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DOI | 10.1007/s10533-011-9650-7 |
Greenhouse gas fluxes from Atacama Desert soils: a test of biogeochemical potential at the Earth’s arid extreme | |
Hall, Steven J.; Silver, Whendee L.; Amundson, Ronald | |
通讯作者 | Hall, Steven J. |
来源期刊 | BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
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ISSN | 0168-2563 |
EISSN | 1573-515X |
出版年 | 2012 |
卷号 | 111期号:1-3页码:303-315 |
英文摘要 | Most terrestrial ecosystems support a similar suite of biogeochemical processes largely dependent on the availability of water and labile carbon (C). Here, we explored the biogeochemical potential of soils from Earth’s driest ecosystem, the Atacama Desert, characterized by extremely low moisture and organic C. We sampled surface soil horizons from sites ranging from the Atacama’s hyper-arid core to less-arid locations at higher elevation that supported sparse vegetation. We performed laboratory incubations and measured fluxes of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), and methane (CH4) as indices of potential biogeochemical activity across this gradient. We were able to stimulate trace gas production at all sites, and treatment responses often suggested the influence of microbial processes. Sites with extant vegetation had higher C concentrations (0.13-0.68%) and produced more CO2 under oxic than sub-oxic conditions, suggesting the presence of aerobic microbial decomposers. In contrast, abiotic CO2 production appeared to predominate in the most arid and C-poor (< 0.08% C) sites without plants, with one notable exception. Soils were either a weak source or sink of CH4 under oxic conditions, whereas anoxia stimulated CH4 production across all sites. Several sites were rich in nitrate, and we stimulated N2O fluxes in all soils by headspace manipulation or dissolved organic matter addition. Peak N2O fluxes in the most C-poor soil (0.02% C) were very high, exceeding 3 ng nitrogen g(-1) h(-1) under anoxic conditions. These results provide evidence of resilience of at least some soil biogeochemical capacity to long-term water and C deprivation in the world’s driest ecosystem. Atacama soils appear capable of responding biogeochemically to moisture inputs, and could conceivably constitute a regionally-important source of N2O under altered rainfall regimes, analogous to other temperate deserts. |
英文关键词 | Arid Atacama Desert Chile Global change Methane Nitrous oxide Resilience Wet-up |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000314063200019 |
WOS关键词 | MICROBIAL LIFE ; DRY LIMIT ; OXIDE ; ECOSYSTEM |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology |
来源机构 | University of California, Berkeley |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/171547 |
作者单位 | Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Environm Sci Policy & Management, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hall, Steven J.,Silver, Whendee L.,Amundson, Ronald. Greenhouse gas fluxes from Atacama Desert soils: a test of biogeochemical potential at the Earth’s arid extreme[J]. University of California, Berkeley,2012,111(1-3):303-315. |
APA | Hall, Steven J.,Silver, Whendee L.,&Amundson, Ronald.(2012).Greenhouse gas fluxes from Atacama Desert soils: a test of biogeochemical potential at the Earth’s arid extreme.BIOGEOCHEMISTRY,111(1-3),303-315. |
MLA | Hall, Steven J.,et al."Greenhouse gas fluxes from Atacama Desert soils: a test of biogeochemical potential at the Earth’s arid extreme".BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 111.1-3(2012):303-315. |
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