Short-Term Effects of Recent Fire on the Production and Translocation of Pyrogenic Carbon in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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dc.contributor.authorMatosziuk, Lauren M.en
dc.contributor.authorGallo, Adrian C.en
dc.contributor.authorHatten, Jeff A.en
dc.contributor.authorBladon, Kevin D.en
dc.contributor.authorRuud, Danicaen
dc.contributor.authorBowman, Maggie M.en
dc.contributor.authorEgan, Jessicaen
dc.contributor.authorHeckman, Katherine A.en
dc.contributor.authorSanClements, Michael D.en
dc.contributor.authorStrahm, Brian D.en
dc.contributor.authorWeiglein, Tyler L.en
dc.contributor.departmentForest Resources and Environmental Conservationen
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-19T14:56:32Zen
dc.date.available2020-05-19T14:56:32Zen
dc.date.issued2020-02-04en
dc.description.abstractFire affects the quantity and quality of soil organic matter (SOM). While combustion of the O-horizon causes direct losses of SOM, fire also transforms the remaining SOM into a spectrum of thermally altered organic matter. Pyrogenic carbon (PyC) can resist degradation and may have important effects on soil carbon cycling. The objectives of this study are to examine the mobility of PyC. Studying the effects of wildfire is challenging due to the rapid post-fire changes in the ecosystem and lack of robust controls. We overcame those limitations by examining the Chimney Tops 2 Fire which burned 4,617 ha of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSMNP), including a National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) site, in November 2016. We examined PyC in soils from three time points from an area burned at low-severity (pre-, immediate post-, and 11 months post-fire) and two time points from areas burned at lower to higher severity (immediate post- and 11 months post-fire). At locations with pre-fire soil samples we found that PyC increased in the O-horizon (2.22 g BPCA/kg soil) after low severity fire, which resulted in higher PyC concentrations at 5-10 cm (0.73 g BPCA/kg soil and 17.79 g BPCA/kg C) and 10-20 cm (12.19 g BPCA/kg C) of depth in the mineral soil. Sites burned at higher severity had more PyC in the O horizon relative to sites burned at lower severity (10.29 g BPCA/kg soil and 29.89 g BPCA/kg C). As a result of higher concentrations of PyC in the O-horizons burned at higher severity, statistically more PyC moved from the O-horizon to the 0-10 cm horizon from immediate to 1-year post-fire (1.37 g BPCA/kg soil and 16.10 g BPCA/kg C). Lastly, the depth profile of C and BPCA suggest a shift in the source and amount of PyC in these soil profiles over time-possibly as a result of fire suppression. Results indicate that low severity fire may be an important mechanism by which PyC is produced and transported into mineral soils.en
dc.description.notesThis material was based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number NSF-1733885 and 1340504.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [NSF-1733885, 1340504]en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00006en
dc.identifier.eissn2624-893Xen
dc.identifier.otherUNSP 6en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/98475en
dc.identifier.volume3en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectpyrogenic carbonen
dc.subjectNEONen
dc.subjectfireen
dc.subjectsoilen
dc.subjectcarbonen
dc.titleShort-Term Effects of Recent Fire on the Production and Translocation of Pyrogenic Carbon in Great Smoky Mountains National Parken
dc.title.serialFrontiers in Forests and Global Changeen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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dc.type.dcmitypeStillImageen

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