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A Warm Tea: The Role of Temperature and Hydroperiod on Litter Decomposition in Temporary Wetlands

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Increasing global temperature and changes in the precipitation regime affect the global carbon cycle by altering the process of organic matter decomposition. Temporary aquatic systems are especially susceptible to climate change. We hypothesized that water availability and temperature affect the early and late stages of decomposition of litter differently and determine the decomposition rates according to litter type. We conducted two decomposition experiments using green (Camellia sinensis L.) and mint (Mentha piperita L.) tea in commercial bags. In the laboratory experiment, we incubated the bags at two contrasting temperatures (4 and 15°C) and in three simulated hydroperiods (M: moist, MS: submerged after 14 days, S: submerged). A field experiment was carried out in winter and spring in nine temporary wetlands (meadows) along a precipitation gradient (from forest to steppe ecosystems) in the Argentinean Patagonia. Water stimulated the leaching of soluble substances in the S treatment and was the conducting factor in early decomposition stages. Temperature stimulated tea decomposition in advanced stages, and both water and temperature exerted a different response depending on the litter type. In the field experiment, mass loss in meadows was determined by the hydroperiod condition, both in winter and spring. Detritus type was the controlling factor in steppe meadows, but on forest meadows water level stimulated both litter types, and temperature increased decomposition. Under the expected increase of temperature and decrease of precipitations in future climate scenarios, organic matter accumulation would increase in steppe meadows and decomposition would be higher in forest meadows.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Estancia Fortín Chacabuco for allowing us to carry out the experiments in their steppe meadows and to Ariel Mayoral, Pablo Alvear and Matías Millerón for their support in the field work. Also, we would like to thank Matías Millerón for providing us with meteorological data from INIBIOMA stations. Finally, we thank the two reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions which helped us to improve the manuscript.

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Research was carried out with funds from FONCyT (PICT-2018-4385 to V.D-V) and from CONICET (PUE-229-2016-0100008-CO).

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Madaschi, C., Díaz-Villanueva, V. A Warm Tea: The Role of Temperature and Hydroperiod on Litter Decomposition in Temporary Wetlands. Ecosystems 25, 1419–1434 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00724-7

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