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Amy D Rosemond¹, Jonathan P Benstead², Phillip M Bumpers³

¹Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. rosemond@uga.edu.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|March 7, 2015

Resumen

La contaminación de nutrientes acelera significativamente la descomposición del carbono orgánico terrestre en los ríos, reduciendo su tiempo de almacenamiento en aproximadamente un 50%. Esta rápida pérdida de carbono tiene un impacto en las redes alimentarias fluviales y los servicios del ecosistema.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ecología del agua dulce Ecología del agua dulce
Química del medio ambiente Química del medio ambiente
Ciencia de los Ecosistemas Ciencia de los Ecosistemas

Sus antecedentes:

La contaminación de nutrientes en los ecosistemas de agua dulce a menudo conduce a un aumento del secuestro de carbono de las algas.
El impacto del enriquecimiento de nutrientes en el destino del carbono orgánico terrestre en los ríos no se entiende bien.
El carbono orgánico terrestre apoya las redes alimentarias fluviales y es una fuente de dióxido de carbono (CO2).

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar cómo el enriquecimiento de nutrientes afecta el tiempo de residencia y el procesamiento del carbono orgánico terrestre en los ecosistemas fluviales.
Para determinar si las adiciones de nutrientes alteran el equilibrio entre las entradas de carbono terrestres y el secuestro de carbono de las algas.
Evaluar las consecuencias del ciclo alterado del carbono para los servicios del ecosistema fluvial.

Principales métodos:

Adición de toda la corriente de nitrógeno (N) y fósforo (P) durante un período de 27 años.
Comparación de los tiempos de residencia de carbono orgánico terrestre bajo enriquecimiento de nutrientes versus condiciones de referencia.
Cuantificación de las entradas anuales de carbono orgánico terrestre y sus tasas de agotamiento.

Principales resultados:

El tiempo de residencia del carbono orgánico terrestre se redujo en aproximadamente un 50% bajo el enriquecimiento de nutrientes.
Las entradas anuales de carbono orgánico terrestre fueron rápidamente consumidas por redes alimenticias detrituales.
La colimitación de nutrientes de las redes alimenticias detritales fue aliviada por las adiciones de nitrógeno y fósforo.

Conclusiones:

La contaminación por nutrientes acelera la pérdida de carbono orgánico terrestre de los ecosistemas fluviales.
La tasa de pérdida de carbono terrestre debido a la contaminación de nutrientes puede exceder las ganancias de carbono de las algas.
El ciclo de carbono terrestre alterado disminuye los servicios cruciales del ecosistema en las redes fluviales.

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