摘要
Plant communities play an important role in the C-sink function of peatlands. However,global change and local perturbations are expected to modify peatland plant communities,leading to a shift from Sphagnum mosses to vascular plants. Most studies have focused on the direct effects of modification in plant communities or of global change(such as climate warming, N fertilization) in peatlands without considering interactions between these disturbances that may alter peatlands' C function. We set up a mesocosm experiment to investigate how Greenhouse Gas(CO_2, CH_4, N_2O) fluxes, and dissolved organic carbon(DOC)and total dissolved N(TN) contents are affected by a shift from Sphagnum mosses to Molinia caerulea dominated peatlands combined with N fertilization. Increasing N deposition did not alter the C fluxes(CO_2 exchanges, CH_4 emissions) or DOC content. The lack of N effect on the C cycle seems due to the capacity of Sphagnum to efficiently immobilize N. Nevertheless, N supply increased the N_2O emissions, which were also controlled by the plant communities with the presence of Molinia caerulea reducing N_2O emissions in the Sphagnum mesocosms. Our study highlights the role of the vegetation composition on the C and N fluxes in peatlands and their responses to the N deposition. Future research should now consider the climate change in interaction to plants community modifications due to their controls of peatland sensitivity to environmental conditions.
Plant communities play an important role in the C-sink function of peatlands. However,global change and local perturbations are expected to modify peatland plant communities,leading to a shift from Sphagnum mosses to vascular plants. Most studies have focused on the direct effects of modification in plant communities or of global change(such as climate warming, N fertilization) in peatlands without considering interactions between these disturbances that may alter peatlands' C function. We set up a mesocosm experiment to investigate how Greenhouse Gas(CO_2, CH_4, N_2O) fluxes, and dissolved organic carbon(DOC)and total dissolved N(TN) contents are affected by a shift from Sphagnum mosses to Molinia caerulea dominated peatlands combined with N fertilization. Increasing N deposition did not alter the C fluxes(CO_2 exchanges, CH_4 emissions) or DOC content. The lack of N effect on the C cycle seems due to the capacity of Sphagnum to efficiently immobilize N. Nevertheless, N supply increased the N_2O emissions, which were also controlled by the plant communities with the presence of Molinia caerulea reducing N_2O emissions in the Sphagnum mesocosms. Our study highlights the role of the vegetation composition on the C and N fluxes in peatlands and their responses to the N deposition. Future research should now consider the climate change in interaction to plants community modifications due to their controls of peatland sensitivity to environmental conditions.
基金
research conducted in the Labex VOLTAIRE (ANR-10-LABX-100-01)
the financial support provided to the PIVOTS project by the Région Centre–Val de Loire:ARD 2020 program,CPER 2015-2020,the European Union who invests in Centre-Val de Loire with the European Regional Development Fund
supported by the AMIS(FAte and IMpact of AtmospherIc PollutantS)project funded by the European Union,under the Marie Curie Actions IRSES(International Research Staff Exchange Scheme),within the Seventh Framework ProgrammeFP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES
