bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Carbon sequestration in forest soils: effects of soil type, atmospheric CO2 enrichment, and N deposition
Authors: Hagedorn F. , Maurer S. , Egli P. , Blaser P. , Bucher J. B. , Siegwolf R. 
Published: March 2003

SummarySoil contains the major part of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems, but the response of this carbon to enriching the atmosphere in CO2 and to increased N deposition is not completely understood. We studied the effects of CO2 concentrations at 370 and 570 μmol CO2 mol−1 air and increased N deposition (7 against 0.7 g N m−2 year−1) on the dynamics of soil organic C in two types of forest soil in model ecosystems with spruce and beech established in large open‐top chambers containing an acidic loam and a calcareous sand. The added CO2 was depleted in 13C and thus the net input of new C into soil organic carbon and the mineralization of native C could be quantified.Soil type was the greatest determining factor in carbon dynamics. After 4 years, the net input of new C in the acidic loam (670 ± 30 g C m−2) exceeded that in the calcareous sand (340 ± 40 g C m−2) although the soil produced less biomass. The mineralization of native organic C accounted for 700 ± 90 g C m−2 in the acidic loam and for 2800 ± 170 g C m−2 in the calcareous sand. Unfavourable conditions for mineralization and a greater physico‐chemical protection of C by clay and oxides in the acidic loam are probably the main reasons for these differences. The organic C content of the acidic loam was 230 g C m−2 more under the large than under the small N treatment. As suggested by a negligible impact of N inputs on the fraction of new C in the acidic loam, this increase resulted mainly from a suppressed mineralization of native C. In the calcareous sand, N deposition did not influence C concentrations. The impacts of CO2 enrichment on C concentrations were small. In the uppermost 10 cm of the acidic loam, larger CO2 concentrations increased C contents by 50–170 g C m−2. Below 10 cm depth in the acidic loam and at all soil depths in the calcareous sand, CO2 concentrations had no significant impact on soil C concentrations. Up to 40% of the ‘new’ carbon of the acidic loam was found in the coarse sand fraction, which accounted for only 7% of the total soil volume. This suggests that a large part of the CO2‐derived ‘new’ C was incorporated into the labile and easily mineralizable pool in the soil.
Determination of surface area of soil by adsorption methods
Authors: Ferreiro E. A. , DE Bussetti S. G. , Helmy A. K. 
Published: March 2003

SummaryHow significant are estimates of surface areas of soils obtained by adsorption methods? To answer this we tested the applicability of an equation that relates monolayer coverage (N) of an adsorbent with the area (A) of adsorbate, NAz = k, for six soil samples using six adsorbates of different sizes. The data obtained confirm the validity of the equation with the z parameter ranging between 1.25 and 1.41. Hence each soil sample showed preferences towards small‐sized adsorbates for which the product NA (calculated surface area) is inversely related to the size of adsorbate. We also demonstrated that the equation has roots in the Langmuir adsorption equation.
Spin accounting and RESTORE – two new methods to improve quantitation in solid‐state 13C NMR analysis of soil organic matter
Authors: Smernik R. J. , Oades J. M. 
Published: March 2003

SummaryRapid T1ρH relaxation and inefficient cross‐polarization have long been known to affect quantitation in solid‐state 13C cross‐polarization (CP) NMR spectra of soil organic matter. We have developed two new techniques to overcome these problems. The first, spin accounting, enables accurate gauging of how quantitative a spectrum is likely to be. The result is expressed as the percentage of potential NMR signal that can be accounted for (Cobs). Spin accounting improves on the established spin counting technique by correcting for rapid T1ρH relaxation and inefficient cross‐polarization. Spin accounting identifies three components: one that is well represented in CP spectra, one that is under‐represented in CP spectra due to rapid T1ρH relaxation, and one that is under‐represented in CP spectra due to inefficient cross‐polarization. For a range of eight de‐ashed soils, Cobs was in the range 83–106%, indicating that virtually all potential signal could be accounted for after correcting for rapid T1ρH relaxation and inefficient cross‐polarization. The second new technique, RESTORE (REstoration of Spectra via TCH and T One Rho (T1ρH) Editing), generates subspectra for the three components identified in spin accounting. The sum of the three RESTORE subspectra is essentially a corrected CP spectrum. The RESTORE spectra of all eight soils more closely resembled the corresponding, and presumably quantitative, Bloch decay spectra than did the CP spectra. RESTORE identifies the types of structures underestimated by CP, and the cause of their underestimation. Rapid T1ρH relaxation most affected carbonyl and carbohydrate carbons, whereas inefficient cross‐polarization most affected aromatic carbons.
Genesis of the terrae rossae of the Sierra Gádor (Andalusia, Spain)
Authors: Delgado R. , Martín‐ García J. M. , Oyonarte C. , Delgado G. 
Published: March 2003

SummarySome aspects of the genesis of terrae rossae are still subject to controversy while others related to the genesis of the mineral fraction have been studied very little. We have studied four terrae rossae over limestone (two Chromic‐Leptic Luvisols, a Rhodi‐Leptic Luvisol and a Chromi‐Leptic Cambisol) in Sierra Gádor (Almería, southern Spain), in particular the various formation processes by (i) examination of their morphological, analytical and mineralogical characteristics (including crystallochemical parameters of the mica), (ii) examination of the insoluble residue of the gravel and rock, (iii) scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of sand and silt grains, and (iv) examination of the geochemistry of the soil solution. We have investigated the autochthonous or allochthonous nature of the soil material (fine earth and gravel) in relation to the rocky substrate, concluding that both origins are possible. Our SEM study of the morphology of the quartz grains shows that some are insoluble residue and some are probably wind blown from desert and coastal sources. The micas in the fine earth fractions are inherited from the insoluble residue. Comparison of the crystallochemical parameters of micas in the insoluble residue and the soil clay shows that the clay has more SiIV and (Fe, Mg)VI, and less AlIV, AlVI and x (layer charge) than the insoluble residue. It also has fewer polytypes 2M1 and more 1M and has a smaller crystal size, especially in B horizons. The kaolinite is of varied origins including neoformation and inheritance from underlying rock. Some of the kaolinite and some mica has been blown in from elsewhere, probably from desert and coastal sources. The soils have undergone other typical processes of terrae rossae including dissolution of carbonate, illuviation of clay and iron oxides, and rubifaction.
Temperature effects on N mineralization: changes in soil solution composition and determination of temperature coefficients by TDR
Authors: De Neve S. , Hartmann R. , Hofman G. 
Published: March 2003

SummaryWe studied the changes in composition of the soil solution following mineralization of N at different temperatures, with a view to using TDR to calculate temperature coefficients for the mineralization of N. Mineralization from soil organic nitrogen was measured during aerobic incubation under controlled conditions at six temperatures ranging from 5.5 to 30°C, and at constant water content in a loamy sand soil. We also monitored during the incubation the concentrations of SO42–, Cl–, HCO3–, Ca2+, K+, Mg2+ and Na+, and the pH and the electrical conductivity in 1:2 soil:water extracts. Zero‐order N mineralization rates ranged between 0.164 at 5.5°C and 0.865 mg N kg−1 soil day−1 at 30°C. There was a significant decrease in soil pH during incubation, of up to 0.6 pH units at the end of the incubation at 30°C. The electrical conductivity of the soil extracts increased significantly at all temperatures (the increase between the start and the end of the incubation was 4‐fold at 30°C) and was strongly correlated with N mineralization. The ratio of bivalent to monovalent cations increased markedly during mineralization (from 2.2 to 5.9 at 30°C), and this increase influenced the evolution of the electrical conductivity of the soil solution through the differences in molar‐limiting ion conductivity between mainly Ca2+ and K+. Zero‐order mineralization rate constants, k, for NO3– concentrations calculated from TDR varied between 0.070 (at 5.5°C) and 0.734 mg N kg−1 soil day−1 (at 30°C), which were slightly smaller, but in the same range, as the measured rates. Underestimation of the measured N mineralization rates was due, at least in part, to differences in cation composition of the soil solution between calibration and mineralization experiments. A temperature‐dependence model for N mineralization from soil organic matter was fitted to both the measured and the TDR‐calculated mineralization rates, k and kTDR, respectively. There were no significant differences between the model parameters from the two. Our results are promising for further use of TDR to monitor soil organic N mineralization. However, the influence of changing cation ratios will also have to be taken into account when trying to predict N mineralization from measured electrical conductivities.
Spatial distribution and overlap between ichthyoplankton and pelagic fish and squids on the southern flank of Georges Bank
Authors: Garrison Lance P. , Michaels William , Link Jason S. , Fogarty Michael J. 
Published: March 2003

AbstractWe conducted larval and adult fish surveys on the southern flank of Georges Bank during the spring of two years (1990 and 1995) with contrasting physical conditions. We employed canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) to examine the relationships between physical variables and the spatial distribution of pelagic fish and ichthyoplankton. Surface temperature bottom temperature, and vertical stratification were significant factors affecting larval fish distributions, and there were groups of species with similar responses to these variables. There were also consistent relationships between physical variables and pelagic fish and squid abundances and spatial distributions. Pelagic fish and ichthyoplankton with similar responses to hydrographic variables had high spatial overlap, and variation in hydrographic regimes modulated the strength of this interaction. Pelagic fish and squids are potentially important predators of both larval and juvenile fish on Georges Bank. Hydrographic structure modulates the degree of spatial overlap and therefore likely influences the strength of predator–prey interactions.
Coexistence of anadromous and lacustrine life histories of the shirauo, Salangichthys microdon
Authors: Arai T. , Hayano H. , Asami H. , Miyazaki N. 
Published: March 2003

AbstractThe environmental history of the shirauo, Salangichthys microdon, was examined in terms of strontium (Sr) and calcium (Ca) uptake in the otolith, by means of wavelength dispersive X‐ray spectrometry on an electron microprobe. Anadromous and lacustrine type of the shirauo were found to occur sympatric. Otolith Sr concentration or Sr : Ca ratios of anadromous shirauo fluctuated strongly along the life‐history transect in accordance with the migration (habitat) pattern from sea to freshwater. In contrast, the Sr concentration or the Sr : Ca ratios of lacustrine shirauo remained at consistently low levels throughout the otolith. The higher ratios in anadromous shirauo, in the otolith region from the core to 90–230 μm, corresponded to the initial sea‐going period, probably reflecting the ambient salinity or the seawater–freshwater gradient in Sr concentration. The findings clearly indicated that otolith Sr : Ca ratios reflected individual life histories, enabling these anadromous shirauo to be distinguished from lacustrine shirauo.
A portable flow chamber forin situdetermination of benthic metabolism
Authors: Dodds W. K. , Brock J. 
Published: March 2003

1. Many stream ecologists are interested in determining the metabolic rates of benthic organisms, particularly those of production and respiration. It is often necessary to make these measurements on fresh material in the field at remote sites. Recirculating chambers are commonly used for this purpose.2. A broad variety of recirculating chambers are described in the literature, but each design has inherent limitations. The most common are inability to control flow in the chamber and match it with external flow rates, and a lack of the power required to do this for extended periods. Alteration of spectral irradiance, temperature rise and elevated internal chamber pressures are additional limitations that have received little attention.3. We have designed and constructed a flow chamber that eliminates some of these problems. The chamber utilizes a DC motor‐driven propeller as an efficient recirculator (axial impeller), minimizing power requirements and it is constructed of UVB transparent acrylic to allow a full spectral complement of solar irradiance in the interior. Modular components allow the chamber to be taken apart quickly for cleaning and replacement of parts, making it more functional than some previous designs.4. The axial impeller chamber was compared to a similar sized conventional chamber that had a small diameter return line and a high capacity centrifugal pump. The axial impeller chamber had less of a temperature rise during field incubations, lower power consumption and less internal pressure in the return line when producing equivalent water velocities.5. The reported axial impeller design had relatively homogeneous velocity across the working section relative to other chambers and was capable of water velocities in excess of 1 m s–1.
Ecology of cryptophytes coexisting near a freshwater chemocline
Authors: Gervais Frank 
Published: March 2003

1. A deep chlorophyll maximum dominated by Cryptomonas phaseolus, Cryptomonas undulata and often also by Cryptomonas rostratiformis was observed near the summer chemocline of the dimictic, meso‐eutrophic lake Schlachtensee from 1990 to 1996.2. The cryptophyte populations occupied a stratified water column of about 2 m thickness just below the oxycline. They were never observed in the summer epilimnion. In their habitat, oxygen concentration was always lower than 1 mg L–1 and light was growth‐limiting, whereas nitrogen and phosphorus were available at high concentrations.3. A very large portion of the populations stayed in the anaerobic, sulphide‐containing water layer. Below the chemocline, purple and green sulphur bacteria coexisted.4. The cryptophyte populations were maintained by in situ growth due to low‐light adapted photosynthesis and not due to phagotrophy.5. Short‐term changes in the light climate near the chemocline could explain the coexistence of different cryptophyte species.
Length–weight relationships of eight freshwater planktonic crustacean species in Japan
Authors: Kawabata Keiichi , Urabe Jotaro 
Published: March 2003

1. The relationships between body length and dry weight were examined for eight species of freshwater planktonic crustacea common in Japan: Eodiaptomus japonicus, Acanthodiaptomus pacificus, Daphnia galeata, D. similis, D. magna, Scapholeberis mucronata, Simocephalus exspinosus and Bosmina longirostris.2. The relationships of two diaptomid species were similar and the approximate equation was lnW = 2.7 + 2.6*lnL, where L is prosome length (mm) and W is dry weight (μg). The carapace length–dry weight relationships in branchiopods were more variable, with the slope ranging from 1.9 to 2.9 and the intercept from 2.0 to 3.7.3. The effects of food conditions on the relationship were examined in the laboratory, and the seasonal changes in the field were also studied.4. Practical advice is presented for predicting crustacean weight from body length.
Comparative feeding selectivity of herbivorous insects on water lilies: aquatic vs. semi‐terrestrial insects and submersed vs. floating leaves
Authors: Cronin Greg , Wissing Katherine D. , Lodge David M. 
Published: March 2003

1. The rate of grazing damage experienced by submersed and floating leaves of water lilies (Nuphar variegata and Nymphaea odorata) was monitored in lakes in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S.A. Herbivores damaged 0.2–1.7% of the leaf surface of water lilies per day. These grazing rates differed between plant species, between submersed and floating leaves, and between lakes. Some leaves had more than 60% of their surface damaged and an overall mean of 16% damage occurred during the 2–3 week monitoring period of this study.2. Snapshot measurements of grazing damage on randomly collected submersed and floating leaves of Nuphar showed that submersed leaves were more damaged (11.0 ± 1.6%, n = 84) than floating leaves (3.8 ± 0.6%, n = 92). Overall, these 176 Nuphar leaves had 7.2% of their area damaged.3. Five species of herbivorous insects were commonly found on water lilies (Nymphaeacea). One primarily aquatic insect (sensuNewman 1991), a caddisfly larva (Trichoptera: Limniphilidae), had a generalized diet of water lilies, other macrophytes, algae, and detritus. Four of the five insects were from primarily terrestrial insect groups (Coleoptera and Diptera;‘secondary invaders’, sensuNewman 1991) and consumed only water lilies in food preference experiments.4. The feeding preferences of the generalist trichopteran were altered when the macrophytes were freeze‐dried, ground into a powder, and reconstituted in an alginate gel. This suggests that plant structure may be an important feeding determinant for this insect. In contrast, a specialist weevil preferred its host plant in choice assays, regardless of whether fresh tissue or reconstituted macrophytes were used, suggesting this insect cued on a unique, non‐structural property of its host plant.5. These results suggest that herbivory on freshwater macrophytes is of a similar magnitude to that on terrestrial plants. The findings of this study are consistent with the hypothesis that herbivorous insects of primarily terrestrial groups have a narrower diet breadth than insects of primarily aquatic groups.
Comparisons of benthic communities adjacent to riparian native eucalypt and introduced willow vegetation
Authors: Read Martin G. , Barmuta LeoN. A. 
Published: March 2003

1. Willows, Salix spp., have been widely introduced as a riparian species in temperate Australia and New Zealand. The present study was a broad‐scale observational survey to document the differences between reaches of river lined with willows and native vegetation in the community structure of benthic invertebrates and the resources which these plants use.2. Nine rivers in south‐eastern Tasmania were examined on three occasions in autumn, spring and summer. Taxa were identified to family level, with the exception of Oligochaeta and Acarina, and benthic organic matter (CPOM and FPOM) and epilithic biomass were measured for each reach.3. Taxon diversity and evenness were lower in willowed reaches in autumn, and total macroinvertebrate density and number of taxa were lowest in willowed reaches in summer. No differences in the fauna between willowed and native reaches were observed in spring. Measures of community similarity of the fauna in willowed and native reaches were significantly different in autumn and summer, but not in spring.4. The taxa responsible for the significant differences seemed to be responding to differences in food availability and habitat quality in reaches of each vegetation type. Organic matter standing stock was higher in willowed reaches in autumn although the influence of these litter inputs on the fauna were not marked. Epilithon biomass was highest in autumn and spring in willowed reaches when shading in these reaches was least.5. The most marked differences between willowed and native reaches were during summer low flows, when the instream fauna appeared to be responding to changes to shading, water quality and the quality of the habitat.
The importance of crayfish in the breakdown of rhododendron leaf litter
Authors: Schofield Kate A. , Pringle Catherine M. , Meyer Judy L. , Sutherland Andrew B. 
Published: March 2003

1. Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) is a common evergreen shrub in riparian areas of the southern Appalachians, where its leaves can comprise a large proportion of leaf litter in streams. However, they are relatively refractory and generally considered a low quality food resource for detritivores.2. Our objective was to assess whether macroconsumers [primarily crayfish (Cambarus bartonii)] influence rhododendron leaf breakdown in a forested southern Appalachian stream in both summer (when leaves other than rhododendron are relatively scarce) and autumn (when other leaves are relatively abundant). We conducted two leaf decay experiments, one in summer and one in autumn, using pre‐conditioned leaves. Macroconsumers were excluded from the benthos of a fourth‐order stream using electric ‘fences’; we predicted that excluding macroconsumers would reduce the decay rate of rhododendron leaves in both summer and autumn.3. In both experiments, breakdown rate was lower in exclusion treatments. Macroconsumers accounted for approximately 33 and 54% of rhododendron decay in summer and autumn, respectively. We attribute this effect to direct shredding of rhododendron by crayfish. Biomass of insect shredders, insect predators and fungi did not differ between control and exclusion treatments, indicating that insectivorous sculpins (Cottus bairdi) had no effect on rhododendron decay and that omnivorous crayfish did not exert an indirect effect via alteration of insect or fungal biomass.4. The influence of shredding insects varied between summer and autumn. In summer, when other, more palatable leaf types were not available, rhododendron leaf packs appeared to provide ‘resource islands’ for insect shredders. There was a significant inverse relationship between insect shredders and leaf pack mass in the summer exclusion treatment: insects were the only organisms eating leaves in this treatment and, as shredder biomass increased, remaining leaf pack mass decreased. In the control treatment, however, we did not see this relationship; here, the effect of insect shredders was presumably swamped by the impact of crayfish. In autumn, when other leaves were abundant, insect shredder biomass in rhododendron leaf packs was less than one‐third of summer values.5. Even at low density (approximately 2 m–2) crayfish were able to influence an ecosystem process such as leaf decay in both summer and autumn. Given the threatened status of many crayfish species in the United States, this finding is especially relevant. Even small alterations in crayfish assemblages, whether via loss of native species and/or introduction of exotic species, may have significant repercussions for ecosystem function.