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The Vernal Dam: Plant‐Microbe Competition for Nitrogen in Northern Hardwood Forests
Abstract
Nitrogen (N) uptake by spring ephemeral communities has been proposed as a mechanism that retains N within northern hardwood forests during the season of maximum loss. To understand better the importance of these plants in retaining N, we followed the movement of 15 NH 4+ and 15 NO 3— into plant and microbial biomass. Two days following isotope addition, microbial biomass represented the largest labile pool of N and contained 8.5 times as much N as Allium tricoccum L. biomass. Microbial immobilization of 15 N was 10—20 times greater than uptake by A. tricoccum. Nitrification of 15 NH 4+ was five times lower in cores containing A. tricoccum compared to those without the spring ephemeral. Spring N retention within northern hardwood forests cannot be fully explained by plant uptake because microbial immobilization represented a significantly larger sink for N. Results suggest that plant and microbial uptake of NH 4+ may reduce the quantity of substrate available for nitrification and thereby lessen the potential for NO 3— loss via denitrification and leaching.
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- Authors
- Zak, D. R., Groffman, P. M., Pregitzer, K. S., Christensen, S., & Tiedje, J. M.
- Venue
- Ecology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1990-04
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 651-656
- ISSN
- 0012-9658 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-9170
- OpenAlex
- W2147489195
- Cited by
- 298
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 7.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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