Plant, microbial and ecosystem carbon use efficiencies interact to stabilize microbial growth as a fraction of gross primary production
Abstract
Summary The carbon use efficiency of plants ( CUE a ) and microorganisms ( CUE h ) determines rates of biomass turnover and soil carbon sequestration. We evaluated the hypothesis that CUE a and CUE h counterbalance at a large scale, stabilizing microbial growth (μ) as a fraction of gross primary production ( GPP ). Collating data from published studies, we correlated annual CUE a , estimated from satellite imagery, with locally determined soil CUE h for 100 globally distributed sites. Ecosystem CUE e , the ratio of net ecosystem production ( NEP ) to GPP , was estimated for each site using published models. At the ecosystem scale, CUE a and CUE h were inversely related. At the global scale, the apparent temperature sensitivity of CUE h with respect to mean annual temperature ( MAT ) was similar for organic and mineral soils (0.029°C −1 ). CUE a and CUE e were inversely related to MAT , with apparent sensitivities of −0.009 and −0.032°C −1 , respectively. These trends constrain the ratio μ : GPP (= (CUE a × CUE h )/(1 − CUE e )) with respect to MAT by counterbalancing the apparent temperature sensitivities of the component processes.more »
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- Biology Department University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131 USA
- Department of Environmental Sciences University of Toledo Toledo OH 43606 USA
- Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CA 92182 USA
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- New Phytologist
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- Journal Name: New Phytologist Journal Volume: 214 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-646X
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- United Kingdom
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Sinsabaugh, Robert L., Moorhead, Daryl L., Xu, Xiaofeng, and Litvak, Marcy E. Plant, microbial and ecosystem carbon use efficiencies interact to stabilize microbial growth as a fraction of gross primary production. United Kingdom: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1111/nph.14485.
Sinsabaugh, Robert L., Moorhead, Daryl L., Xu, Xiaofeng, & Litvak, Marcy E. Plant, microbial and ecosystem carbon use efficiencies interact to stabilize microbial growth as a fraction of gross primary production. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14485
Sinsabaugh, Robert L., Moorhead, Daryl L., Xu, Xiaofeng, and Litvak, Marcy E. Fri .
"Plant, microbial and ecosystem carbon use efficiencies interact to stabilize microbial growth as a fraction of gross primary production". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14485.
@article{osti_1401073,
title = {Plant, microbial and ecosystem carbon use efficiencies interact to stabilize microbial growth as a fraction of gross primary production},
author = {Sinsabaugh, Robert L. and Moorhead, Daryl L. and Xu, Xiaofeng and Litvak, Marcy E.},
abstractNote = {Summary The carbon use efficiency of plants ( CUE a ) and microorganisms ( CUE h ) determines rates of biomass turnover and soil carbon sequestration. We evaluated the hypothesis that CUE a and CUE h counterbalance at a large scale, stabilizing microbial growth (μ) as a fraction of gross primary production ( GPP ). Collating data from published studies, we correlated annual CUE a , estimated from satellite imagery, with locally determined soil CUE h for 100 globally distributed sites. Ecosystem CUE e , the ratio of net ecosystem production ( NEP ) to GPP , was estimated for each site using published models. At the ecosystem scale, CUE a and CUE h were inversely related. At the global scale, the apparent temperature sensitivity of CUE h with respect to mean annual temperature ( MAT ) was similar for organic and mineral soils (0.029°C −1 ). CUE a and CUE e were inversely related to MAT , with apparent sensitivities of −0.009 and −0.032°C −1 , respectively. These trends constrain the ratio μ : GPP (= (CUE a × CUE h )/(1 − CUE e )) with respect to MAT by counterbalancing the apparent temperature sensitivities of the component processes. At the ecosystem scale, the counterbalance is effected by modulating soil organic matter stocks. The results suggest that a μ : GPP value of c . 0.13 is a homeostatic steady state for ecosystem carbon fluxes at a large scale.},
doi = {10.1111/nph.14485},
journal = {New Phytologist},
number = 4,
volume = 214,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Fri Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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