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Flood and Edge Effects on Leaf Breakdown in Wetlands of the Cerrado Savanna to Amazonia Ecotone

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We studied the rates of leaf decomposition and loss of leaf constituents (lignin and cellulose) of a native plant species using the litterbag experiment during different seasonal periods (flood and drought) in periodically flooded ecosystems, locally known as “Ipucas”. The effects of flood, edge and fungal colonization on leaf degradation were evaluated. The results show that leaf decomposition is very slow, and influenced by seasonality, flooding and leaf chemical quality. Low moisture and leaf structural components contribute to the slow rate of decomposition. In addition, the fungal biomass was sensitive to the edge effect, with higher values in the center, probably due to the edge losing moisture earlier than the center after the end of rainy season. In addition, the positive correlation of fungal biomass with flooding demonstrates the importance of seasonality in these temporally flooded ecosystems, indicating that global changes in rainfall patterns may disrupt carbon cycling and probably nutrient cycling in periodically flooded environments.

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MVMB appreciates the financial support received through a scholarship funded by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel – CAPES, and to the Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology of the Federal University of Tocantins, for providing the necessary conditions for conducting the research. RSR thanks the Communitarian University of Chapecó Region and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq (Process: 421288/2017-5 and 405290/2018-7) for financial support.

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1. Values of remaining mass (A) and fungal biomass (by ergosterol; C), between local (A and C) and among inundation season (B and D) in wet zones. Boxes represent the quartiles, the bold line represents the median, gray cross represents the mean, the vertical dashed line represents the upper and lower limits and circles the outliers. (JPG 35 kb)

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2. Values of remaining mass (A) and fungal biomass (by ergosterol; B), among interaction of local and among inundation season in wet zones. Boxes represent the quartiles, the bold line represents the median, gray cross represents the mean, the vertical dashed line represents the upper and lower limits and circles the outliers. (JPG 35 kb)

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Barbosa, M.V.M., Fernandes, T.A., Medeiros, A.O. et al. Flood and Edge Effects on Leaf Breakdown in Wetlands of the Cerrado Savanna to Amazonia Ecotone. Wetlands 40, 2297–2308 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-020-01331-3

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