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Moser, G.; Gorenflo, A.; Brenzinger, K.; Keidel, L.; Braker, G.; Marhan, S.; Clough, T.J. & Müller, C. (2018): Explaining the doubling of N2O emissions under elevated CO2 in the Giessen FACE via in-field 15N tracing. Global Change Biology 24, 3897-3910
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14136.
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14136
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Abstract:
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Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations are expected to increase nitrous oxide (N2O)
emissions from soils via changes in microbial nitrogen (N) transformations. Several
studies have shown that N2O emission increases under elevated atmospheric CO2
(eCO2), but the underlying processes are not yet fully understood. Here, we present
results showing changes in soil N transformation dynamics from the Giessen Free Air
CO2 Enrichment (GiFACE): a permanent grassland that has been exposed to eCO2,
+20% relative to ambient concentrations (aCO2), for 15 years. We applied in the field
an ammonium-nitrate fertilizer solution, in which either ammonium (NHþ
4 ) or nitrate
(NO
3 ) was labelled with 15N. The simultaneous gross N transformation rates were
analysed with a 15N tracing model and a solver method. The results confirmed that
after 15 years of eCO2 the N2O emissions under eCO2 were still more than twofold
higher than under aCO2. The tracing model results indicated that plant uptake of NHþ
4
did not differ between treatments, but uptake of NO
3 was significantly reduced under
eCO2. However, the NHþ
4 and NO
3 availability increased slightly under eCO2. The
N2O isotopic signature indicated that under eCO2 the sources of the additional emissions,
8,407 lg N2O–N/m2 during the first 58 days after labelling, were associated
with NO
3 reduction (+2.0%), NHþ
4 oxidation (+11.1%) and organic N oxidation
(+86.9%). We presume that increased plant growth and root exudation under eCO2
provided an additional source of bioavailable supply of energy that triggered as a priming
effect the stimulation of microbial soil organic matter (SOM) mineralization and
fostered the activity of the bacterial nitrite reductase. The resulting increase in incomplete
denitrification and therefore an increased N2O:N2 emission ratio, explains the
doubling of N2O emissions. If this occurs over a wide area of grasslands in the future,
this positive feedback reaction may significantly accelerate climate change.
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Keywords: |
climate change |
elevated CO2 |
grassland |
free air carbon dioxide enrichment |
long-term response |
N transformation |
N2O emission |
positive climate change feedback |
Moser, G.; Gorenflo, A.; Brenzinger, K.; Keidel, L.; Braker, G.; Marhan, S.; Clough, T.J. & Müller, C. (2018): Explaining the doubling of N2O emissions under elevated CO2 in the Giessen FACE via in-field 15N tracing. Global Change Biology early view, 1-14
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14136 | Revised: 12 January 2018.
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14136 | Revised: 12 January 2018
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Abstract:
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Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations are expected to increase nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from soils via changes in microbial nitrogen (N) transformations triggering a positive feedback reaction that could accelerate climate change. Several studies have shown N2O emission increases under elevated atmospheric CO2 (eCO2), but the underlying processes are not yet fully understood. Here we present results showing changes in soil N transformation dynamics from the Giessen Free Air CO2 Enrichment (GiFACE): a permanent grassland that has been exposed to eCO2, +20% relative to ambient concentrations (aCO2), for 15 years. We applied in the field an ammonium-nitrate fertilizer solution, in which either ammonium (NH4+) or nitrate (NO3-) was labelled with 15N. The simultaneous gross N transformation rates were analysed with a 15N tracing model and a solver method. The results confirmed that after 15 years of eCO2 the N2O emissions under eCO2 were still more than 2-fold higher than under aCO2. The tracing model results indicated that plant uptake of NH4+ did not differ between treatments, but uptake of NO3- was significantly reduced under eCO2. However, the ratio of gross production and consumption of NH4+ remained unchanged under eCO2, but decreased slightly for NO3-, which increased NO3- availability under eCO2. The N2O isotopic signature indicated that under eCO2 the sources of the additional emissions, 8407 µg N2O-N m-2 during the first 58 days after labelling, were associated with NO3- reduction (+2.0%), NH4+ oxidation (+11.1%) and organic N oxidation (+86.9%). We presume that increased root exudation under eCO2 provided an additional source of bioavailable supply of energy that triggered the stimulation of microbial soil organic matter (SOM) mineralization, as a priming effect, and an increased activity of bacterial nitrite reductase, which caused the shift in N2O:N2 emission ratio, via incomplete denitrification, explaining the positive feedback reaction of doubled N2O emissions.
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Keywords: |
climate change |
elevated CO2 |
grassland |
Giessen-FACE |
Giessen FACE |
Gi-FACE |
Gross N transformation |
free air carbon dioxide enrichment |
long-term response |
N transformation |
N2O emission |
positive climate change feedback |
Seibert, R. (2016-09-20). Impacts of long-term atmospheric CO2 enrichment on the species dynamics and aboveground biomass production of a periodically wet grassland. Presented at 9th GGL Conference on Life Sciences, Gießen, Germany.
Andresen, L.C.; Yuan, N.; Seibert, R.; Moser, G.; Kammann, C.; Luterbacher, J.; Erbs, M. & Müller, C. (2017): Biomass reponses in a temperate European grassland through 17 years of elevated CO2. Global Change Biology 2017, 1-11
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13705.
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13705
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Future increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations will potentially enhance grassland biomass production and shift the functional group composition with consequences for ecosystem functioning. In the “GiFACE” experiment (Giessen Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment), fertilized grassland plots were fumigated with elevated CO2(eCO2) year-round during daylight hours since 1998, at a level of +20% relative to ambient concentrations (in 1998, aCO2 was 364 ppm and eCO2 399 ppm; in 2014, aCO2 was 397 ppm and eCO2 518 ppm). Harvests were conducted twice annually through 23 years including 17 years with eCO2 (1998 to 2014). Biomass consisted of C3 grasses and forbs, with a small proportion of legumes. The total aboveground biomass (TAB) was significantly increased under eCO2 (p = .045 and .025, at first and second harvest). The dominant plant functional group grasses responded positively at the start, but for forbs, the effect of eCO2 started out as a negative response. The increase in TAB in response to eCO2 was approximately 15% during the period from 2006 to 2014, suggesting that there was no attenuation of eCO2 effects over time, tentatively a consequence of the fertilization management. Biomass and soil moisture responses were closely linked. The soil moisture surplus (c. 3%) in eCO2 manifested in the latter years was associated with a positive biomass response of both functional groups. The direction of the biomass response of the functional group forbs changed over the experimental duration, intensified by extreme weather conditions, pointing to the need of long-term field studies for obtaining reliable responses of perennial ecosystems to eCO2 and as a basis for model development.
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Keywords: |
climate change |
soil moisture |
forbs |
free air carbon dioxide enrichment |
frost |
Giessen free air carbon dioxide enrichment |
grasses |
long-term response |