Temperature effects on the first three years of soil ecosystem development on volcanic ash

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dc.contributor.authorTateno, Ryunosuke
dc.contributor.authorTatsumi, Chikae
dc.contributor.authorNakayama, Masataka
dc.contributor.authorTakahashi, Koichi
dc.contributor.authorKerfahi, Dorsaf
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-17T09:25:35Z
dc.date.available2018-08-17T09:25:35Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-13
dc.description.abstractLittle is known of the earliest stages of soil ecosystem development on volcanic ash, and how this process is affected by temperature. We studied the first three years of soil development in a field-based mesocosm experiment, situated in different climates across Japan. Newly fallen, sterilized volcanic ash from the Sakurajima volcano (Kyushu, Japan) was placed into pots and positioned at six locations with mean annual temperatures ranging from - 1.6 °C to 18.6 °C. At 24 months into the experiment, C and N accumulation showed only a weak linear correlation with temperature, but by 36 months there was a clear exponential relationship. This applied only to the top 2 cm of the developing soil, and was not apparent in the lower part of the ash. We suggest that this acceleration in warmer climates relates to a positive feedback involving bryophyte cover, which had become much denser by the third year in the warmer sites. Surprisingly, the abundance of 16S rRNA gene copies of bacteria, fungi, archaea - as well as ammonia oxidizers – did not increase from 12 months to 36 months, and did not show any relationship to temperature, suggesting that input from plants is the major factor in increasing C and N buildup in the soil. Overall it appears that temperature effects on bryophyte cover buildup may be important in controlling the temperature relationship in soil development on volcanic ash.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationRyunosuke Tateno, Chikae Tatsumi, Masataka Nakayama, et al., Temperature effects on the first three years of soil ecosystem development on volcanic ash. CATENA, Volume 172, Issue January, 2019, pp. 1-10en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0341-8162
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.08.009
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13408
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectCarbon accumulationen_UK
dc.subjectNitrificationen_UK
dc.subjectPrimary successionen_UK
dc.subjectTemperature gradienten_UK
dc.subjectWeatheringen_UK
dc.subjectVolcanic ashen_UK
dc.titleTemperature effects on the first three years of soil ecosystem development on volcanic ashen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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