The Sensitivity of Moss-Associated Nitrogen Fixation towards Repeated Nitrogen Input

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e0146655
• Main Authors: Rousk, Kathrin, Michelsen, Anders
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 05.01.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Betula pubescens; Boreal forests; Bryophyta; Bryophyta - physiology; Cyanobacteria; Cyanobacteria - physiology; Deprivation; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecosystem biology; Ecosystems; Flowers & plants; Forests; Hylocomium splendens; Inhibition; Laboratories; Leachates; Mosses; Nitrates; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen Fixation - physiology; Peatlands; Permafrost; Pleurozium schreberi; Sensitivity; Sphagnum; Taiga; Taiga & tundra; Tundra; Tundra ecology; United States

Nitrogen (N2) fixation is a major source of available N in ecosystems that receive low amounts of atmospheric N deposition. In boreal forest and subarctic tundra, the feather moss Hylocomium splendens is colonized by N2 fixing cyanobacteria that could contribute fundamentally to increase the N pool...