Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1006/jare.2002.1094 |
Title: Importance of nitrogen fixation in soil crusts of southern African arid ecosystems: acetylene reduction and stable isotope studies | |
Aranibar, JN; Anderson, IC; Ringrose, S; Macko, SA | |
通讯作者 | Aranibar, JN |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
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ISSN | 0140-1963 |
出版年 | 2003 |
卷号 | 54期号:2页码:345-358 |
英文摘要 | Cyanobacterial soil crusts may be important in arid and semi-arid ecosystems because of their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. (N-2). These crusts are very sensitive to-trampling by animals, and their destruction can decrease ecosystem N inputs, affecting the productivity of the region. The objective of this study was to quantify the nitrogen-fixing activity in soil crusts during the wet season in southern African ecosystems using in situ acetylene reduction assays. The average acetylene reduction rates for each site ranged from 88 to 535 nmol m(-2) h(-1); were highly variable, and were lower than previously reported for other, arid areas. All soil samples showed acetylene. reduction activity; however, soils with crusts supported higher rates. than did "non-crusty." soils under litter, moss, or sand. High: values of N-15 natural abundance (delta(15)N) indicated that processes other than N fixation were more important in the crusts than N fixation. For example, coupled nitrification/ denitrification and ammonia volatilization or atmospheric deposition of N-15-enriched nitrate or ammonium may have caused shifts in delta(15)N within the soil crusts. The estimated annual N fixation rates ranged from 8 to 44 g N ha(-1) year(-1), orders of magnitude lower than values estimated in other studies. The anomalous wet conditions experienced during the year of-the study may have increased the temporal availability of soil mineral N and decreased N fixation rates. However, the presence of N fixation activity in all crusts analysed and their ability to survive at high temperature and after long dry periods may provide, ecosystem resilience, facilitating ecosystem recovery after severe droughts. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. |
英文关键词 | soil crusts N fixation Kalahari acetylene reduction isotopes savanna |
类型 | Article ; Proceedings Paper |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Botswana |
收录类别 | CPCI-S ; SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000182495600007 |
WOS关键词 | CONVERSION FACTOR ; DESERT ; DISTURBANCE ; EMISSIONS ; PLANTS ; CYANOBACTERIA ; SAVANNA ; LICHENS ; CARBON ; ALGAE |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/144980 |
作者单位 | (1)Univ Virginia, Dept Environm Sci, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA;(2)Coll William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA;(3)Virginia Inst Marine Sci, Gloucester Point, VA 23062 USA;(4)Univ Botswana, Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Res Ctr, Gaborone, Botswana |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Aranibar, JN,Anderson, IC,Ringrose, S,et al. Title: Importance of nitrogen fixation in soil crusts of southern African arid ecosystems: acetylene reduction and stable isotope studies[J],2003,54(2):345-358. |
APA | Aranibar, JN,Anderson, IC,Ringrose, S,&Macko, SA.(2003).Title: Importance of nitrogen fixation in soil crusts of southern African arid ecosystems: acetylene reduction and stable isotope studies.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,54(2),345-358. |
MLA | Aranibar, JN,et al."Title: Importance of nitrogen fixation in soil crusts of southern African arid ecosystems: acetylene reduction and stable isotope studies".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 54.2(2003):345-358. |
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