Moss-nitrogen input to boreal forest soils: Tracking N-15 in a field experiment
Cyanobacteria living epiphytically on mosses in pristine, unpolluted areas fix substantial amounts of atmospheric nitrogen (N) and therefore represent a primary source of N in N-limited boreal forests. However, the fate of this N is unclear, in particular, how the fixed N-2 enters the soil and becom...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:4a2104fd-ac81-4d34-a0bf-694b3ec321da 2023-05-15T17:44:49+02:00 Moss-nitrogen input to boreal forest soils: Tracking N-15 in a field experiment Rousk, Kathrin Jones, David L. DeLuca, Thomas H. 2014 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/4488398 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.031 eng eng Elsevier https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/4488398 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.031 wos:000334973700013 scopus:84894069902 Soil Biology & Biochemistry; 72, pp 100-104 (2014) ISSN: 0038-0717 Biological Sciences Biological N-2 fixation Bryophytes Cyanobacteria Forest ecology N cycle N limitation Stable isotopes contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2014 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.031 2023-02-01T23:35:34Z Cyanobacteria living epiphytically on mosses in pristine, unpolluted areas fix substantial amounts of atmospheric nitrogen (N) and therefore represent a primary source of N in N-limited boreal forests. However, the fate of this N is unclear, in particular, how the fixed N-2 enters the soil and becomes available to the ecosystem. In this study, we applied N-15-ammonium chloride (N-15-NH4Cl) onto carpets of the feather moss Pleurozium schreberi and traced the N-15 label into green (living) and brown (senescent) moss and into the upper soil layer over time. Further, we placed filters between moss and soil to assess the role of moss-associated fungi for N-transfer to the soil. The experiment was conducted at endpoints of a N-2 fixation gradient in Northern Sweden. Feather moss retained the applied N in the green moss parts for up to 1 year and no increase of excess N-15 was found in the brown moss parts or in the soil within that same time frame. The filter treatment did not alter the N-15-distribution in moss or soil. Nitrogen retention in the moss was similar regardless of position along the N-2 fixation gradient. Our results suggest that mosses represent a short-term inorganic N sink and that transfer of N to the soil is not facilitated by fungal hyphae. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Lund University Publications (LUP) Soil Biology and Biochemistry 72 100 104 |
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Cyanobacteria living epiphytically on mosses in pristine, unpolluted areas fix substantial amounts of atmospheric nitrogen (N) and therefore represent a primary source of N in N-limited boreal forests. However, the fate of this N is unclear, in particular, how the fixed N-2 enters the soil and becomes available to the ecosystem. In this study, we applied N-15-ammonium chloride (N-15-NH4Cl) onto carpets of the feather moss Pleurozium schreberi and traced the N-15 label into green (living) and brown (senescent) moss and into the upper soil layer over time. Further, we placed filters between moss and soil to assess the role of moss-associated fungi for N-transfer to the soil. The experiment was conducted at endpoints of a N-2 fixation gradient in Northern Sweden. Feather moss retained the applied N in the green moss parts for up to 1 year and no increase of excess N-15 was found in the brown moss parts or in the soil within that same time frame. The filter treatment did not alter the N-15-distribution in moss or soil. Nitrogen retention in the moss was similar regardless of position along the N-2 fixation gradient. Our results suggest that mosses represent a short-term inorganic N sink and that transfer of N to the soil is not facilitated by fungal hyphae. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Moss-nitrogen input to boreal forest soils: Tracking N-15 in a field experiment |
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Moss-nitrogen input to boreal forest soils: Tracking N-15 in a field experiment |
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Moss-nitrogen input to boreal forest soils: Tracking N-15 in a field experiment |
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moss-nitrogen input to boreal forest soils: tracking n-15 in a field experiment |
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