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Thawing permafrost increases old soil and autotrophic respiration in tundra: Partitioning ecosystem respiration using δ13C and Δ14C
被引:119
作者:
Pries, Caitlin E. Hicks
[1
]
Schuur, Edward A. G.
[1
]
Crummer, Kathryn G.
[1
]
机构:
[1] Univ Florida, Dept Biol, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
关键词:
autotrophic respiration;
ecosystem respiration;
heterotrophic respiration;
partitioning;
permafrost thaw;
radiocarbon;
seasonality;
delta C-13;
CARBON-ISOTOPE RATIOS;
CO2;
EFFLUX;
STABLE-ISOTOPES;
ORGANIC-MATTER;
HETEROTROPHIC COMPONENTS;
TEMPERATE FOREST;
MOLECULAR-SIEVE;
PLANT;
C-13;
RADIOCARBON;
D O I:
10.1111/gcb.12058
中图分类号:
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号:
090705 ;
摘要:
Ecosystem respiration (R-eco) is one of the largest terrestrial carbon (C) fluxes. The effect of climate change on R-eco depends on the responses of its autotrophic and heterotrophic components. How autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration sources respond to climate change is especially important in ecosystems underlain by permafrost. Permafrost ecosystems contain vast stores of soil C (1672 Pg) and are located in northern latitudes where climate change is accelerated. Warming will cause a positive feedback to climate change if heterotrophic respiration increases without corresponding increases in primary production. We quantified the response of autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration to permafrost thaw across the 2008 and 2009 growing seasons. We partitioned R-eco using Delta(14) C and delta C-13 into four sources-two autotrophic (above - and belowground plant structures) and two heterotrophic (young and old soil). We sampled the Delta C-14 and delta C-13 of sources using incubations and the Delta C-14 and delta C-13 of R-eco using field measurements. We then used a Bayesian mixing model to solve for the most likely contributions of each source to R-eco. Autotrophic respiration ranged from 40 to 70% of R-eco and was greatest at the height of the growing season. Old soil heterotrophic respiration ranged from 6 to 18% of R-eco and was greatest where permafrost thaw was deepest. Overall, growing season fluxes of autotrophic and old soil heterotrophic respiration increased as permafrost thaw deepened. Areas with greater thaw also had the greatest primary production. Warming in permafrost ecosystems therefore leads to increased plant and old soil respiration that is initially compensated by increased net primary productivity. However, barring large shifts in plant community composition, future increases in old soil respiration will likely outpace productivity, resulting in a positive feedback to climate change.
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页码:649 / 661
页数:13
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