The future of carbon storage in calcareous fens depends on the balance between groundwater discharge and air temperature

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F23%3A00573586" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/23:00573586 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131501 RIV/62156489:43210/23:43923693

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107350" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107350</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107350" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.catena.2023.107350</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The future of carbon storage in calcareous fens depends on the balance between groundwater discharge and air temperature

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Calcareous spring fens accumulate carbon-rich deposits through carbonate precipitation and slow organic-matter decomposition, which can be affected by a lowering water table. Ongoing climate change is altering the carbon balance and threatening the biota of these vulnerable ecosystems. Rising air temperatures intensify carbonate precipitation and may accelerate decomposition, which is also influenced by soil nutrients and soil temperature. These relationships complicate predictions of carbon storage in calcareous fens. Here, we measured summer mass loss and carbonate accumulation at 57 spots in 19 calcareous spring fens in the Western Carpathians using commercial green tea and rooibos, i.e., the tea bag method. Decomposition rates were determined by mass losses corrected for leaching. Structural equation modelling was used to test the causal relationships between air and soil temperature, water table, soil nutrient concentrations, and mass loss or carbonate accumulation. The results demonstrate that a lowering water table increases soil nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium concentrations. Water table and air temperature positively affected carbonate accumulation for both types of tea bags. Rooibos decomposition rate decreased with increasing water table and decreasing soil phosphorus concentration. Overall, the role of hydrology appeared crucial for global change predictions. If increased precipitation or groundwater recharge keeps the water table high, as predicted for some areas, the rising temperature will intensify carbonate precipitation and shift the ecosystem from peat to tufa-forming. While this scenario is more conducive to maintaining biodiversity and sustainability of existing carbon sinks than an alternative scenario predicting decreasing discharge due to decreasing precipitation and increasing evapotranspiration, it depends on preserving and maintaining fens and natural landscape hydrology. This study demonstrates the utility of the tea bag method to test drivers of contrasting carbon accumulation processes in groundwater-dependent wetlands.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The future of carbon storage in calcareous fens depends on the balance between groundwater discharge and air temperature

Popis výsledku anglicky

Calcareous spring fens accumulate carbon-rich deposits through carbonate precipitation and slow organic-matter decomposition, which can be affected by a lowering water table. Ongoing climate change is altering the carbon balance and threatening the biota of these vulnerable ecosystems. Rising air temperatures intensify carbonate precipitation and may accelerate decomposition, which is also influenced by soil nutrients and soil temperature. These relationships complicate predictions of carbon storage in calcareous fens. Here, we measured summer mass loss and carbonate accumulation at 57 spots in 19 calcareous spring fens in the Western Carpathians using commercial green tea and rooibos, i.e., the tea bag method. Decomposition rates were determined by mass losses corrected for leaching. Structural equation modelling was used to test the causal relationships between air and soil temperature, water table, soil nutrient concentrations, and mass loss or carbonate accumulation. The results demonstrate that a lowering water table increases soil nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium concentrations. Water table and air temperature positively affected carbonate accumulation for both types of tea bags. Rooibos decomposition rate decreased with increasing water table and decreasing soil phosphorus concentration. Overall, the role of hydrology appeared crucial for global change predictions. If increased precipitation or groundwater recharge keeps the water table high, as predicted for some areas, the rising temperature will intensify carbonate precipitation and shift the ecosystem from peat to tufa-forming. While this scenario is more conducive to maintaining biodiversity and sustainability of existing carbon sinks than an alternative scenario predicting decreasing discharge due to decreasing precipitation and increasing evapotranspiration, it depends on preserving and maintaining fens and natural landscape hydrology. This study demonstrates the utility of the tea bag method to test drivers of contrasting carbon accumulation processes in groundwater-dependent wetlands.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-01775S" target="_blank" >GA19-01775S: Současná a budoucí diverzita evropských slatinišť v měnícím se světě</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Catena

ISSN

0341-8162

e-ISSN

1872-6887

Svazek periodika

231

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

October

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

107350

Kód UT WoS článku

001039241800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85164288909