 116: 121 - 127. Staszewski T., Uziębło A., Kubiesa P., Łukasik W., Szdzuj J,. (2004). Response of coniferous ecosystems to reduction of SO2 and NOX emission in last decade in Poland. Ecologia, Bratysława, vol. 22, 1. Rudawska M., Leski T., Kieliszewska-Rokicka B., Staszewski T., (2004). Effect of long-term contrasting anthropogenic emission on ectomycorrhizal diversity of Scots pine stands in Poland. Ecologia, Bratysława, vol 23: 284-290. Kieliszewska-Rokicka B., Rudawska M., Staszewski T., Kurczyńska E., Karliński L. (2004). Ectomycorrhizal associations in Norway spruce stands influenced by long lasting air pollution (Silesian Beskid Mountains, Poland). Ecologia, Bratysława, vol. 23: 142-149. Niemtur S., Małek S., Pierzgalski E., Staszewski T., Wójcik J., (2005). Nutrient cycling in artificial mountain spruce stands as a background for conversion and sites degradation in the Silesian Beskid. [w:] Protection of soil and water resources in forestry areas (ed. by Pierzgalaski E., Niemtur S., Czerepko J.,) Warsaw, IBL (FRI) 93-102 Małek S., Niemtur S., Staszewski T. (2006). Seasonal changeability of water features from watersheds with artificial Norway spruce stands in the Silesian Beskid. Eckologia (Bratislava) Vol. 25, No. 3, p. 289-297. Staszewski T., Uziębło A., W. Łukasik W., Kubiesa P., Szdzuj J. (2007). Changes in plant community structure and health status of spruce on permanent plots of the southern Poland in the last decade.[w:] KRIŽOVÁ, E., UJHÁZY, K. (eds.) 2007: Dynamika, stabilita a diverzita lesných ekosystémov. TU vo Zvolene, Zvolen, p. 95?103; ISBN 978-80-228-1821-6 Staszewski, T., Kubiesa, P. (2008): Fate of air pollutants in spruce and beech stands on permanent plots in Brenna ? the Silesian Beskid. Beskydy (Brno), 1. p. 77 ? 84. Kubiesa P., Łukasik W. (2008). Erosion processes caused by the use of heavy equipment in mountain forests. The Silesia Beskid mountain case study. Beskydy, 1 (1): 51-58 Uziębło A.K., Barć A., Kubiesa P., Staszewski T. (2012). Zmiany struktury fitocenozy leśnej pod wpływem wycięcia zamierającego drzewostanu świerkowego i ocena zabiegów gospodarczych w lasach Beskidu Śląskiego (Karpaty Zachodnie). Roczniki Bieszczadzkie 20, 44 - 65.

 

Existing data (accessibility: limited access)

 

the time span	data sets
1991 - 2012	temperature, precipitation, wet and dry deposition of air pollutants, soil characteristics, health status of trees, biodiversity

Existence and availability of socio-economic data

 

administrative level	time span	kind of data
Borough Office	1990 - 2012	demographics, transportation, production, education, employment structure data

 

Link to other long-term monitoring networks

 

 

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National and International Projects conducted on / related to the site

 

 

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