DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14273
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85051506562
论文题名: Disentangling the effects of acidic air pollution, atmospheric CO2, and climate change on recent growth of red spruce trees in the Central Appalachian Mountains
作者: Mathias J.M. ; Thomas R.B.
刊名: Global Change Biology
ISSN: 13541013
出版年: 2018
卷: 24, 期: 9 起始页码: 3938
结束页码: 3953
语种: 英语
英文关键词: acid deposition
; carbon isotopes
; elevated CO2
; intrinsic water use efficiency
; nitrogen isotopes
; Picea rubens
; tree growth
; tree rings
Scopus关键词: Picea rubens
英文摘要: In the 45 years after legislation of the Clean Air Act, there has been tremendous progress in reducing acidic air pollutants in the eastern United States, yet limited evidence exists that cleaner air has improved forest health. Here, we investigate the influence of recent environmental changes on the growth and physiology of red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) trees, a key indicator species of forest health, spanning three locations along a 100 km transect in the Central Appalachian Mountains. We incorporated a multiproxy approach using 75-year tree ring chronologies of basal tree growth, carbon isotope discrimination (∆13C, a proxy for leaf gas exchange), and δ15N (a proxy for ecosystem N status) to examine tree and ecosystem level responses to environmental change. Results reveal the two most important factors driving increased tree growth since ca. 1989 are reductions in acidic sulfur pollution and increases in atmospheric CO2, while reductions in pollutant emissions of NOx and warmer springs played smaller, but significant roles. Tree ring ∆13C signatures increased significantly since 1989, concurrently with significant declines in tree ring δ15N signatures. These isotope chronologies provide strong evidence that simultaneous changes in C and N cycling, including greater photosynthesis and stomatal conductance of trees and increases in ecosystem N retention, were related to recent increases in red spruce tree growth and are consequential to ecosystem recovery from acidic pollution. Intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE) of the red spruce trees increased by ~51% across the 75-year chronology, and was driven by changes in atmospheric CO2 and acid pollution, but iWUE was not linked to recent increases in tree growth. This study documents the complex environmental interactions that have contributed to the recovery of red spruce forest ecosystems from pervasive acidic air pollution beginning in 1989, about 15 years after acidic pollutants started to decline in the United States. © 2018 The Authors. Global Change Biology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/110276
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
Recommended Citation:
Mathias J.M.,Thomas R.B.. Disentangling the effects of acidic air pollution, atmospheric CO2, and climate change on recent growth of red spruce trees in the Central Appalachian Mountains[J]. Global Change Biology,2018-01-01,24(9)