Impact of warming on Nostoc colonies (Cyanobacteria) in a wet
hummock meadow, Spitsbergen

J 2012

Impact of warming on Nostoc colonies (Cyanobacteria) in a wet hummock meadow, Spitsbergen

ELSTER, Josef, Jana KVÍDEROVÁ, Tomáš HÁJEK, Kamil LÁSKA, Miloslav ŠIMEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Impact of warming on Nostoc colonies (Cyanobacteria) in a wet hummock meadow, Spitsbergen

Authors

ELSTER, Josef (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Jana KVÍDEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic), Kamil LÁSKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Miloslav ŠIMEK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Polish Polar Research, Polsko, Polska akademia nauk, 2012, 0138-0338

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.745

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/12:00064619

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10183-012-0021-4

UT WoS

000312928500008

Keywords in English

Arctic; Svalbard; Cyanobacteria; nitrogenase activity; photosynthesis

Abstract

V originále

In order to simulate the warming effects on Arctic wetlands, three passive open-top chambers (OTCs) and three control cage-like structures (CCSs) equipped with soil temperature and soil volumetric water content (VWC) probes for continuous microclimatic measurements were installed in a wet hummock meadow, Petuniabukta, Billefjorden, central Spitsbergen, in 2009. The warming effects on primary productivity were investigated during summer seasons 2009 and 2010 in cyanobacterial colonies of Nostoccommune s.l., which plays an important role in the local carbon and nitrogen cycles. The microclimatic data indicated that the effect of OTCs was dependent on microtopography. During winter, two short-term snow-thaw episodes occurred, so that liquid water was available for the Nostoc communities. Because of the warming, the OTC hummock bases remained unfrozen three weeks longer in comparison to the CCSs and, in spring, the OTC hummock tops and bases exceeded 0 deg.C several days earlier than CCS ones. Mean summer temperature differences were 1.6 deg.C in OTC and CCS hummock tops, and 0.3 deg.C in the OTC and CCS hummock bases. The hummock tops were drier than their bases; however the VWC difference between theOTCs and CCSs was small. Due to the onlyminor differences in the microclimate of OTC and CCS hummock bases, where the Nostoc colonies were located, no differences in ecophysiological characteristics of Nostoc colonies expressed as photochemistry parameters and nitrogenase activities were detected after two years exposition. Long-term monitoring of Nostoc ecophysiology in a manipulated environment is necessary for understanding their development under climate warming.

Links

LA341, research and development project

Name: Biologická a klimatická diverzita centrální části arktického souostroví Svalbard

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

LM2010009, research and development project

Name: Projekt CzechPolar - České polární stanice: Stavba a operační náklady

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

ELSTER, Josef, Jana KVÍDEROVÁ, Tomáš HÁJEK, Kamil LÁSKA and Miloslav ŠIMEK. Impact of warming on Nostoc colonies (Cyanobacteria) in a wet hummock meadow, Spitsbergen. Polish Polar Research. Polsko: Polska akademia nauk, 2012, vol. 33, No 4, p. 395-420. ISSN 0138-0338. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10183-012-0021-4.

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N2  - In order to simulate the warming effects on Arctic wetlands, three passive open-top chambers (OTCs) and three control cage-like structures (CCSs) equipped with soil temperature and soil volumetric water content (VWC) probes for continuous microclimatic measurements were installed in a wet hummock meadow, Petuniabukta, Billefjorden, central Spitsbergen, in 2009. The warming effects on primary productivity were investigated during summer seasons 2009 and 2010 in cyanobacterial colonies of Nostoccommune s.l., which plays an important role in the local carbon and nitrogen cycles. The microclimatic data indicated that the effect of OTCs was dependent on microtopography. During winter, two short-term snow-thaw episodes occurred, so that liquid water was available for the Nostoc communities. Because of the warming, the OTC hummock bases remained unfrozen three weeks longer in comparison to the CCSs and, in spring, the OTC hummock tops and bases exceeded 0 deg.C several days earlier than CCS ones. Mean summer temperature differences were 1.6 deg.C in OTC and CCS hummock tops, and 0.3 deg.C in the OTC and CCS hummock bases. The hummock tops were drier than their bases; however the VWC difference between theOTCs and CCSs was small. Due to the onlyminor differences in the microclimate of OTC and CCS hummock bases, where the Nostoc colonies were located, no differences in ecophysiological characteristics of Nostoc colonies expressed as photochemistry parameters and nitrogenase activities were detected after two years exposition. Long-term monitoring of Nostoc ecophysiology in a manipulated environment is necessary for understanding their development under climate warming.
ER  -

ELSTER, Josef, Jana KVÍDEROVÁ, Tomáš HÁJEK, Kamil LÁSKA and Miloslav ŠIMEK. Impact of warming on Nostoc colonies (Cyanobacteria) in a wet hummock meadow, Spitsbergen. \textit{Polish Polar Research}. Polsko: Polska akademia nauk, 2012, vol.~33, No~4, p.~395-420. ISSN~0138-0338. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10183-012-0021-4.

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