Production of Total Potentially Soluble Organic C, N, and P Across an Ecosystem Chronosequence: Root versus Leaf Litter |
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Authors: | Shauna M Uselman Robert G Qualls Juliane Lilienfein |
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Institution: | (1) Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Program, Natural Resources and Environmental Science Department, MS 370, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA;(2) USDA-ARS, Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit, Reno, Nevada 89512, USA;(3) Natural Resources and Environmental Science Department, MS 370, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA;(4) Present address: Synergy Resource Solutions, Inc., 5393 Hamm Road, Belgrade, Montana 59714, USA |
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Abstract: | Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays several important roles in forest ecosystem development, undergoing chemical, physical
and/or biological reactions that affect ecosystem nutrient retention. Very few studies have focused on gross rates of DOM
production, and we know of no study that has directly measured DOM production from root litter. Our objectives were to quantify
major sources of total potentially water-soluble organic matter (DOMtps) production, with an emphasis on production from root litter, to quantify and compare total potentially soluble organic C,
N, and P (DOCtps, DONtps, and DOPtps) production, and to quantify changes in their production during forest primary succession and ecosystem development at the
Mt. Shasta Mudflows ecosystem chronosequence. To do so, we exhaustively extracted freshly senesced root and leaf and other
aboveground litter for DOCtps, DONtps, and DOPtps by vegetation category, and we calculated DOMtps production (g m−2 y−1) at the ecosystem level using data for annual production of fine root and aboveground litter. DOM production from throughfall
was calculated by measuring throughfall volume and concentration over 2 years. Results showed that DOMtps production from root litter was a very important source of DOMtps in the Mount Shasta mudflow ecosystems, in some cases comparable to production from leaf litter for DONtps and larger than production from leaf litter for DOPtps. Total DOCtps and DONtps production from all sources increased early in succession from the 77- to the 255-year-old ecosystem. However, total DOPtps production across the ecosystem chronosequence showed a unique pattern. Generally, the relative importance of root litter
for total fine detrital DOCtps and DONtps production increased significantly during ecosystem development. Furthermore, DOCtps and DONtps production were predominantly driven by changes in biomass production during ecosystem development, whereas changes in litter
solubility due to changes in species composition had a smaller effect. We suggest that DOMtps production from root litter may be an important source of organic matter for the accumulation of SOM during forest ecosystem
development.
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Shauna M. Uselman, Robert G. Qualls, and Juliane Lilienfein conceived of or designed the study and performed research. SMU
analyzed data and wrote the article. SMU and RGQ contributed new methods or models. |
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Keywords: | belowground production dissolved organic carbon (DOC) dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) fine root litter temperate forest primary succession |
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