Quantifying thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration

Charlotte J. Alster (), Allycia Laar, Jordan P. Goodrich, Vickery L. Arcus, Julie R. Deslippe, Alexis J. Marshall and Louis A. Schipper
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Charlotte J. Alster: The University of Waikato
Allycia Laar: The University of Waikato
Jordan P. Goodrich: The University of Waikato
Vickery L. Arcus: The University of Waikato
Julie R. Deslippe: Victoria University of Wellington
Alexis J. Marshall: The University of Waikato
Louis A. Schipper: The University of Waikato

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Quantifying the rate of thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration is essential in determining potential for carbon cycle feedbacks under a warming climate. Uncertainty surrounding this topic stems in part from persistent methodological issues and difficulties isolating the interacting effects of changes in microbial community responses from changes in soil carbon availability. Here, we constructed a series of temperature response curves of microbial respiration (given unlimited substrate) using soils sampled from around New Zealand, including from a natural geothermal gradient, as a proxy for global warming. We estimated the temperature optima ( $${T}_{{opt}}$$ T o p t ) and inflection point ( $${T}_{\inf }$$ T inf ) of each curve and found that adaptation of microbial respiration occurred at a rate of 0.29 °C ± 0.04 1SE for $${T}_{{opt}}$$ T o p t and 0.27 °C ± 0.05 1SE for $${T}_{\inf }$$ T inf per degree of warming. Our results bolster previous findings indicating thermal adaptation is demonstrably offset from warming, and may help quantifying the potential for both limitation and acceleration of soil C losses depending on specific soil temperatures.

Date: 2023
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