Nitrogen uptake kinetics and saltmarsh plant responses to global change

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dc.contributor.authorCott, Grace M.
dc.contributor.authorCaplan, Joshua S.
dc.contributor.authorMozdzer, Thomas J.
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Council
dc.contributor.funderFP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions
dc.contributor.funderNational Science Foundation
dc.contributor.funderMaryland Sea Grant, University of Maryland
dc.contributor.funderSmithsonian Environmental Research Center
dc.contributor.funderBryn Mawr College
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-02T10:16:22Z
dc.date.available2018-05-02T10:16:22Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractCoastal wetlands are important carbon sinks globally, but their ability to store carbon hinges on their nitrogen (N) supply and N uptake dynamics of dominant plant species. In terrestrial ecosystems, uptake of nitrate (NO3-) and ammonium (NH4+) through roots can strongly influence N acquisition rates and their responses to environmental factors such as rising atmospheric CO2 and eutrophication. We examined the N-15 uptake kinetics of three dominant plant species in North American coastal wetlands (Spartina patens, C-4 grass; Phragmites australis, C-3 grass; Schoenoplectus americanus, C-3 sedge) under ambient and elevated CO2 conditions. We further related our results to the productivity response of these species in two long-term field experiments. S. patens had the greatest uptake rates for NO3- and NH4+ under ambient conditions, suggesting that N uptake kinetics may underlie its strong productivity response to N in the field. Elevated CO2 increased NH4+ and NO3- uptake rates for S. patens, but had negative effects on NO3- uptake rates in P. australis and no effects on S. americanus. We suggest that N uptake kinetics may explain differences in plant community composition in coastal wetlands and that CO2- induced shifts, in combination with N proliferation, could alter ecosystem-scale productivity patterns of saltmarshes globally.en
dc.description.sponsorshipBryn Mawr College (Bucher-Jackson Postdoctoral Fellowship); National Science Foundation (LTREB (awards DEB-0950080 and DEB-1457100); Maryland Sea Grant, University of Maryland (SA7528114-WW)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid5393
dc.identifier.citationCott, G. M., Caplan, J. S. and Mozdzer, T. J. (2018) 'Nitrogen uptake kinetics and saltmarsh plant responses to global change', Scientific Reports, 8(1), 5393 (10pp). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23349-8en
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-018-23349-8
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.journaltitleScientific Reportsen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5929
dc.identifier.volume8
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23349-8
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dc.subjectClimate-change ecologyen
dc.subjectEcophysiologyen
dc.subjectPlant physiologyen
dc.subjectWetlands ecologyen
dc.titleNitrogen uptake kinetics and saltmarsh plant responses to global changeen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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