Arid
DOI10.1007/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
ISSN0168-2563
EISSN1573-515X
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
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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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