Ecological Archives A025-051-A2

John S. Kominoski, Amy D. Rosemond, Jonathan P. Benstead, Vladislav Gulis, John C. Maerz, and David W. P. Manning. 2015. Low-to-moderate nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations accelerate microbially driven litter breakdown rates. Ecological Applications 25:856–865. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1113.1

Appendix B. Fungal biomass and microbial respiration data associated with incubated leaf litter.

Table B1. Fungal biomass (Fungi; mg g AFDM-1) and microbial respiration rates (R; mg O2 g AFDM-1 h-1) for maple (Acer rubrum) and rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) leaf litter at different targeted concentrations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN; NO3--N + NH4+-N) and soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), and DIN:SRP (N:P) ratios on days 14 and 59. NA = missing data. Data are not replicated (n = 1).

Treatment

Acer rubrum

 

Rhododendron maximum

Day 14

Day 59

 

Day 14

Day 59

Fungi

R

Fungi

R

 

Fungi

R

Fungi

R

Control

37.41

0.071

82.42

0.066

 

14.12

0.033

82.16

0.031

                   

N1P1

45.88

0.256

65.09

0.114

 

81.22

0.081

101.72

0.199

N1P2

83.61

0.326

57.11

0.268

 

52.26

0.090

22.94

0.186

N1P3

53.23

0.171

67.03

0.349

 

53.50

0.042

10.30

0.330

N1P4

71.29

0.146

59.88

0.434

 

20.96

0.116

43.64

NA

N1P5

81.04

0.122

80.43

0.338

 

23.07

0.173

103.27

0.171

N2P1

17.60

0.360

77.49

0.245

 

8.53

0.081

71.73

0.170

N2P2

42.18

0.150

69.47

0.117

 

33.02

0.099

96.21

0.247

N2P3

NA

0.597

57.15

0.375

 

49.18

0.174

84.79

0.226

N2P4

48.75

0.117

64.07

0.243

 

52.74

NA

38.07

0.226

N2P5

72.63

0.478

54.21

NA

 

5.91

0.033

76.59

0.252

N3P1

29.50

0.165

59.75

0.536

 

9.45

0.066

65.05

0.244

N3P2

23.59

NA

63.90

0.268

 

12.25

0.099

29.75

0.353

N3P3

49.55

0.425

52.05

0.348

 

NA

0.088

82.90

0.400

N3P4

109.79

0.384

NA

NA

 

20.56

0.182

90.56

0.372

N3P5

88.40

0.355

28.82

0.177

 

15.37

0.237

73.16

0.294

N4P1

10.36

0.068

71.73

0.096

 

12.67

0.052

140.45

0.045

N4P2

24.41

NA

74.58

0.261

 

20.98

0.218

18.76

0.304

N4P3

75.97

0.294

90.36

0.279

 

22.27

0.018

99.37

0.323

N4P4

58.22

0.401

14.67

0.335

 

84.28

0.132

108.76

0.167

N4P5

57.77

0.262

73.04

0.294

 

73.84

0.263

67.48

0.359

N5P1

16.02

0.124

46.11

0.127

 

11.78

0.074

61.11

0.155

N5P2

75.45

0.125

57.27

0.220

 

19.49

0.682

76.82

0.287

N5P3

56.46

0.287

59.78

0.410

 

10.78

0.150

81.36

0.381

N5P4

60.88

0.254

84.52

0.300

 

29.38

0.187

103.24

0.379

N5P5

43.06

0.271

72.78

0.083

 

9.77

0.178

81.13

0.323


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