Within-Stand Nutrient Cycling in Arctic and Boreal Wetlands
1999; Wiley; Volume: 80; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/176899
ISSN1939-9170
AutoresSven Jonasson, Gaius R. Shaver,
Tópico(s)Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
ResumoEcologyVolume 80, Issue 7 p. 2139-2150 Special Feature WITHIN-STAND NUTRIENT CYCLING IN ARCTIC AND BOREAL WETLANDS Sven Jonasson, Sven Jonasson Department of Plant Ecology, University of Copenhagen, Ø. Farimagsgade 2D, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorGaius R. Shaver, Gaius R. Shaver Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USASearch for more papers by this author Sven Jonasson, Sven Jonasson Department of Plant Ecology, University of Copenhagen, Ø. Farimagsgade 2D, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorGaius R. Shaver, Gaius R. Shaver Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 October 1999 https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2139:WSNCIA]2.0.CO;2Citations: 77 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract The aims of this article are to characterize the nutrient regime in arctic and boreal wetlands and to review published data on various aspects of within-stand nutrient-cycling. Most northern wetlands, such as boreal and arctic ombrogenous bogs and most arctic mesic and wet ecosystem types, are poor in inorganic, plant-available nutrients because mineralization is restricted due to low temperatures and anoxic soils. This is particularly true in the Arctic because nutrient inputs from external sources quite often are small, and nutrient pools in the vegetation also are small. By contrast, the soil and the microbial biomass often contain large stocks of organically fixed nutrients that are largely unavailable to plants. The vegetation is adapted to the low availability of nutrients by the perennial nature of both entire plants and plant tissues, which minimizes the annual nutrient losses and reduces the demand for nutrient uptake to produce new tissues. Furthermore, many of the dominant plant life-forms can use soil organic nitrogen (N), either by direct uptake or through connections with ericoid or ectotrophic mycorrhizae, which reduces competition from other plant groups without the ability to utilize organic N. As soil fertility increases, productivity also increases. However, at least in geogenous (“mineral fed”) Arctic wetlands, vascular-plant turnover time is surprisingly constant across nutrient and moisture gradients. This is mainly because communities with a species stock having high leaf turnover rates generally have slow stem and belowground turnover rates and vice versa. Turnover times of the bulk soil organic matter, by contrast, range from a few decades in the most productive systems to several centuries in the most nutrient-deficient and wettest ecosystem types. 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