Abstract
The groundwater close to a bottomland hedge presented strong vertical and lateral gradients of nitrate and chloride concentrations. The strong transpiration by trees in summer and the dissymmetry of the root development induced persistent high chloride level in depth upslope from the hedge. Nitrate concentration, on the other hand, decreased sharply in the same area, taken up by the vegetation or denitrified by the microorganisms, whose activity was enhanced at the bottom of the hedge. Au voisinage d'une haie de ceinture de fond de vallée, la nappe présente de forts gradients latéraux et verticaux des concentrations en chlorure et en nitrate. La forte transpiration des arbres de la haie en été et la dissymétrie du développement racinaire conduisent à un enrichissement persistant en chlorure en amont de la haie, en profondeur. Le nitrate, en revanche, disparaı̂t durablement dans cette même zone, absorbé par les arbres et/ou dénitrifiés par les micro-organismes, dont l'activité est favorisée au pied de haie.
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