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Nat Commun ; 7: 13723, 2016 12 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27958276

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Peatlands contain one-third of soil carbon (C), mostly buried in deep, saturated anoxic zones (catotelm). The response of catotelm C to climate forcing is uncertain, because prior experiments have focused on surface warming. We show that deep peat heating of a 2 m-thick peat column results in an exponential increase in CH4 emissions. However, this response is due solely to surface processes and not degradation of catotelm peat. Incubations show that only the top 20-30 cm of peat from experimental plots have higher CH4 production rates at elevated temperatures. Radiocarbon analyses demonstrate that CH4 and CO2 are produced primarily from decomposition of surface-derived modern photosynthate, not catotelm C. There are no differences in microbial abundances, dissolved organic matter concentrations or degradative enzyme activities among treatments. These results suggest that although surface peat will respond to increasing temperature, the large reservoir of catotelm C is stable under current anoxic conditions.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 104(41): 16204-8, 2007 Oct 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17923672

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Corn (Zea mays L.) that has been genetically engineered to produce the Cry1Ab protein (Bt corn) is resistant to lepidopteran pests. Bt corn is widely planted in the midwestern United States, often adjacent to headwater streams. We show that corn byproducts, such as pollen and detritus, enter headwater streams and are subject to storage, consumption, and transport to downstream water bodies. Laboratory feeding trials showed that consumption of Bt corn byproducts reduced growth and increased mortality of nontarget stream insects. Stream insects are important prey for aquatic and riparian predators, and widespread planting of Bt crops has unexpected ecosystem-scale consequences.


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Ecosystem , Plants, Genetically Modified/toxicity , Water Pollutants, Chemical/toxicity , Animals , Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/toxicity , Bacterial Toxins/genetics , Bacterial Toxins/toxicity , Endotoxins/genetics , Endotoxins/toxicity , Fresh Water/analysis , Hemolysin Proteins/genetics , Hemolysin Proteins/toxicity , Insecta , Lepidoptera/pathogenicity , Plant Diseases/parasitology , Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics , Pollen , Zea mays/genetics , Zea mays/parasitology , Zea mays/toxicity
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