Shedding light on plant litter decomposition: advances, implications and new directions in understanding the role of photodegradation

Are rain-induced ecosystem respiration pulses enhanced by legacies of antecedent photodegradation in semi-arid environments?

(2012) Siyan Ma et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Emissions of H2 and CO from leaf litter of Sequoiadendron giganteum, and their dependence on UV radiation and temperature

(2011) L. Derendorp et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Soil Coverage Reduces Photodegradation and Promotes the Development of Soil-Microbial Films on Dryland Leaf Litter

(2011) Paul W. Barnes et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

UV-induced emissions of C2 - C5 hydrocarbons from leaf litter

(2011) Leonie Derendorp et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Photodissolution of soil organic matter

(2011) Lawrence M. Mayer et al.   GEODERMA

An accounting of C-based trace gas release during abiotic plant litter degradation

(2011) Hanna Lee et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The role of biodegradation and photo-oxidation in the transformation of terrigenous organic matter

(2011) Xiaojuan Feng et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Effects of solar UV radiation and climate change on biogeochemical cycling: interactions and feedbacks

(2011) R. G. Zepp et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of solar ultraviolet radiation on terrestrial ecosystems. Patterns, mechanisms, and interactions with climate change

(2011) C. L. Ballaré et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

UVB exposure does not accelerate rates of litter decomposition in a semi-arid riparian ecosystem

(2011) Shauna M. Uselman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

No UV enhancement of litter decomposition observed on dry samples under controlled laboratory conditions

(2011) Miko U.F. Kirschbaum et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Modelling photodegradation in the global carbon cycle

(2011) Bente Foereid et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Has water limited our imagination for aridland biogeochemistry?

(2011) Amy T. Austin   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Influence of Colophospermum mopane canopy cover on litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics in a semi-arid African savannah

(2010) Donald Mlambo et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The Role of Photodegradation in Surface Litter Decomposition Across a Grassland Ecosystem Precipitation Gradient

(2010) L. A. Brandt et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Sterilization affects soil organic matter chemistry and bioaccumulation of spiked p,p′-DDE and anthracene by earthworms

(2010) Jason W. Kelsey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Singlet Oxygen in the Coupled Photochemical and Biochemical Oxidation of Dissolved Organic Matter

(2010) Rose M. Cory et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tracing global biogeochemical cycles and meridional overturning circulation using chromophoric dissolved organic matter

(2010) Norman B. Nelson et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Global methane emission estimates from ultraviolet irradiation of terrestrial plant foliage

(2010) A. Anthony Bloom et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Does light exposure make plant litter more degradable?

(2010) Bente Foereid et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Dual role of lignin in plant litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems

(2010) A. T. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biogeochemical and hydrographic controls on chromophoric dissolved organic matter distribution in the Pacific Ocean

(2009) Chantal M. Swan et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Quantification of singlet oxygen and hydroxyl radicals upon UV irradiation of surface water

(2009) Davide Vione et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Moisture availability influences the effect of ultraviolet-B radiation on leaf litter decomposition

(2009) W. KOLBY SMITH et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Photochemically induced carbon dioxide production as a mechanism for carbon loss from plant litter in arid ecosystems

(2009) L. A. Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Effects of temperature, ultraviolet radiation and pectin methyl esterase on aerobic methane release from plant material

(2009) D. Bruhn et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Abiotic Gas Formation Drives Nitrogen Loss from a Desert Ecosystem

(2009) C. K. McCalley et al.   SCIENCE

Photoacceleration of plant litter decomposition in an arid environment

(2009) Marcy E. Gallo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Litter Decomposition in a California Annual Grassland: Interactions Between Photodegradation and Litter Layer Thickness

(2008) Hugh A. L. Henry et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Indirect Photodegradation of Dissolved Free Amino Acids: The Contribution of Singlet Oxygen and the Differential Reactivity of DOM from Various Sources

(2008) Anne L. Boreen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global change and biological soil crusts: effects of ultraviolet augmentation under altered precipitation regimes and nitrogen additions

(2008) JAYNE BELNAP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ultraviolet radiation drives methane emissions from terrestrial plant pectins

(2008) Andy R. McLeod et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The role of ultraviolet radiation, photosensitizers, reactive oxygen species and ester groups in mechanisms of methane formation from pectin

(2008) DAVID J. MESSENGER et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Aboveground decomposition in arid environments: Results of a long-term study in central New Mexico

(2007) K.L. Vanderbilt et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS