Authors
David M Costello, Scott D Tiegs, Luz Boyero, Cristina Canhoto, Krista A Capps, Michael Danger, Paul C Frost, Mark O Gessner, Natalie A Griffiths, Halvor M Halvorson, Kevin A Kuehn, Amy M Marcarelli, Todd V Royer, Devan M Mathie, Ricardo J Albariño, Clay P Arango, Jukka Aroviita, Colden V Baxter, Brent J Bellinger, Andreas Bruder, Francis J Burdon, Marcos Callisto, Antonio Camacho, Fanny Colas, Julien Cornut, Verónica Crespo‐Pérez, Wyatt F Cross, Alison M Derry, Michael M Douglas, Arturo Elosegi, Elvira De Eyto, Verónica Ferreira, Carmen Ferriol, Tadeusz Fleituch, Jennifer J Follstad Shah, André Frainer, Erica A Garcia, Liliana García, Pavel E García, Darren P Giling, R Karina Gonzales‐Pomar, Manuel AS Graça, Hans‐Peter Grossart, François Guérold, Luiz U Hepp, Scott N Higgins, Takuo Hishi, Carlos Iñiguez‐Armijos, Tomoya Iwata, Andrea E Kirkwood, Aaron A Koning, Sarian Kosten, Hjalmar Laudon, Peter R Leavitt, Aurea L Lemes da Silva, Shawn J Leroux, Carri J LeRoy, Peter J Lisi, Frank O Masese, Peter B McIntyre, Brendan G McKie, Adriana O Medeiros, Marko Miliša, Yo Miyake, Robert J Mooney, Timo Muotka, Jorge Nimptsch, Riku Paavola, Isabel Pardo, Ivan Y Parnikoza, Christopher J Patrick, Edwin THM Peeters, Jesus Pozo, Brian Reid, John S Richardson, José Rincón, Geta Risnoveanu, Christopher T Robinson, Anna C Santamans, Gelas M Simiyu, Agnija Skuja, Jerzy Smykla, Ryan A Sponseller, Franco Teixeira‐de Mello, Sirje Vilbaste, Verónica D Villanueva, Jackson R Webster, Stefan Woelfl, Marguerite A Xenopoulos, Adam G Yates, Catherine M Yule, Yixin Zhang, Jacob A Zwart
Publication date
2022/3
Journal
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Volume
36
Issue
3
Pages
e2021GB007163
Description
Microbes play a critical role in plant litter decomposition and influence the fate of carbon in rivers and riparian zones. When decomposing low‐nutrient plant litter, microbes acquire nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from the environment (i.e., nutrient immobilization), and this process is potentially sensitive to nutrient loading and changing climate. Nonetheless, environmental controls on immobilization are poorly understood because rates are also influenced by plant litter chemistry, which is coupled to the same environmental factors. Here we used a standardized, low‐nutrient organic matter substrate (cotton strips) to quantify nutrient immobilization at 100 paired stream and riparian sites representing 11 biomes worldwide. Immobilization rates varied by three orders of magnitude, were greater in rivers than riparian zones, and were strongly correlated to decomposition rates. In rivers, P immobilization rates were …
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