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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 181, 期 1, 页码 208-217出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02628.x
关键词
amino acids; nitrogen (N) deposition gradient; N uptake; NH4+; NO3-; Sphagnum
资金
- Stiftelsen Anna och Gunnar Vidfelts fond
- Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning
Here, it was investigated whether Sphagnum species have adjusted their nitrogen (N) uptake in response to the anthropogenic N deposition that has drastically altered N-limited ecosystems, including peatlands, worldwide. A lawn species, Sphagnum balticum, and a hummock species, Sphagnum fuscum, were collected from three peatlands along a gradient of N deposition (2, 8 and 12 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1)) The mosses were subjected to solutions containing a mixture of four N forms. In each solution one of these N forms was labeled with N-15 (namely (NH4+)-N-15 (NO3-)-N-15 and the amino acids [N-15] alanine (Ala) and [N-15] glutamic acid (Glu)). It was found that for both species most of the N taken up was from, followed by Ala, Glu, and very small amounts from. At the highest N deposition site N uptake was reduced, but this did not prevent N accumulation as free amino acids in the Sphagnum tissues. The reduced N uptake may have been genetically selected for under the relatively short period with elevated N exposure from anthropogenic sources, or may have been the result of plasticity in the Sphagnum physiological response. The negligible Sphagnum NO3- uptake may make any NO3- deposited readily available to co- occurring vascular plants.
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