Carbon Inputs From Riparian Vegetation Limit Oxidation of Physically Bound Organic Carbon Via Biochemical and Thermodynamic Processes: OC Oxidation Processes Across Vegetation
Abstract
In light of increasing terrestrial carbon (C) transport across aquatic boundaries, the mechanisms governing organic carbon (OC) oxidation along terrestrial-aquatic interfaces are crucial to future climate predictions. Here, we investigate biochemistry, metabolic pathways, and thermodynamics corresponding to OC oxidation in the Columbia River corridor. We leverage natural vegetative differences to encompass variation in terrestrial C inputs. Our results suggest that decreases in terrestrial C deposition associated with diminished riparian vegetation induce oxidation of physically-bound (i.e., mineral and microbial) OC at terrestrial-aquatic interfaces. We also find that contrasting metabolic pathways oxidize OC in the presence and absence of vegetation and—in direct conflict with the concept of ‘priming’—that inputs of water-soluble and thermodynamically-favorable terrestrial OC protects bound-OC from oxidation. Based on our results, we propose a mechanistic conceptualization of OC oxidation along terrestrial-aquatic interfaces that can be used to model heterogeneous patterns of OC loss under changing land cover distributions.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
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- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1508288
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- OSTI ID: 1414483
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-125144
Journal ID: ISSN 2169-8953
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-8953
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; terrestrial‐aquatic interface; priming; recalcitrant; hyporheic zone; FTICR‐MS; aerobic metabolism
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Graham, Emily B., Tfaily, Malak M., Crump, Alex R., Goldman, Amy E., Bramer, Lisa M., Arntzen, Evan, Romero, Elvira, Resch, C. Tom, Kennedy, David W., and Stegen, James C. Carbon Inputs From Riparian Vegetation Limit Oxidation of Physically Bound Organic Carbon Via Biochemical and Thermodynamic Processes: OC Oxidation Processes Across Vegetation. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/2017JG003967.
Graham, Emily B., Tfaily, Malak M., Crump, Alex R., Goldman, Amy E., Bramer, Lisa M., Arntzen, Evan, Romero, Elvira, Resch, C. Tom, Kennedy, David W., & Stegen, James C. Carbon Inputs From Riparian Vegetation Limit Oxidation of Physically Bound Organic Carbon Via Biochemical and Thermodynamic Processes: OC Oxidation Processes Across Vegetation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JG003967
Graham, Emily B., Tfaily, Malak M., Crump, Alex R., Goldman, Amy E., Bramer, Lisa M., Arntzen, Evan, Romero, Elvira, Resch, C. Tom, Kennedy, David W., and Stegen, James C. Mon .
"Carbon Inputs From Riparian Vegetation Limit Oxidation of Physically Bound Organic Carbon Via Biochemical and Thermodynamic Processes: OC Oxidation Processes Across Vegetation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JG003967. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1508288.
@article{osti_1508288,
title = {Carbon Inputs From Riparian Vegetation Limit Oxidation of Physically Bound Organic Carbon Via Biochemical and Thermodynamic Processes: OC Oxidation Processes Across Vegetation},
author = {Graham, Emily B. and Tfaily, Malak M. and Crump, Alex R. and Goldman, Amy E. and Bramer, Lisa M. and Arntzen, Evan and Romero, Elvira and Resch, C. Tom and Kennedy, David W. and Stegen, James C.},
abstractNote = {In light of increasing terrestrial carbon (C) transport across aquatic boundaries, the mechanisms governing organic carbon (OC) oxidation along terrestrial-aquatic interfaces are crucial to future climate predictions. Here, we investigate biochemistry, metabolic pathways, and thermodynamics corresponding to OC oxidation in the Columbia River corridor. We leverage natural vegetative differences to encompass variation in terrestrial C inputs. Our results suggest that decreases in terrestrial C deposition associated with diminished riparian vegetation induce oxidation of physically-bound (i.e., mineral and microbial) OC at terrestrial-aquatic interfaces. We also find that contrasting metabolic pathways oxidize OC in the presence and absence of vegetation and—in direct conflict with the concept of ‘priming’—that inputs of water-soluble and thermodynamically-favorable terrestrial OC protects bound-OC from oxidation. Based on our results, we propose a mechanistic conceptualization of OC oxidation along terrestrial-aquatic interfaces that can be used to model heterogeneous patterns of OC loss under changing land cover distributions.},
doi = {10.1002/2017JG003967},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences},
number = 12,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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