Experimentally simulated sea level rise destabilizes carbon-mineral associations in temperate tidal marsh soil

Fettrow, Sean; Vargas, Rodrigo; Seyfferth, Angelia L.

doi:10.1007/s10533-023-01024-z

Experimentally simulated sea level rise destabilizes carbon-mineral associations in temperate tidal marsh soil

Journal Article · 06 February 2023 · Biogeochemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01024-z· OSTI ID:2422077

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Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)

How sea level rise (SLR) alters carbon (C) dynamics in tidal salt marsh soils is unresolved. Changes in hydrodynamics could influence organo-mineral associations, influencing dissolved organic carbon (DOC) fluxes. As SLR increases the duration of inundation, we hypothesize that lateral DOC export will increase due to reductive dissolution of C-bearing iron (Fe) oxides, destabilizing soil C stocks and influencing greenhouse gas emissions. To test this, soil cores (0–8 cm depth) were collected from the high marsh of a temperate salt marsh that currently experiences changes in water level and soil redox oscillation due to spring-neap tides. Mesocosms experimentally simulated SLR by continuously inundating high marsh soils and were compared to mesocosms with Control conditions, where the water level oscillated on a spring-neap cycle. Porewater DOC, lateral DOC, and porewater reduced Fe (Fe²⁺) concentrations were significantly higher in SLR treatments (1.7 ± 0.5 mM, 0.63 ± 0.14 mM, and 0.15 ± 0.11 mM, respectively) than Control treatments (1.2 ± 0.35 mM, 0.56 ± 0.15 mM, and 0.08 ± 01 mM, respectively Solid phase analysis with Fe extended X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy further revealed that SLR led to > 3 times less Fe oxide-C coprecipitates than Control conditions In addition, the overall global warming potential (GWP) decreased under SLR due to suppressed CO₂ emissions. Our data suggest that SLR may increase lateral C export of current C stocks by dissolving C-bearing Fe oxides but decrease the overall GWP from emissions of soil trace gases. Finally, these findings have implications for understanding the fate of SOC dynamics under future SLR scenarios.

Research Organization:: California State Univ. (CalState), Long Beach, CA (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0022185; SC0023099; SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 2422077

Journal Information:: Biogeochemistry, Journal Name: Biogeochemistry Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 163; ISSN 0168-2563

Publisher:: Springer

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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