Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys
Abstract Altered temperature profiles resulting in increased warming and freeze–thaw cycle ( FTC ) frequency pose great ecological challenges to organisms in alpine and polar ecosystems. We performed a laboratory microcosm experiment to investigate how temperature variability affects soil bacterial...
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crwiley:10.1111/ele.12819 2024-09-15T17:48:45+00:00 Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys Knox, Matthew A. Andriuzzi, Walter S. Buelow, Heather N. Takacs‐Vesbach, Cristina Adams, Byron J. Wall, Diana H. Fierer, Noah McMurdo LTER NSF OPP 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12819 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fele.12819 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ele.12819 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ecology Letters volume 20, issue 10, page 1242-1249 ISSN 1461-023X 1461-0248 journal-article 2017 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12819 2024-08-30T04:12:56Z Abstract Altered temperature profiles resulting in increased warming and freeze–thaw cycle ( FTC ) frequency pose great ecological challenges to organisms in alpine and polar ecosystems. We performed a laboratory microcosm experiment to investigate how temperature variability affects soil bacterial cell numbers, and abundance and traits of soil microfauna (the microbivorous nematode Scottnema lindsayae ) from McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. FTC s and constant freezing shifted nematode body size distribution towards large individuals, driven by higher mortality among smaller individuals. FTC s reduced both bacterial and nematode abundance, but bacterial cell numbers also declined under warming, demonstrating decoupled consumer–prey responses. We predict that higher occurrence of FTC s in cold ecosystems will select for large body size within soil microinvertebrates and overall reduce their abundance. In contrast, warm temperatures without FTC s could lead to divergent responses in soil bacteria and their microinvertebrate consumers, potentially affecting energy and nutrient transfer rates in soil food webs of cold ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica McMurdo Dry Valleys Wiley Online Library Ecology Letters 20 10 1242 1249 |
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Abstract Altered temperature profiles resulting in increased warming and freeze–thaw cycle ( FTC ) frequency pose great ecological challenges to organisms in alpine and polar ecosystems. We performed a laboratory microcosm experiment to investigate how temperature variability affects soil bacterial cell numbers, and abundance and traits of soil microfauna (the microbivorous nematode Scottnema lindsayae ) from McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. FTC s and constant freezing shifted nematode body size distribution towards large individuals, driven by higher mortality among smaller individuals. FTC s reduced both bacterial and nematode abundance, but bacterial cell numbers also declined under warming, demonstrating decoupled consumer–prey responses. We predict that higher occurrence of FTC s in cold ecosystems will select for large body size within soil microinvertebrates and overall reduce their abundance. In contrast, warm temperatures without FTC s could lead to divergent responses in soil bacteria and their microinvertebrate consumers, potentially affecting energy and nutrient transfer rates in soil food webs of cold ecosystems. |
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Knox, Matthew A. Andriuzzi, Walter S. Buelow, Heather N. Takacs‐Vesbach, Cristina Adams, Byron J. Wall, Diana H. Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys |
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Knox, Matthew A. Andriuzzi, Walter S. Buelow, Heather N. Takacs‐Vesbach, Cristina Adams, Byron J. Wall, Diana H. |
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Knox, Matthew A. |
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Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys |
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Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys |
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Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys |
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Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys |
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Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys |
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decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the antarctic dry valleys |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica McMurdo Dry Valleys |
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Ecology Letters volume 20, issue 10, page 1242-1249 ISSN 1461-023X 1461-0248 |
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