Environmental and stoichiometric controls on microbial carbon‐use efficiency in soils

New Phytologist - Tập 196 Số 1 - Trang 79-91 - 2012
Stefano Manzoni1,2, Philip Taylor3, Andreas Richter4, Amilcare Porporato1,2, Göran I. Ågren5
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287, USA
2Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham NC 27708 USA
3Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
4Department of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Austria
5Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

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Summary

Carbon (C) metabolism is at the core of ecosystem function. Decomposers play a critical role in this metabolism as they drive soil C cycle by mineralizing organic matter to CO2. Their growth depends on the carbon‐use efficiency (CUE), defined as the ratio of growth over C uptake. By definition, high CUE promotes growth and possibly C stabilization in soils, while low CUE favors respiration. Despite the importance of this variable, flexibility in CUE for terrestrial decomposers is still poorly characterized and is not represented in most biogeochemical models. Here, we synthesize the theoretical and empirical basis of changes in CUE across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, highlighting common patterns and hypothesizing changes in CUE under future climates. Both theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from aquatic organisms indicate that CUE decreases as temperature increases and nutrient availability decreases. More limited evidence shows a similar sensitivity of CUE to temperature and nutrient availability in terrestrial decomposers. Increasing CUE with improved nutrient availability might explain observed declines in respiration from fertilized stands, while decreased CUE with increasing temperature and plant C : N ratios might decrease soil C storage. Current biogeochemical models could be improved by accounting for these CUE responses along environmental and stoichiometric gradients.

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Tập 196 Số 1

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