Skip to main content
Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Dynamics of organic carbon losses by water erosion after biocrust removal Cover

Dynamics of organic carbon losses by water erosion after biocrust removal

Open Access
|Nov 2014

References

  1. Almagro, M., López, J., Boix-Fayos, C., Albaladejo, J., Martínez-Mena, M., 2010. Belowground carbon allocation patterns in a dry Mediterranean ecosystem: A comparison of two models. Soil Biol.Biochem., 42, 1549-1557.
  2. Barger, N.N., Herrick, J.E., Van Zee, J., Belnap, J., 2006. Impacts of biological soil crust disturbance and composition on C and N loss from water erosion. Biogeochemistry, 77, 247-263.
  3. Bationo, A., Kihara, J., Vanlauwe, B., Waswa, B., Kimetu, J., 2007. Soil organic carbon dynamics, functions and management in West African agro-ecosystems. Agricultural Systems, 94, 13-25.
  4. Belnap, J., Gardner, J.S., 1993. Soil microstructure in soils of the Colorado Plateau. The role of the cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus. Great Basin Naturalist, 53, 40-47.
  5. Belnap, J., 2003. Microbes and microfauna associated with biological soil crusts. In: Belnap, J., Lange O.L. (Eds.): Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management. Revised 2nd printing. Springer, Berlin.
  6. Belnap, J., Eldridge, D.J., 2003. Disturbance and recovery of biological soil crusts. In: Belnap, J., Lange, O.L. (Eds): Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management. Revised 2nd printing. Springer, Berlin.
  7. Belnap, J., Welter, J.R., Grimm, N.B., Barger, N., Ludwig, J.A., 2005. Linkages between microbial and hydrologic processes in arid and semiarid watersheds. Ecology, 86, 298-307.
  8. Belnap, J., 2006. The potential roles of biological soil crusts in dryland hydrologic cycles. Hydrol. Process., 20, 3159-3178.
  9. Bowker, M.A., Belnap, J., Bala Chaudhary, V., Johnson, N.C., 2008. Revisiting classic water erosion models in drylands: The strong impact of biological soil crusts. Soil Biol.
  10. Biochem., 40, 2309-2316.
  11. Brazier, R.E., Turnbull, L., Wainwright, J., Bol, R., 2014.
  12. Carbon loss by water erosion in drylands: Implications from a study of vegetation change in the south-west USA. Hydrol. Process., 28, 2212-2222.
  13. Calvo-Cases, A., Gisbert, B., Palau, E., Romero, M., 1988. Un simulador de lluvia de fácil construcción. [Rainfall simulator of simple construction]. In: Sala, M., Gallart, F. (Eds.): Métodos y técnicas para la medición en el campo de procesos geomorfológicos. [Methods and techniques for field measurement of geomorphological processes]. Vol. 1. Sociedad Española de Geomorfología, Zaragoza. (In Spanish.) Cantón, Y., Domingo, F., Solé-Benet, A., Puigdefábregas, J., 2001. Hydrological and erosion response of a badlands system in semiarid SE Spain. J. Hydrol., 252, 65-84.
  14. Cantón, Y., Domingo, F., Solé-Benet, A., Puigdefábregas, J., 2002. Influence of soil-surface types on the overall runoff of the Tabernas badlands (south-east Spain): Field data and model approaches. Hydrol. Process., 16, 2621-2643.
  15. Cantón, Y., Solé-Benet, A., Lázaro, R., 2003. Soilgeomorphology relations in gypsiferous materials of the Tabernas Desert (Almería, SE Spain). Geoderma, 115, 193-222.
  16. Cantón, Y., Del Barrio, G., Solé-Benet, A., Lázaro, R., 2004. Topographic controls on the spatial distribution of ground cover in the Tabernas badlands of SE Spain. Catena, 55, 341-365.
  17. Cantón, Y., Solé-Benet, A., de Vente, J., Boix-Fayos, C., Calvo- Cases, A., Asensio, C., et al., 2011. A review of runoff generation and soil erosion across scales in semiarid southeastern Spain. J. Arid Environ., 75, 1254-1261.
  18. Chamizo, S., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Miralles-Mellado, I., Afana, A., Lázaro, R., Domingo, F., et al., 2010.
  19. Characteristics of physical and biological soil crusts with high influence in infiltration and erosion in Mediterranean ecosystems. Pirineos, 165, 69-96.
  20. Chamizo, S., Cantón, Y., Lázaro, R., Solé-Benet, A., Domingo, F., 2012a. Crust composition and disturbance drive Infiltration through biological soil crusts in semiarid ecosystems. Ecosystems, 15, 148-161.
  21. Chamizo, S., Cantón, Y., Miralles, I., Domingo, F., 2012b. Biological soil crust development affects physicochemical characteristics of soil surface in semiarid ecosystems. Soil Biol. Biochem., 49, 96-105.
  22. Chaudhary, V.B., Bowker, M.A., O'Dell, T.E., Grace, J.B., Redman, A.E., Rillig, M.C., et al., 2009. Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semiarid shrublands. Ecol. Appl., 19, 110-122.
  23. Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Castillo-Monroy, A.P., Maestre, F.T., Gallardo, A., 2010. Changes in the dominance of N forms within a semi-arid ecosystem. Soil Biol. Biochem., 42, 376-378.
  24. Eldridge, D.J., Greene, R.S.B., 1994. Microbiotic soil crusts: A review of their roles in soil and ecological processes in the rangelands of Australia. Aust. J. Soil Res., 32, 389-415.
  25. Eldridge, D.J., Zaady, E., Shachak, M., 2000. Infiltration through three contrasting biological soil crusts in patterned landscapes in the Negev, Israel. Catena, 40, 323-336.
  26. Fierer, N.G., Gabet, E.J., 2002. Carbon and nitrogen losses by surface runoff following changes in vegetation. J. Environ. Qual., 31, 1207-1213.
  27. Forrester, D.I., Bauhus, J., Cowie, A.L., 2006. Carbon allocation in a mixed-species plantation of Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii. For. Ecol. Manage., 233, 275-284.
  28. Frauenfeld, B., Truman, C., 2004. Variable rainfall intensity effects on runoff and interrill erosion from two Coastal Plain Ultisols in Georgia. Soil Sci., 169, 143-154.
  29. Graz, Y., Di-Giovanni, C., Copard, Y., Mathys, N., Cras, A., Marc, V., 2012. Annual fossil organic carbon delivery due to mechanical and chemical weathering of marly badlands areas. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms., 37, 1263-1271.
  30. Jin, K., Cornelis, W.M., Gabriels, D., Baert, M., Wu, H.J., Schiettecatte, W., et al., 2009. Residue cover and rainfall intensity effects on runoff soil organic carbon losses. Catena, 78, 81-86.
  31. Kidron, G.J., 2001. Runoff-induced sediment yield over dune slopes in the Negev Desert. 2: Texture, carbonate and organic matter. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms., 26, 583-599.
  32. Kidron, G.J., 2011. Runoff generation and sediment yield on homogeneous dune slopes: scale effect and implications for analysis. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms., 36, 1809-1824.
  33. Kidron, G.J., 2014. Sink plot for runoff measurements on semi- flat terrains: hydrological and ecological implications. J. Hydrol. Hydromech., 4, 303-308.
  34. Kidron, G.J., Yaalon, D.H., Vonshak, A., 1999. Two causes for runoff initiation on microbiotic crusts: hydrophobicity and pore clogging. Soil Sci., 164, 18-27.
  35. Kidron, G.J., Vonshak, A., Abeliovich, A., 2009. Microbiotic crusts as biomarkers for surface stability and wetness duration in the Negev Desert. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms., 34, 1594-1604.
  36. Kidron, G.J., Vonshak, A., Dor, I., Barinova, S., Abeliovich, A., 2010. Properties and spatial distribution of microbiotic crusts in the Negev Desert, Israel. Catena, 82, 92-101.
  37. Lal, R., 2003. Soil erosion and the global carbon budget. Environ. Int., 29, 437-450.
  38. Lázaro, R., Cantón, Y., Solé-Benet, A., Bevan, J., Alexander, R., Sancho, L.G., et al., 2008. The influence of competition between lichen colonization and erosion on the evolution of soil surfaces in the Tabernas badlands (SE Spain) and its landscape effects. Geomorphology, 102, 252-266.
  39. Li, X.J., Li, X.R., Song, W.M., Gao, Y.P., Zheng, J.G., Jia, R.L., 2008. Effects of crust and shrub patches on runoff, sedimentation, and related nutrient (C, N) redistribution in the desertified steppe zone of the Tengger Desert, Northern China. Geomorphology, 96, 221-232.
  40. Lichner, L., Holko, L., Zhukova, N., Schacht, K., Rajkai, K., Fodor, N., et al., 2012. Plants and biological soil crust influence the hydrophysical parameters and water flow in an aeolian sandy soil. J. Hydrol. Hydromech., 60, 309-318.
  41. Litton, C.M., Ryan, M.G., Knight, D.H., 2004. Effects of tree density and stand age on carbon allocation patterns in postfire lodgepole pine. Ecol. Appl., 14, 460-475.
  42. Lü, Y., Fu, B., Chen, L., Liu, G., Wei, W., 2007. Nutrient transport associated with water erosion: Progress and prospect. Prog. Phys. Geogr., 31, 607-620.
  43. Ludwig, J.A., Tongway, D.J., Freudenberger, D., Noble, J., Hodgkinson, K., 1997. Landscape ecology function and management: Principles from Australia’s Rangelands. CSIRO Publications, Collingwood, Australia.
  44. Ludwig, J.A., Wilcox, B.P., Breshears, D.D., Tongway, D.J., Imeson, A.C., 2005. Vegetation patches and runoff-erosion as interacting ecohydrological processes in semiarid landscapes. Ecology, 86, 288-297.
  45. Maïga-Yaleu, S., Guiguemde, I., Yacouba, H., Karambiri, H., Ribolzi, O., Bary, A., et al., 2013. Soil crusting impact on soil organic carbon losses by water erosion. Catena, 107, 26-34.
  46. Martinez-Mena, M., Lopez, J., Almagro, M., Boix-Fayos, C., Albaladejo, J., 2008. Effect of water erosion and cultivation on the soil carbon stock in a semiarid area of South-East Spain. Soil Till. Res., 99, 119-129.
  47. McKenna Neuman, C., Maxwell, C.D., Boulton, J.W., 1996. Wind transport of sand surfaces crusted with photoautotrophic microorganisms. Catena, 27, 229-247.
  48. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), 2005. Drylands Systems. Chapter 22. In: Ecosystems and Human Wellbeing: Current State and Trends, Volume 1. Island Press, Washington, DC.
  49. Mingorance, M.D., Barahona, E., Fernández-Gálvez, J., 2007. Guidelines for improving organic carbon recovery by the wet oxidation method. Chemosphere, 68, 409-413.
  50. Miralles-Mellado, I., Cantón, Y., Solé-Benet, A., 2011. Two- dimensional porosity of crusted silty soils: Indicators of soil quality in semiarid rangelands? Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 75, 1330-1342.
  51. Nadeu, E., Noix-Fayos, C., De Vente, J., López, J., Martínez- Mena, M., 2010. Organic carbon mobilization by different erosive processes in the slope-channel connection. Pirineos,165, 157-177.
  52. Palis, R.G., Ghandiri, H., Rose, C.W., Saffigna, P.G., 1997. Soil erosion and nutrient loss. III. Changes in the enrichment ratio of total nitrogen and organic carbon under rainfall detachment and entrainment. Aust. J. Soil Res., 35, 891-905.
  53. Polyakov, V.O., Lal, R., 2004. Soil erosion and carbon dynamics under simulated rainfall. Soil Sci., 169, 590-599.
  54. Puigdefábregas, J., 2005. The role of vegetation patterns in structuring runoff and sediment fluxes in drylands. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms., 30, 133-147.
  55. Quinton, W.L., Pomeroy, J.W., 2006. Transformations of runoff chemistry in the Arctic tundra, Northwest Territories, Canada. Hydrol. Process., 20, 2901-2919.
  56. Reynolds, R., Belnap, J., Reheis, M., Lamothe, P., Luiszer, F., 2001. Aeolian dust in Colorado Plateau soils: Nutrient inputs and recent change in source. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 98, 7123-7127.
  57. Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Cantón, Y., Chamizo, S., Afana, A., Solé-Benet, A., 2012. Effects of biological soil crusts on surface roughness and implications for runoff and erosion. Geomorphology, 145-146, 81-89.
  58. Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Cantón, Y., Chamizo, S., Lázaro, R., Escudero, A., 2013. Soil loss and runoff in semiarid ecosystems: A complex interaction between biological soil crusts, micro-topography, and hydrological drivers. Ecosystems, 16, 529-546.
  59. Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Cantón, Y., Lazaro, R., Sole-Benet, A., 2014. Cross-scale interactions between surface components and rainfall properties. Non-linearities in the hydrological and erosive behaviour of semiarid catchments. J. Hydrol., 517, 19, 815-825.
  60. Souza-Egipsy, V., Ascaso, C., Sancho, L.G., 2002. Water distribution within terricolous lichens revealed by scanning electron microscopy and its relevance in soil crust ecology. Mycol. Res., 106, 1367-1374.
  61. Tighe, M., Haling, R.E., Flavel, R.J., Young, I.M., 2012. Ecological succession, hydrology and carbon acquisition of biological soil crusts measured at the micro-scale. PLoS ONE, 7, e48565.
  62. Verrecchia, E., Yair, A., Kidron, G.J., Verrecchia, K., 1995. Physical properties of the psammophile cryptogamic crust and their consequences to the water regime of sandy soils, north-western Negev Desert, Israel. J. Arid Environ., 29, 427-437.
  63. Wan, Y., El-Swaify, S.A., 1998. Sediment enrichment mechanisms of organic carbon and phosphorus in a wellaggregated Oxisol. J. Environ. Qual. 27, 132-138.
  64. Warren, S.D., 2003. Synopsis: Influence of biological soil crusts on arid land hydrology and soil stability. In: Belnap, J., Lange, O.L. (Eds.): Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management. Revised 2nd printing. Springer, Berlin.
  65. Whitford ,W.G., 2002. Ecology of Desert Systems. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
  66. Zhao, Y., Qin, N., Weber, B., Xu, M., 2014. Response of biological soil crusts to raindrop erosivity and underlying influences in the hilly Loess Plateau region, China. Biodivers. Conserv., 23, 1669-1686.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2014-0033 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4333 (formerly 0042-790X) | Journal ISSN: 0042-790X
Language: English
Page range: 258 - 268
Submitted on: Jun 12, 2014
Accepted on: Jul 18, 2014
Published on: Nov 15, 2014
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2014 Yolanda Cantón, Jose Raúl Román, Sonia Chamizo, Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero, María José Moro, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.