Green light: Gross primary production influences seasonal stream N export by controlling fine-scale N dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 133-144

  Lupon, Anna ^a   Martí, Eugènia ^b   Sabater, Francesc ^a   Bernal, Susana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diel stream nitrate variation; Headwater forested streams; Metabolism; Montseny Natural Park; Nitrate concentration; Nitrate uptake; Photoautotrophic activity; Spain

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIEL VARIATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NATURE RESERVE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SPAIN;

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR; TREE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; LIGHT; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84956782193     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-2296.1     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Appling, A. P., and J. B. Heffernan. 2014. Limitation and physiology mediate the fine-scale (de)coupling of biogeochemical cycles. American Naturalist 184: 384-406.
2. Arango, C. P., J. L. Tank, S. L. Johnson, and S. K. Hamilton. 2008. Assimilatory uptake rather than nitrification and denitrification determines nitrogen removal patterns in streams of varying land use. Limnology and Oceanography 53: 2558-2572.
3. Baethgen, W., and M. Alley. 1989. A manual colorimetric procedure for ammonium nitrogen in soil and plant Kjeldahl digests. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 20: 961-969.
4. Battin, T. J., L. A. Kaplan, S. Findlay, C. S. Hopkinson, E. Martí, A. I. Packman, J. D. Newbold, and F. Sabater. 2008. Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks. Nature Geoscience 1: 95-100.
5. Baulch, H. M., P. J. Dillon, R. Maranger, J. J. Venkiteswaran, H. F. Wilson, and S. L. Schiff. 2012. Night and day: short-term variation in nitrogen chemistry and nitrous oxide emissions from streams. Freshwater Biology 57: 509-525.
6. Bernal, S., D. von Schiller, E. Martí, and F. Sabater. 2012. Instream net uptake regulates inorganic nitrogen export from catchments under base flow conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 117: 1-10.
7. Bernal, S., A. Lupon, M. Ribot, F. Sabater, and E. Martí. 2015. Riparian and in-stream controls on nutrient concentrations along a headwater forested stream. Biogeosciences 12: 1941-1954.
8. Bernhardt, E. S., R. O. Jr Hall, and G. E. Likens. 2002. Wholesystem estimates of nitrification and nitrate uptake in streams of the Hubbard Brook experimental forest. Ecosystems 5: 419-430.
9. Bernhardt, E. S., et al. 2005. Can't see the forest for the stream? In-stream processing and terrestrial nitrogen exports. BioScience 55: 219-230.
10. Bott, T. L. 2006. Primary productivity and community respiration. Pages 663-690 in F. R. Hauer and G. A. Lamberti, editors. Methods in stream ecology. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
11. Brookshire, J. E. N., H. M. Valett, and S. Gerber. 2009. Maintenance of terrestrial nutrient loss signatures during in-stream transport. Ecology 90: 293-299.
12. DeNicola, D. M. 1996. Periphyton responses to temperature at different ecological levels. Pages 149-181 in R. J. Stevenson, M. L. Bothwell and R. L. Lowe, editors. Algal ecology. Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA.
13. Flewelling, S. A., G. M. Hornberger, J. S. Herman, A. L. Mills, and W. M. Robertson. 2013. Diel patterns in coastal-stream nitrate concentrations linked to evapotranspiration in the riparian zone of a low-relief, agricultural catchment. Hydrological Processes 28: 2150-2158.
14. Gammons, C. H., J. N. Babcock, S. R. Parker, and S. R. Poulson. 2011. Diel cycling and stable isotopes of dissolved oxygen, dissolved inorganic carbon, and nitrogenous species in a stream receiving treated municipal sewage. Chemical Geology 283: 44-55.
15. Goodale, C. L., K. Lajtha, K. J. Nadelhoffer, E. W. Boyer, and N. A. Jaworski. 2004. Forest nitrogen sinks in large eastern U. S. watersheds: estimates from forest inventory and an ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 57 ( 58 ): 239-266.
16. Gordon, N. D., T. A. McMahon, and B. L. Finlayson. 1992. How to have a field day and still collect some useful information. Pages 75-125 in N. D. Gordon, T. A. McMahon, B. L. Finlayson, C. J. Gippel and R. J. Nathan, editors. Stream hydrology: an introduction for ecologists. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
17. Grimm, N. B. 1987. Nitrogen dynamics during succession in a desert stream. Ecology 68: 1157-1170.
18. Hall, R. O., and J. J. Beaulieu. 2013. Estimating autotrophic respiration in streams using daily metabolism data. Freshwater Science 32: 507-516.
19. Hall, R. O., and J. L. Tank. 2003. Ecosystem metabolism controls nitrogen uptake in streams in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 1120-1128.
20. Halliday, S. J., R. A. Skeffington, A. J. Wade, C. Neal, B. Reynolds, D. Norris and J. W. Kirchner, editors. 2013. Upland streamwater nitrate dynamics across decadal to sub-daily timescales: A case study of Plynlimon, Wales. Biogeosciences 10: 8013-8038.
21. Heffernan, J. B., and M. J. Cohen. 2010. Direct and indirect coupling of primary production and diel nitrate dynamics in a subtropical spring-fed river. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 677-688.
22. Heffernan, J. B., M. J. Cohen, T. K. Frazer, R. G. Thomas, T. J. Rayfield, J. Gulley, J. B. Martin, J. J. Delfino, and W. D. Graham. 2010. Hydrologic and biotic influences on nitrate removal in a subtropical spring-fed river. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 249-263.
23. Hill, W. R., M. G. Ryon, and E. M. Schilling. 1995. Light limitation in a stream ecosystem: responses by primary producers and consumers. Ecology 76: 1297-1309.
24. Huppe, H. C., and D. H. Turpin. 1994. Integration of carbon and nitrogen-metabolism in plant and algal cells. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 45: 577-607.
25. ICC [Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya]. 2010. Orthophotomap of Catalunya 1:25 000. Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain.
26. Johnson, L. T., and J. L. Tank. 2009. Diurnal variations in dissolved organic matter and ammonium uptake in six open-canopy streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28: 694-708.
27. Johnson, K. S., L. J. Coletti, and F. P. Chavez. 2006. Diel nitrate cycles observed with in situ sensors predict monthly and annual new production. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 53: 561-573.
28. Keeney, D. R., and D. W. Nelson. 1982. Nitrogen-inorganic forms. Pages 643-698 in A. L. Page, editor. Methods of soil analysis. Part 2. Agronomy monography. ASA and SSSA, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
29. Kemp, M. J., and W. K. Dodds. 2002. The influence of ammonium, nitrate, and dissolved oxygen concentrations on uptake, nitrification, and denitrification rates associated with prairie stream substrata. Limnology and Oceanography 47: 1380-1393.
30. Kirchner, J. W., X. H. Feng, and C. Neal. 2001. Catchment-scale advection and dispersion as a mechanism for fractal scaling in stream tracer concentrations. Journal of Hydrology 254: 82-101.
31. Laursen, A. E., and S. P. Seitzinger. 2004. Diurnal patterns of denitrification, oxygen consumption and nitrous oxide production in rivers measured at the whole-reach scale. Freshwater Biology 49: 1448-1458.
32. Mulholland, P. J., S. A. Thomas, H. M. Valett, J. R. Webster, and J. Beaulieu. 2006. Effects of light on NO-3 uptake in small forested streams: diurnal and day-to-day variations. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25: 583-595.
33. Mulholland, P. J., et al. 2008. Stream denitrification across biomes and its response to anthropogenic nitrate loading. Nature 452: 202-206.
34. Muller, R. N., and F. H. Bormann. 1976. Role of Erythronium americanum Ker. on energy-flow and nutrient dynamics of a northern hardwood forest ecosystem. Science 193: 1126-1128.
35. Pastor, A., J. L. Riera, M. Peipoch, L. Cañas, M. Ribot, E. Gacia, E. Martí, and F. Sabater. 2014. Temporal variability of nitrogen stable isotopes in primary uptake compartments in four streams differing in human impacts. Environmental Science and Technology 48: 6612-6619.
36. Pellerin, B. A., B. D. Downing, C. Kendall, R. A. Dahlgren, T. E. C. Kraus, J. Saraceno, R. G. M. Spencer, and B. A. Bergamaschi. 2009. Assessing the sources and magnitude of diurnal nitrate variability in the San Joaquin River (California) with an in situ optical nitrate sensor and dual nitrate isotopes. Freshwater Biology 54: 376-387.
37. Peterson, B. J., et al. 2001. Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams. Science 292: 86-90.
38. R Core Development Team. 2012. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria.
39. Riis, T., W. K. Dodds, P. B. Kristensen, and A. J. Baisner. 2012. Nitrogen cycling and dynamics in a macrophyte-rich stream as determined by a 15 N-NH 4 + release. Freshwater Biology 57: 1579-1591.
40. Roberts, B. J., and P. J. Mulholland. 2007. In-stream biotic control on nutrient biogeochemistry in a forested stream, West Fork of Walker Branch. Journal of Geophysical Research 112: G04002.
41. Rusjan, S., and M. Mikoš. 2009. Seasonal variability of diurnal in-stream nitrate concentration oscillations under hydrologically stable conditions. Biogeochemistry 97: 123-140.
42. Schlesinger, W. H. 2009. On the fate of anthropogenic nitrogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106: 203-208.
43. Scholefield, D., T. Le Goff, J. Braven, L. Ebdon, T. Long, and M. Butler. 2005. Concerted diurnal patterns in riverine nutrient concentrations and physical conditions. Science of the Total Environment 344: 201-210.
44. Sterner, R. W., and J. J. Elser. 2002. Ecological stoichio metry: The biology of elements from molecules to the biosphere. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
45. Sudduth, E. B., S. S. Perakis, and E. S. Bernhardt. 2013. Nitrate in watersheds: straight from soils to streams? Journal of Geophysical Research: BioGeosciences 118: 291-302.
46. Sutton, M. A., O. Oenema, J. W. Erisman, A. Leip, H. van Grinsven, and W. Winiwarter. 2011. Too much of a good thing. Nature 472: 159-161.
47. Tank, J. L., E. J. Rosi-Marshall, M. A. Baker, and R. O. Jr Hall. 2008. Are rivers just big streams? A pulse method to quantify nitrogen demand in a large river. Ecology 89: 2935-2945.
48. Valett, H. M., S. A. Thomas, P. J. Mulholland, J. R. Webster, C. N. Dahm, C. S. Fellows, C. L. Crenshaw, and C. G. Peterson. 2008. Endogenous and exogenous control of ecosystem function: N cycling in headwater streams. Ecology 89: 3515-3527.
49. Volkmar, E. C., S. S. Henson, R. A. Dahlgren, A. T. O'Geen, and E. E. Van Nieuwenhuyse. 2011. Diel patterns of algae and water quality constituents in the San Joaquin River, California, USA. Chemical Geology 283: 56-67.
50. Young, R. G., and A. D. Huryn. 1998. Comment: improvements to the diurnal upstream-downstream dissolved oxygen change technique for determining whole-stream metabolism in small streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55: 1784-1785.
51. Zar, J. H. 2010. Biostatistical analysis. Prentice-Hall/Pearson, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA.