Widespread foliage δ15N depletion under elevated CO2:: inferences for the nitrogen cycle

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作者
BassiriRad, H
Constable, JVH
Lussenhop, J
Kimball, BA
Norby, RJ
Oechel, WC
Reich, PB
Schlesinger, WH
Zitzer, S
Sehtiya, HL
Silim, S
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Biol Sci, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
[2] Calif State Univ Fresno, Dept Biol, Fresno, CA 93740 USA
[3] ARS, Water Conservat Lab, USDA, Phoenix, AZ 85040 USA
[4] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[5] San Diego State Univ, Dept Biol, San Diego, CA 92182 USA
[6] Univ Minnesota, Dept Forest Resources, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
[7] Duke Univ, Nicholas Sch Environm & Earth Sci, Durham, NC 27708 USA
[8] Desert Res Inst, Las Vegas, NV 89119 USA
关键词
elevated CO2; FACE; foliage N-15; nitrogen cycle;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00679.x
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
Leaf N-15 signature is a powerful tool that can provide an integrated assessment of the nitrogen (N) cycle and whether it is influenced by rising atmospheric CO2 concentration. We tested the hypothesis that elevated CO2 significantly changes foliage delta(15)N in a wide range of plant species and ecosystem types. This objective was achieved by determining the delta(15)N of foliage of 27 field-grown plant species from six free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments representing desert, temperate forest, Mediterranean-type, grassland prairie, and agricultural ecosystems. We found that within species, the delta(15)N of foliage produced under elevated CO2 was significantly lower (P<0.038) compared with that of foliage grown under ambient conditions. Further analysis of foliage delta(15)N by life form and growth habit revealed that the CO2 effect was consistent across all functional groups tested. The examination of two chaparral shrubs grown for 6 years under a wide range of CO2 concentrations (25-75 Pa) also showed a significant and negative correlation between growth CO2 and leaf delta(15)N. In a select number of species, we measured bulk soil delta(15)N at a depth of 10 cm, and found that the observed depletion of foliage delta(15)N in response to elevated CO2 was unrelated to changes in the soil delta(15)N. While the data suggest a strong influence of elevated CO2 on the N cycle in diverse ecosystems, the exact site(s) at which elevated CO2 alters fractionating processes of the N cycle remains unclear. We cannot rule out the fact that the pattern of foliage delta(15)N responses to elevated CO2 reported here resulted from a general drop in delta(15)N of the source N, caused by soil-driven processes. There is a stronger possibility, however, that the general depletion of foliage delta(15)N under high CO2 may have resulted from changes in the fractionating processes within the plant/mycorrhizal system.
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页码:1582 / 1590
页数:9
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