Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra
Arctic plant productivity is often limited by low soil N availability. This has been attributed to slow breakdown of N-containing polymers in litter and soil organic matter (SOM) into smaller, available units, and to shallow plant rooting constrained by permafrost and high soil moisture. Using N-15...
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ftulancaster:oai:eprints.lancs.ac.uk:124061 2023-08-27T04:07:09+02:00 Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra Wild, Birgit Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy Barta, Jiri Capek, Petr Gentsch, Norman Guggenberger, Georg Hugelius, Gustaf Knoltsch, Anna Kuhry, Peter Lashchinskiy, Nikolay Mikutta, Robert Palmtag, Juri Prommer, Judith Schnecker, Joerg Shibistova, Olga Takriti, Mounir Urich, Tim Richter, Andreas 2018-03 https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/124061/ https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa4fa unknown Wild, Birgit and Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy and Barta, Jiri and Capek, Petr and Gentsch, Norman and Guggenberger, Georg and Hugelius, Gustaf and Knoltsch, Anna and Kuhry, Peter and Lashchinskiy, Nikolay and Mikutta, Robert and Palmtag, Juri and Prommer, Judith and Schnecker, Joerg and Shibistova, Olga and Takriti, Mounir and Urich, Tim and Richter, Andreas (2018) Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (3). ISSN 1748-9326 Journal Article PeerReviewed 2018 ftulancaster https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa4fa 2023-08-03T22:32:51Z Arctic plant productivity is often limited by low soil N availability. This has been attributed to slow breakdown of N-containing polymers in litter and soil organic matter (SOM) into smaller, available units, and to shallow plant rooting constrained by permafrost and high soil moisture. Using N-15 pool dilution assays, we here quantified gross amino acid and ammonium production rates in 97 active layer samples from four sites across the Siberian Arctic. We found that amino acid production in organic layers alone exceeded literature-based estimates of maximum plant N uptake 17-fold and therefore reject the hypothesis that arctic plant N limitation results from slow SOM breakdown. High microbial N use efficiency in organic layers rather suggests strong competition of microorganisms and plants in the dominant rooting zone. Deeper horizons showed lower amino acid production rates per volume, but also lower microbial N use efficiency. Permafrost thaw together with soil drainage might facilitate deeper plant rooting and uptake of previously inaccessible subsoil N, and thereby promote plant productivity in arctic ecosystems. We conclude that changes in microbial decomposer activity, microbial N utilization and plant root density with soil depth interactively control N availability for plants in the Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic permafrost Tundra Lancaster University: Lancaster Eprints Arctic Environmental Research Letters 13 3 034002 |
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Arctic plant productivity is often limited by low soil N availability. This has been attributed to slow breakdown of N-containing polymers in litter and soil organic matter (SOM) into smaller, available units, and to shallow plant rooting constrained by permafrost and high soil moisture. Using N-15 pool dilution assays, we here quantified gross amino acid and ammonium production rates in 97 active layer samples from four sites across the Siberian Arctic. We found that amino acid production in organic layers alone exceeded literature-based estimates of maximum plant N uptake 17-fold and therefore reject the hypothesis that arctic plant N limitation results from slow SOM breakdown. High microbial N use efficiency in organic layers rather suggests strong competition of microorganisms and plants in the dominant rooting zone. Deeper horizons showed lower amino acid production rates per volume, but also lower microbial N use efficiency. Permafrost thaw together with soil drainage might facilitate deeper plant rooting and uptake of previously inaccessible subsoil N, and thereby promote plant productivity in arctic ecosystems. We conclude that changes in microbial decomposer activity, microbial N utilization and plant root density with soil depth interactively control N availability for plants in the Arctic. |
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Wild, Birgit Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy Barta, Jiri Capek, Petr Gentsch, Norman Guggenberger, Georg Hugelius, Gustaf Knoltsch, Anna Kuhry, Peter Lashchinskiy, Nikolay Mikutta, Robert Palmtag, Juri Prommer, Judith Schnecker, Joerg Shibistova, Olga Takriti, Mounir Urich, Tim Richter, Andreas |
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Wild, Birgit Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy Barta, Jiri Capek, Petr Gentsch, Norman Guggenberger, Georg Hugelius, Gustaf Knoltsch, Anna Kuhry, Peter Lashchinskiy, Nikolay Mikutta, Robert Palmtag, Juri Prommer, Judith Schnecker, Joerg Shibistova, Olga Takriti, Mounir Urich, Tim Richter, Andreas Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra |
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Wild, Birgit Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy Barta, Jiri Capek, Petr Gentsch, Norman Guggenberger, Georg Hugelius, Gustaf Knoltsch, Anna Kuhry, Peter Lashchinskiy, Nikolay Mikutta, Robert Palmtag, Juri Prommer, Judith Schnecker, Joerg Shibistova, Olga Takriti, Mounir Urich, Tim Richter, Andreas |
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Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra |
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Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra |
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Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra |
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Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra |
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Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra |
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amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in siberian tundra |
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Wild, Birgit and Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy and Barta, Jiri and Capek, Petr and Gentsch, Norman and Guggenberger, Georg and Hugelius, Gustaf and Knoltsch, Anna and Kuhry, Peter and Lashchinskiy, Nikolay and Mikutta, Robert and Palmtag, Juri and Prommer, Judith and Schnecker, Joerg and Shibistova, Olga and Takriti, Mounir and Urich, Tim and Richter, Andreas (2018) Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (3). ISSN 1748-9326 |
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