期刊
PLANT AND SOIL
卷 342, 期 1-2, 页码 141-148出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0678-6
关键词
Bryophyte; Bryosphere; Epiphytic; Nitrogen fixation; Old-growth forests; Symbiotic cyanobacteria
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Clayoquot Biosphere Trust
Symbiotic cyanobacteria-bryophyte associations on the forest floor are shown to contribute significantly to stand-level nitrogen budgets through the process of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), but few studies have considered the role of canopy bryophytes. Given the high biomass of epiphytic bryophytes in many tree species of the North American temperate rain forest, we suggest that canopy bryophytes may contribute substantially to stand-level N dynamics. We confirm the presence of cyanobacteria and measure rates of BNF at three heights (0, 15 and 30 m) in Sitka spruce trees across three watershed estuaries of Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada. This study is the first to report BNF by cyanobacteria associated with epiphytic and forest floor bryophytes in the coastal temperate rain forest of North America. Cyanobacteria density was significantly greater in epiphytic bryophytes compared to mosses on the forest floor, and rates of BNF were highest at 30 m in the canopy. The majority of total stand-level BNF (0.76 kg N center dot ha(-1) center dot yr(-1)) occurs in the canopy, rather than on the forest floor (0.26 kg N center dot ha(-1) center dot yr(-1)). We suggest that BNF by cyanobacterial-bryophyte associations in the canopy of coastal temperate rain forests is a unique source of ecosystem N, which is dependent on large, old trees with high epiphytic bryophyte biomass.
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