Climate Effects on Belowground Tea Litter Decomposition Depend on Ecosystem and Organic Matter Types in Global Wetlands

Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett; Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas; Martino Malerba; Peter I. Macreadie; Ika Djukic; Junbin Zhao; Erica B. Young; Paul H. York; Shin Cheng Yeh; Yanmei Xiong; Gidon Winters; Eilat Campus; Danielle Whitlock; Carolyn A. Weaver; Anne Watson; Inger Visby; Jacek Tylkowski; Allison Trethowan; Scott Tiegs; Ben Taylor; Jozef Szpikowski; Grazyna Szpikowska; Victoria L. Strickland; Normunds Stivrins; Ana I. Sousa; Sutinee Sinutok; Whitney A. Scheffel; Rui Santos; Jonathan Sanderman; Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo; Joan Albert Sanchez-Cabeza; Krzysztof G. Rymer; Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernandez; Bjorn J.M. Robroek; Tessa Roberts; Aurora M. Ricart; Laura K. Reynolds; Grzegorz Rachlewicz; Anchana Prathep; Andrew J. Pinsonneault; Elise Pendall; Richard Payne; Ilze Ozola; Cody Onufrock; Anne Ola; Steven F. Oberbauer; Aroloye O. Numbere; Alyssa B. Novak; Joanna Norkko; Alf Norkko; Thomas J. Mozdzer; Pam Morgan; Diana I. Montemayor; Charles W. Martin; Sparkle L. Malone; Maciej Major; Mikolaj Majewski; Carolyn J. Lundquist; Catherine E. Lovelock; Songlin Liu; Hsing Juh Lin; Ana Lillebo; Jinquan Li; John S. Kominoski; Anzar Ahmad Khuroo; Jeffrey J. Kelleway; Kristin I. Jinks; Daniel Jerónimo; Christopher Janousek; Emma L. Jackson; Oscar Iribarne; Torrance Hanley; Maroof Hamid; Arjun Gupta; Rafael D. Guariento; Ieva Grudzinska; Anderson da Rocha Gripp; María A. González Sagrario; Laura M. Garrison; Karine Gagnon; Esperança Gacia; Marco Fusi; Lachlan Farrington; Jenny Farmer; Francisco de Assis Esteves; Mauricio Escapa; Monika Domańska; André T.C. Dias; Carmen B. de los Santos; Daniele Daffonchio; Pawel M. Czyryca; Rod M. Connolly; Alexander Cobb; Maria Chudzińska; Bart Christiaen; Peter Chifflard; Sara Castelar; Luciana S. Carneiro; José Gilberto Cardoso-Mohedano; Megan Camden; Adriano Caliman; Richard H. Bulmer; Jennifer Bowen; Christoffer Boström; Susana Bernal; John A. Berges; Juan C. Benavides; Savanna C. Barry; Juha M. Alatalo; Alia N. Al-Haj; Maria Fernanda Adame

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Climate Effects on Belowground Tea Litter Decomposition Depend on Ecosystem and Organic Matter Types in Global Wetlands

Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Martino Malerba, Peter I. Macreadie, Ika Djukic, Junbin Zhao, Erica B. Young, Paul H. York, Shin Cheng Yeh, Yanmei Xiong, Gidon Winters, Eilat Campus, Danielle Whitlock, Carolyn A. Weaver, Anne Watson, Inger Visby, Jacek Tylkowski, Allison Trethowan, Scott Tiegs, Ben TaylorJozef Szpikowski, Grazyna Szpikowska, Victoria L. Strickland, Normunds Stivrins, Ana I. Sousa, Sutinee Sinutok, Whitney A. Scheffel, Rui Santos, Jonathan Sanderman, Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo, Joan Albert Sanchez-Cabeza, Krzysztof G. Rymer, Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernandez, Bjorn J.M. Robroek, Tessa Roberts, Aurora M. Ricart, Laura K. Reynolds, Grzegorz Rachlewicz, Anchana Prathep, Andrew J. Pinsonneault, Elise Pendall, Richard Payne, Ilze Ozola, Cody Onufrock, Anne Ola, Steven F. Oberbauer, Aroloye O. Numbere, Alyssa B. Novak, Joanna Norkko, Alf Norkko, Thomas J. Mozdzer, Pam Morgan, Diana I. Montemayor, Charles W. Martin, Sparkle L. Malone, Maciej Major, Mikolaj Majewski, Carolyn J. Lundquist, Catherine E. Lovelock, Songlin Liu, Hsing Juh Lin, Ana Lillebo, Jinquan Li, John S. Kominoski, Anzar Ahmad Khuroo, Jeffrey J. Kelleway, Kristin I. Jinks, Daniel Jerónimo, Christopher Janousek, Emma L. Jackson, Oscar Iribarne, Torrance Hanley, Maroof Hamid, Arjun Gupta, Rafael D. Guariento, Ieva Grudzinska, Anderson da Rocha Gripp, María A. González Sagrario, Laura M. Garrison, Karine Gagnon, Esperança Gacia, Marco Fusi, Lachlan Farrington, Jenny Farmer, Francisco de Assis Esteves, Mauricio Escapa, Monika Domańska, André T.C. Dias, Carmen B. de los Santos, Daniele Daffonchio, Pawel M. Czyryca, Rod M. Connolly, Alexander Cobb, Maria Chudzińska, Bart Christiaen, Peter Chifflard, Sara Castelar, Luciana S. Carneiro, José Gilberto Cardoso-Mohedano, Megan Camden, Adriano Caliman, Richard H. Bulmer, Jennifer Bowen, Christoffer Boström, Susana Bernal, John A. Berges, Juan C. Benavides, Savanna C. Barry, Juha M. Alatalo, Alia N. Al-Haj, Maria Fernanda Adame

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Patchy global data on belowground litter decomposition dynamics limit our capacity to discern the drivers of carbon preservation and storage across inland and coastal wetlands. We performed a global, multiyear study in over 180 wetlands across 28 countries and 8 macroclimates using standardized litter as measures of "recalcitrant"(rooibos tea) and "labile"(green tea) organic matter (OM) decomposition. Freshwater wetlands and tidal marshes had the highest tea mass remaining, indicating a greater potential for carbon preservation in these ecosystems. Recalcitrant OM decomposition increased with elevated temperatures throughout the decay period, e.g., increase from 10 to 20°C corresponded to a 1.46-fold increase in the recalcitrant OM decay rate constant. The effect of elevated temperature on labile OM breakdown was ecosystem-dependent, with tidally influenced wetlands showing limited effects of temperature compared with freshwater wetlands. Based on climatic projections, by 2050 wetland decay constants will increase by 1.8% for labile and 3.1% for recalcitrant OM. Our study highlights the potential for reduction in belowground OM in coastal and inland wetlands under increased warming, but the extent and direction of this effect at a large scale is dependent on ecosystem and OM characteristics. Understanding local versus global drivers is necessary to resolve ecosystem influences on carbon preservation in wetlands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21589-21603
Number of pages	15
Journal	Environmental Science and Technology
Volume	58
Issue number	49
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02116
State	Published - 26 Nov 2024

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blue carbon
macroclimate
tea bags
TeaComposition HO
teal carbon
TeaComposition H2O

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Trevathan-Tackett, S. M., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Malerba, M., Macreadie, P. I., Djukic, I., Zhao, J., Young, E. B., York, P. H., Yeh, S. C., Xiong, Y., Winters, G., Campus, E., Whitlock, D., Weaver, C. A., Watson, A., Visby, I., Tylkowski, J., Trethowan, A., Tiegs, S., ... Adame, M. F. (2024). Climate Effects on Belowground Tea Litter Decomposition Depend on Ecosystem and Organic Matter Types in Global Wetlands. Environmental Science and Technology, 58(49), 21589-21603. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02116

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AU - York, Paul H.

AU - Yeh, Shin Cheng

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AU - Winters, Gidon

AU - Campus, Eilat

AU - Whitlock, Danielle

AU - Weaver, Carolyn A.

AU - Watson, Anne

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AU - Tylkowski, Jacek

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AU - Tiegs, Scott

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AU - Szpikowski, Jozef

AU - Szpikowska, Grazyna

AU - Strickland, Victoria L.

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AU - Sousa, Ana I.

AU - Sinutok, Sutinee

AU - Scheffel, Whitney A.

AU - Santos, Rui

AU - Sanderman, Jonathan

AU - Sánchez-Carrillo, Salvador

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AU - Li, Jinquan

AU - Kominoski, John S.

AU - Khuroo, Anzar Ahmad

AU - Kelleway, Jeffrey J.

AU - Jinks, Kristin I.

AU - Jerónimo, Daniel

AU - Janousek, Christopher

AU - Jackson, Emma L.

AU - Iribarne, Oscar

AU - Hanley, Torrance

AU - Hamid, Maroof

AU - Gupta, Arjun

AU - Guariento, Rafael D.

AU - Grudzinska, Ieva

AU - Gripp, Anderson da Rocha

AU - González Sagrario, María A.

AU - Garrison, Laura M.

AU - Gagnon, Karine

AU - Gacia, Esperança

AU - Fusi, Marco

AU - Farrington, Lachlan

AU - Farmer, Jenny

AU - de Assis Esteves, Francisco

AU - Escapa, Mauricio

AU - Domańska, Monika

AU - Dias, André T.C.

AU - de los Santos, Carmen B.

AU - Daffonchio, Daniele

AU - Czyryca, Pawel M.

AU - Connolly, Rod M.

AU - Cobb, Alexander

AU - Chudzińska, Maria

AU - Christiaen, Bart

AU - Chifflard, Peter

AU - Castelar, Sara

AU - Carneiro, Luciana S.

AU - Cardoso-Mohedano, José Gilberto

AU - Camden, Megan

AU - Caliman, Adriano

AU - Bulmer, Richard H.

AU - Bowen, Jennifer

AU - Boström, Christoffer

AU - Bernal, Susana

AU - Berges, John A.

AU - Benavides, Juan C.

AU - Barry, Savanna C.

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Climate Effects on Belowground Tea Litter Decomposition Depend on Ecosystem and Organic Matter Types in Global Wetlands

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