Hot spots and hot moments of dissolved organic carbon export and soil organic carbon storage in the shale hills catchment

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 943-954

  Andrews, Danielle M ^a   Lin, Henry ^a   Zhu, Qing ^a   Jin, Lixin ^a   Brantley, Susan L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SOILS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC EXPORT; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; HILLSLOPES; HOT SPOT; LAYER INTERFACES; SNOWMELT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STORAGES; SOIL PORE WATERS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STREAM DISCHARGE; STREAM TEMPERATURES; STREAM WATER; TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE; VALLEY FLOOR;

BIOACTIVITY; CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SHALE; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOACTIVITY; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUSHING; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HILLSLOPE; HOT SPOT; OBSERVATORY; ORGANIC CARBON; POREWATER; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALE; SNOWMELT; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84860389055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0149     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Ågren, A., I. Buffam, M. Jansson, and H. Laudon. 2007. Importance of seasonality and small streams for the landscape regulation of dissolved organic carbon export. J. Geophys. Res. 112:G03003 doi:10.1029/2006JG000381
2. Asano, Y., J.E. Compton, and M.R. Church. 2006. Hydrologic flowpaths influence inorganic and organic nutrient leaching in a forest soil. Biogeochemistry 81:191-204. doi:10.1007/s10533-006-9036-4
3. Boyer, E.W., G.M. Hornberger, K.E. Bencala, and D.M. McKnight. 1997. Response characteristics of DOC flushing in an Alpine catchment. Hydrol. Processes 11:1635-1647. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19971015)11:12<1635::AID-HYP494>3.0.CO;2-H
4. Buckingham, S., E. Tipping, and J. Hamilton-Taylor. 2008. Concentrations and fluxes of dissolved organic carbon in UK topsoils. Sci. Total Environ. 407:460-470. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.08.020
5. Bundt, M., M. Jäggi, P. Blaser, R. Siegwolf, and F. Hagedorn. 2001. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in preferential flow paths and matrix of a forest soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65:1529-1538. doi:10.2136/sssaj2001.6551529x
6. Christopher, S.F., M.J. Mitchell, M.R. McHale, E.W. Boyer, D.A. Burns, and C. Kendall. 2008. Factors controlling nitrogen release from two forested catchments with contrasting hydrochemical responses. Hydrol. Processes 22:46-62. doi:10.1002/hyp.6632
7. Clark, J.M., S.N. Lane, P.J. Chapman, and J.K. Adamson. 2007. Export of dissolved organic carbon from an upland peatland during storm events: Implications for flux estimates. J. Hydrol. 347:438-447. doi:10.1016/j. jhydrol.2007.09.030
8. Cronan, C.S., and G.R. Aiken. 1985. Chemistry and transport of soluble humic substances in forested watersheds of the Adirondack Park, New York. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 49:1697-1705. doi:10.1016/0016- 7037(85)90140-1
9. Currie, W.S., J.D. Aber, W.H. McDowell, R.D. Boone, and A.H. Magill. 1996. Vertical transport of dissolved organic C and N under long-term N amendments in pine and hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry 35:471-505. doi:10.1007/BF02183037
10. Dalva, M., and T.R. Moore. 1991. Sources and sinks of dissolved organic carbon in a forested swamp catchment. Biogeochemistry 15:1-19. doi:10.1007/BF00002806
11. Delwiche, L.D., and S.J. Slaughter. 2003. The little SAS book: A primer. 3rd ed. Systems Seminar Consultants, Fitchburg, WI.
12. Dosskey, M.G., and P.M. Bertsch. 1997. Transport of dissolved organic matter through a sandy forest soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61:920-927. doi:10.2136/sssaj1997.03615995006100030030x
13. Fierer, N., J.P. Schimel, and P.A. Holden. 2003. Influence of drying-rewetting frequency on soil bacterial community. Microb. Ecol. 45:63-71. doi:10.1007/s00248-002-1007-2
14. Futter, M.N., and H.A. de Wit. 2008. Testing seasonal and long-term controls of streamwater DOC using empirical and process-based models. Sci. Total Environ. 407:698-707, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.002
15. Graham, C., and H. Lin. 2011. Controls and frequency of preferential flow occurrence: A 175-event analysis. Vadose Zone J. 10:816-831 (this issue) doi:10.2136/vzj2010.0149
16. Harms, T.K., and N.B. Grimm. 2008. Hot spots and hot moments of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a semiarid riparian zone. J. Geophys. Res. 113:G01020, doi:10.1029/2007JG000588
17. Hornberger, G.M., K.E. Bencala, and D.M. McKnight. 1994. Hydrological controls on dissolved organic carbon during snowmelt in the Snake River near Montezuma, Colorado. Biogeochemistry 25:147-165. doi:10.1007/ BF00024390
18. Howard, P.J.A., and D.M. Howard. 1990. Use of organic carbon and loss-onignition to estimate soil organic matter in different soil types and horizons. Biol. Fertil. Soils 9:306-310. doi:10.1007/BF00634106
19. Inamdar, S.P., S.F. Christopher, and M.J. Mitchell. 2004. Export mechanisms for the dissolved organic carbon and nitrate during summer storm events in a glaciated forested catchment in New York, USA. Hydrol. Processes 18:2651-2661. doi:10.1002/hyp.5572
20. Inamdar, S., J. Rupp, and M. Mitchell. 2008. Differences in dissolved organic carbon ad nitrogen responses to storm-event and ground-water conditions in a forested, glaciated watershed in western New York. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc. 44:1458-1473. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00251.x
21. Jin, L., R. Ravella, B. Ketchum, P.R. Bierman, P. Heaney, T.S. White, and S.L. Brantley. 2010. Mineral weathering and elemental transport during hillslope evolution at the Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74:3669-3691. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.036
22. Jin, L., D.M. Andrews, G.H. Holmes, H. Lin, and S.L. Brantley. 2011. Opening the "black box": Water chemistry reveals hydrological controls on weathering in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Vadose Zone J. 10:928-942 (this issue) doi:10.2136/vzj2010.0133
23. Kalbitz, K., and K. Kaiser. 2008. Contribution of dissolved organic matter to carbon storage in forest mineral soils. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 171:52-60. doi:10.1002/jpln.200700043
24. Kettler, T.A., J.W. Dorany, and T.L. Gilbertz. 2001. Simplified method for soil particle-size determination to accompany soil-quality analyses. USDAARS/UNL Faculty, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE.
25. Koehler, A., K. Murphy, G. Kiely, and M. Sottocornola. 2009. Seasonal variation of DOC concentration and annual loss of DOC from an Atlantic blanket bog in South Western Ireland. Biogeochemistry doi:10.1007/s10533-009-9333-9.
26. Liermann, L.J., R. Mathur, L.E. Wasylenki, J. Nuester, A.D. Anbar, and S.L. Brantley. 2011. Extent and isotopic composition of Fe and Mo release from two Pennsylvania shales in the presence of organic ligands and bacteria. Chem. Geol. 281:167-180. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.005
27. Lin, H. 2006. Temporal stability of soil moisture spatial pattern and subsurface preferential flow pathways in the Shale Hills Catchment. Vadose Zone J. 5:317-340. doi:10.2136/vzj2005.0058
28. Lin, H., and X. Zhou. 2008. Evidence of subsurface preferential flow using soil hydrologic monitoring in the Shale Hills Catchment. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 59:34-49. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2389.2007.00988.x
29. Lin, H., W. Kogelmann, C. Walker, and M.A. Bruns. 2006. Soil moisture patterns in a forested catchment: A hydropedological perspective. Geoderma 131:345-368 doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.03.013
30. Liu, C.P., and B.H. Sheu. 2003. Dissolved organic carbon in precipitation, throughfall, stemflow, soil solution, and stream water at the Guandaushi subtropical forest in Taiwan. For. Ecol. Manage. 172:315-325. doi:10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00793-9
31. Lynch, J.A. 1976. Effects of antecedent soil moisture on storm hydrographs. Ph.D. diss. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
32. McClain, M.E., E.W. Boyer, C.L. Dent, S.E. Gergel, N.B. Grimm, P.M. Groff-man, S.C. Hart, J.W. Harvey, C.A. Johnson, E. Mayorga, W.H. McDowell, and G. Pinay. 2003. Biogeochemical hot spots and hot moments at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecosystems 6:301-312. doi:10.1007/s10021-003-0161-9
33. McDowell, W.H. 2003. Dissolved organic matter in soils-Future directions and unanswered questions. Geoderma 113:179-186. doi:10.1016/S0016-7061(02)00360-9
34. McDowell, W.H., and G.E. Likens. 1988. Composition and flux of dissolved organic carbon in the Hubbard Brook Valley. Ecol. Monogr. 58:177-195. doi:10.2307/2937024
35. Meyer, J.L., and C.M. Tate. 1983. The effects of watershed disturbance on dissolved organic carbon dynamics of a stream. Ecology 64:33-44. doi:10.2307/1937326
36. Miller, A.E., J.P. Schimel, T. Meixner, J.O. Sickman, and J.M. Melack. 2005. Episodic rewetting enhances carbon and nitrogen release from chaparral soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 37:2195-2204. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio. 2005.03.021
37. Mulholland, P.J. 1997. Dissolved organic matter concentration and flux in streams. J. North Am. Benthol. Soc. 16:131-141. doi:10.2307/1468246
38. Mulholland, P.J., and W.R. Hill. 1997. Seasonal patterns in streamwater nutrient and dissolved organic carbon concentrations: Separating catchment flow path and in stream effects. Water Resour. Res. 33:1297-1306. doi:10.1029/97WR00490
39. NOAA. 2007. U.S. divisional and station climatic data and normals: Asheville, NC Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, National Climatic Data Center. Available at http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdo [verified 13 July 2011].
40. Neff, J.C., and G.P. Asner. 2001. Dissolved organic carbon in terrestrial ecosystems: Synthesis and a model. Ecosystems 4:29-48. doi:10.1007/ s100210000058
41. Nelson, D.W., and L.E. Sommers. 1996. Total carbon, organic carbon, and organic matter. p. 961-1010. In A.L. Page et al. (ed.) Methods of soil analysis. Part 2. 2nd ed. Agron. Monogr. 9. ASA and SSSA, Madison, WI.
42. Qualls, R.G. 2000. Comparison of the behavior of soluble organic and inorganic nutrients in forest soils. For. Ecol. Manage. 138:29-50. doi:10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00410-2
43. Qualls, R.G., and B.L. Haines. 1991. Geochemistry of dissolved organic nutrients in water percolating through a forest ecosystem. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 55:1112-1123 doi:10.2136/sssaj1991.03615995005500040036x
44. Scheffe, H. 1999. The analysis of variance. 1st ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
45. Smakhtin, V.Yu., and B. Masse. 2000. Continuous daily hydrograph simulation using duration curves of a precipitation index. Hydrol. Processes 14:1083-1100. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(20000430)14:6<1083::AIDHYP998> 3.0.CO;2-2
46. Soil Survey Staff. 1996. Total carbon, dry combustion, method 6A2. Soil Survey Laboratory methods manual Soil Survey Investigations Rep. 42, version 30. U.S. Gov. Print. Office, Washington, DC.
47. Takagi, K. 2009. Static and dynamic controls of soil moisture spatial-temporal variability in the Shale Hills Catchment. M.Sc. thesis. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
48. Tarboton, D.G. 1997. A new method for the determination of flow directions and upslope areas in grid digital elevation models. Water Resour. Res. 33:309-319. doi:10.1029/96WR03137
49. Tetzlaff, D., and H. Laudon. 2010. Dissolved organic carbon in Northern catchments and understanding hydroclimatic controls. Eos. Trans. AGU 91(22) doi:10.1029/2010EO220005.
50. Turgeon, J.M.L., and F. Courchesne. 2008. Hydrochemical behaviour of dissolved nitrogen and carbon in a headwater stream of the Canadian Shield: Relevance of antecedent soil moisture conditions. Hydrol. Processes 22:327-339. doi:10.1002/hyp.6613
51. Vidon, P., and A.R. Hill. 2004. Denitrification and patterns of electron donors and acceptors in eight riparian zones with contrasting hydrogeology. Biogeochemistry 71:259-283. doi:10.1007/s10533-004-9684-1
52. Vidon, P., C. Allan, D. Burns, T.P. Duval, N. Gurwick, S. Inamdar, R. Lowrance, J. Okay, D. Scott, and S. Sebestyen. 2010. Hot spots and hot moments in riparian zones: Potential for improved water quality management. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc. 46:278-298. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00420.x
53. Zhu, Q., and H.S. Lin. 2010. Comparing ordinary kriging and regression kriging for soil properties in contrasting landscapes. Pedosphere 20:594-606. doi:10.1016/S1002-0160(10)60049-5