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JAEL EDGERTONKENT STATE UNIVERSITY
Effects of Labile Carbon Addition on Denitrification and Denitrifiers in a
Headwater Agricultural Stream
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Anthropogenic Changes to the Global N-Cycle
Human activities - increased inputs of fixed nitrogen Nitrogenous fertilizer runoff-Eutrophication HypoxiaDeadzone formation.
•Microbial Denitrification – stepwise reduction of NO3 to N2 by facultative anaerobes•Denitrification –returns biovailable N can to the atmosphere.
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Labile Carbon Additions to a Midwestern Agricultural Stream
1. How tightly coupled are DOC and N cycling?2. How does denitrification in an agricultural stream
respond to changes in the pool of DOC?3. Is the response mediated through changes in the
microbial community?
•Formate:acetate coupled with 15-N tracer
•Whole stream uptake of C and N, and denitrification rate
•Microbial community structure
•Sensor technology -chemical and physical variables in the water column
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Results
Effectively shifted the carbon dynamics of the stream Increased N-demand via assimilatory mechanismsDid not effect denitrification rateShifted the overall microbial community (as
demonstrated by 16S rRNA gene TRFLP profiles)
Assimilatory N-Uptake and Denitrification
Figure credit: Todd V. Royer
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Why wasn’t Denitrification Affected?
Figure credit: Todd V. Royer
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Future Directions
Location—sediment level, reducing conditions, hypoxiaScale- centimeter scale, millimeter scale, micrometer scale
R.L. Meyer et al. (2008). Marine Chemistry 110, 68–76.