Life after a fiery death: Fire and plant biomass loading affect dissolved organic matter in experimental ponds

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. e17061 - n/a
• Main Authors: Spiegel, Cody J., Mladenov, Natalie, Wall, Christopher B., Hollman, Kelly, Tran, Cindy H., Symons, Celia C., Shurin, Jonathan B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Absorbance; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic environment; Aquatic plants; Aromatic compounds; Biomass; Biomass burning; Carbon; Carbon compounds; Carbon cycle; Climate change; Composition; Concentration gradient; degradation; Design of experiments; Dissolved organic carbon; Dissolved organic matter; Experimental design; experimental ponds; Fires; Fluorescence; fluorescence spectroscopy; Freshwater; Human influences; Humification; Inland water environment; Low molecular weights; Microorganisms; Molecular weight; Nonlinear response; Photochemicals; Photochemistry; Photodegradation; Plant biomass; Plants; Ponds; Ultraviolet radiation; Water color; Water colour; wildfire; Wildfires; dissolved organic matter; degradation; fluorescence spectroscopy; experimental ponds; wildfire; dissolved organic carbon

Drier and hotter conditions linked with anthropogenic climate change can increase wildfire frequency and severity, influencing terrestrial and aquatic carbon cycles at broad spatial and temporal scales. The impacts of wildfire are complex and dependent on several factors that may increase terrestria...