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ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
卷 124, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107452
关键词
Algal crust; Coefficient of variation; Desert ecosystem; Moss crust; Individual rainfall event; Changing rainfall regimes
资金
- National Natural Scientific Foundation of China [32061123006]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA23060202]
- Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences [QYZDJ-SSW-SMC011]
This study investigated the effects of varying individual rainfall amount on CO2 release by biocrusts in drylands, finding that changing the number of individual rainfall events may easily alter the amount of C release from biocrust-covered regions. Additionally, the response of biocrusts in different successional stages to changes in rainfall regimes will be a key determinant of future C release patterns in drylands.
Altering precipitation regimes are of particular concern in drylands, where isolated rainfall events often drive ecosystem structure and function. This study aims to explore the effects of varying individual rainfall amount on the release of CO2 by biological soil crusts (biocrusts), which are dominant biotic components and play key roles in drylands, in different climate zones. For a field experiment, we sourced algal crust (early succession) and moss crust (later succession) from sites across the main arid and semi-arid regions of northern China along a precipitation gradient ranging from 180 mm in Tengger Desert to 390 mm in Mu Us Sandland. Then we measured the post rainfall CO2 release rates in response to five rainfall magnitudes (0-2, 2-5, 5-10, 10-20, 5 mm) will lead to an increase in C release from biocrusts, but an increase in larger rainfall events (>20 mm) may lead to less variation in C release from algal crust-dominated regions and to increasing heterogeneity in C release from moss crust-dominated regions. This indicates that C-release amount from biocrust-covered regions may be easily changed by altering the number of individual rainfall events, even if the total annual rainfall amount stays the same. Further, how biocrusts in different successional stages respond to changes in rainfall regimes will be an important determinant of future C release patterns in drylands. These changes may even result in changing the way biocrusts contribute to the function of desert ecosystems. The current analyses also have important implications regarding changes in rainfall regimes that in turn change C release patterns in biocrust-covered regions.
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