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Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Soil respiration in mycorrhizal gradient plots

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Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-hbr.236.1
Title:Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Soil respiration in mycorrhizal gradient plots
Alternate Identifier:knb-lter-hbr.236
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

Soil respiration is the dominant pathway by which terrestrial carbon enters the atmosphere. Many abiotic and biotic processes can influence soil respiration, including soil microbial community composition. Mycorrhizal fungi are a particularly important microbial group to investigate because they are known to influence soil chemistry and nutrient cycling, and, because the type of mycorrhizal fungi in an ecosystem can be assessed based on the plant species present, they may be easier than other soil microbes to incorporate into ecosystem models. We tested how the type of mycorrhizal fungi—arbuscular (AM) or ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi—associated with the dominant tree species in a mixed hardwood forest was related to soil respiration rate. We measured soil respiration, root biomass and surface area, and soil chemical and physical characteristics during the growing season in plots dominated by ECM-associated trees, AM-associated trees, and mixtures with both at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in Woodstock, NH, USA. We found rates of soil respiration that were 29% and 32% higher in AM plots than in ECM and mixed plots, respectively. These differences were primarily explained by corresponding variation in soil conditions including organic horizon depth and soil nitrogen content. Soil in AM plots had slightly higher nitrogen concentrations and deeper organic horizons than soil in ECM and mixed plots. Our results highlight the importance of considering mycorrhizal associations of dominant vegetation as predictors of carbon cycling processes.

These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station.

Short Name:Lang Soil Respiration
Publication Date:2019-05-07
Language:English

Time Period
Begin:
2017-05-01
End:
2018-05-31

People and Organizations
Contact:Information Manager (Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study) [  email ]
Creator:Lang, Ashley K 
Creator:Jevon, Fiona V 
Creator:Ayres, Matthew 
Creator:Matthes, Jaclyn 

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
Soil respiration in mycorrhizal gradient plots
Description:
Soil respiration in mycorrhizal gradient plots
Data Table Name:
Tree table mycorrhizal gradient plots
Description:
Tree table mycorrhizal gradient plots
Data Table Name:
Root table mycorrhizal gradient plots
Description:
Root table mycorrhizal gradient plots
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Data Table

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Data Table

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surf_area_mm2  
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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
Hubbard Brook Ecosystem StudyHubbard Brook Experimental Forest, Hubbard Brook LTER, mycorrhizal fungi
LTER Network Controlled Vocabularycarbon flux, microbial activity, mycorrhizae, soil respiration

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

We established twenty-one forest plots (100-m2) in May 2017. Plots were selected to include the full existing gradient of tree-mycorrhizal associations as determined by basal area representation of tree species associated with either AM or ECM fungi. The representation of tree species associated with ECM fungi ranged from 4 to 100% of the total basal area across our study plots (Figure S1). We classified plots as AM-dominated (n=7) or ECM-dominated (n=7) if trees associated with the mycorrhizal type of interest represented at least 70% of the basal area. In mixed plots (n=7), AM trees constituted 40 to 60% of the basal area. The dominant ECM-associated tree species in the study area were American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) and yellow birch (Betula allegheniensis Britton), with occasional paper birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh.) and Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis L. Carrière) (< 6% and < 9% total basal area, respectively). The dominant AM-associated tree species were sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and white ash (Fraxinus americana L.), with occasional red maple (Acer rubrum L. ;< 4% total basal area). The understory was composed mainly of hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides Michx.) and beech saplings (<3 cm in diameter at breast height). All study plots were contained within an area of 1.14 ha and were separated from the nearest other plot by 10 - 30 m.

Soil respiration

Within each plot, we installed two PVC soil respiration collars (10.1 cm diam.) to a depth of 7 cm in opposite corners of an internal subplot (5 x 5 m). Two weeks after collar installation, we began measuring soil respiration approximately monthly throughout the growing season with a greenhouse gas analyzer using cavity ring-down spectroscopy (Los Gatos Research, Los Gatos, CA). Briefly, measurements were conducted by placing a PVC cap on each soil respiration collar, with CO2 concentrations measured every 5 seconds during a two-minute period. Soil respiration rate was calculated as the slope of the linear model fit to the rise in CO2 concentrations in the closed chamber between 30 and 90 seconds of the chamber top deployment. At the time of each soil respiration measurement, we measured volumetric soil moisture in the top 5 cm of the soil with a portable soil moisture probe (Decagon Devices, Pullman, WA) and soil temperature approximately 8 cm below the soil surface with a thermometer.

Soil and root analyses

In May 2018, soil respiration collars were removed and the soil and roots within them were collected to a depth of 10 cm, with organic and mineral soils separated. These samples were passed through a sieve (2 mm) to remove rocks and coarse roots. All fine roots were removed, examined with a dissecting microscope, and visually classified as belonging to an ECM-associated or AM-associated plant species using morphological characteristics Yanai et al. 2008). The occasional roots belonging to herbaceous plants were discarded. We classified some roots as “unknown” when fragments were too small or damaged to identify distinguishing characteristics. AM and ECM root lengths and surface area in each sample were determined with IJ_Rhizo (Pierret et al. 2013) and roots were oven-dried at 40°C for 72 hours and weighed to determine biomass of AM and ECM roots within each collar. We measured soil chemistry in the organic horizon, which varied from 1 - 10.5 cm in depth. Subsamples of organic horizon soil were analyzed for pH, and for C and N concentrations using an elemental analyzer (Carlo-Erba Instruments, Wigan, UK).

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
Address:
234 Mirror Lake Road,
North Woodstock, NH 03262 United States
Creators:
Individual: Ashley K Lang
Email Address:
AKL.GR@dartmouth.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6080-1681
Individual: Fiona V Jevon
Email Address:
Fiona.V.Jevon.GR@dartmouth.ed
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3586-7566
Individual: Matthew Ayres
Email Address:
Matthew.ayres@dartmouth.edu
Individual: Jaclyn Matthes
Email Address:
jmatthes@wellesley.edu
Contacts:
Organization:Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
Position:Information Manager
Address:
234 Mirror Lake Road,
North Woodstock, NH 03262 United States
Email Address:
hbr-im@lternet.edu
Web Address:
https://hubbardbrook.org

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period
Begin:
2017-05-01
End:
2018-05-31
Geographic Region:
Description:Lang Soil Respiration plots; 1.14-hectare patch of low elevation mixed hardwood forest along main stem of Hubbard Brook in Woodstock, NH
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  43.944444Southern:  43.945
Western:  -71.7147222Eastern:  -71.7127778

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Mycorrhizal Gradient Study
Personnel:
Individual: Ashley Lang
Role:principalInvestigator
Funding:

Wholly or in part, by a Dartmouth Graduate College Fellowship

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