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Quantification of the nitrogen cycle in a prairie stream.

Dodds, Walter K., Evans-White, Michelle A., Gerlanc, Nicole M., Gray, Lawrence, Gudder, Dolly A., Kemp, Melody J., López, Amanda L., Stagliano, David, Strauss, Eric A., Tank, Jennifer L., Whiles, Matt R., Wollheim, Wilfred M.·2000·Ecosystems

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Nitrogen (N) was added for 35 days in the form of ¹⁵NH₄Cl to Kings Creek on Konza Prairie, Kansas. Standing stocks of N in key compartments (that is, nutrients, detritus, organisms) were quantified, and the amount of labeled N entering the compartments was analyzed. These data were used to calculate turnover and flux rates of N cycling through the food web, as well as nutrient transformation rates. Inorganic N pools turned over much more rapidly in the water column of this stream than in pelagic systems where comparable measurements have been made. As with other systems, the mass of ammonium was low but it was the key compartment mediating nutrient flux through the ecosystem, whereas dissolved organic N, the primary component of N flux through the system, is not actively cycled. Nitrification was also a significant flux of N in the stream, with rates in the water column and surface of benthos accounting for approximately 10% of the total ammonium uptake. Primary consumers assimilated 67% of the inorganic N that entered benthic algae and microbes. Predators acquired 23% of the N that consumers obtained. Invertebrate collectors, omnivorous crayfish (Orconectes spp.), and invertebrate shredders dominated the N flux associated with primary consumers. Mass balance calculations indicated that at least 23% of the 309 mg of ¹⁵N added during the 35 days of release was retained within the 210-m stream reach during the release. Overall, the rates of turnover of N in organisms and organic substrata were significantly greater when C:N was low. This ratio may be a surrogate for biological activity with regard to N flux in streams.

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Authors: Dodds, W. K., Evans-White, M. A., Gerlanc, N. M., Gray, L., Gudder, D. A., Kemp, M. J., López, A. L., Stagliano, D., Strauss, E. A., Tank, J. L., Whiles, M. R., & Wollheim, W. M.
Affiliations: Kansas State University (US)
Utah Valley University (US)
University of Notre Dame (US)
Marine Biological Laboratory (US)
ORCID: Dodds, Walter K.
Strauss, Eric A.
Tank, Jennifer L.
Whiles, Matt R.
Wollheim, Wilfred M.
Venue: Ecosystems
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2000-11
Volume: 3
Issue: 6
Pages: 574-589
ISSN: 1432-9840 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1007/s100210000050
OpenAlex: W2064284501
Cited by: 154
References: 46
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 5.22
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Ecosystems (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
Keywords: nitrogen cycling, prairie streams, 15N tracer, nitrogen turnover, nitrogen fluxes, ammonium, dissolved organic nitrogen, nitrification, food webs, mass balance, C/N ratio, benthic invertebrates, crayfish, detritus, Konza Prairie

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