Optode-based chemical imaging of laboratory burned soil reveals millimeter-scale heterogeneous biogeochemical responses

Autor: Theresa Merl, Klaus Koren, Alexander Honeyman, John Spear
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Honeyman, A S, Merl, T, Spear, J R & Koren, K 2023, ' Optode-based chemical imaging of laboratory burned soil reveals millimeter-scale heterogeneous biogeochemical responses ', Environmental Research, pp. 115469 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115469
ISSN: 0013-9351
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115469
Popis: Soil spatial responses to fire are unclear. Using optical chemical sensing with planar 'optodes', pH and dissolved O2 concentration were tracked spatially with a resolution of 360 μm per pixel for 72 h after burning soil in the laboratory with a butane torch (∼1300 °C) and then sprinkling water to simulate a postfire moisture event. Imaging data from planar optodes correlated with microbial activity (quantified via RNA transcripts). Post-fire and post-wetting, soil pH increased throughout the entire ∼13 cm × 17 cm × 20 cm rectangular cuboid of sandy loam soil. Dissolved O2 concentrations were not impacted until the application of water postfire. pH and dissolved O2 both negatively correlated (p
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