Methane uptake of forest soils

Termite gas emissions select for hydrogenotrophic microbial communities in termite mounds

Eleonora Chiri, Philipp A Nauer, Rachael Lappan, Thanavit Jirapanjawat, David W Waite, Kim M Handley, Philip Hugenholtz, Perran LM Cook, Stefan K Arndt, Chris Greening

2021-07-27

Organoheterotrophs are the dominant bacteria in most soils worldwide. While many of these bacteria can subsist on atmospheric hydr..

Termite mounds contain soil-derived methanotroph communities kinetically adapted to elevated methane concentrations

Eleonora Chiri, Chris Greening, Rachael Lappan, David W Waite, Thanavit Jirapanjawat, Xiyang Dong, Stefan K Arndt, Philipp A Nauer

2020-07-24

Termite mounds have recently been confirmed to mitigate approximately half of termite methane (CH4) emissions, but the aerobic CH4..

Trading Water for Carbon: Maintaining Photosynthesis at the Cost of Increased Water Loss During High Temperatures in a Temperate Forest

Anne Griebel, Lauren T Bennett, Daniel Metzen, Elise Pendall, Patrick NJ Lane, Stefan K Arndt

2020-01-01

Carbon and water fluxes are often assumed to be coupled as a result of stomatal regulation during dry conditions. However, recent ..

Termite mounds mitigate half of termite methane emissions

Philipp A Nauer, Lindsay B Hutley, Stefan K Arndt

2018-12-26

Termites are responsible for ∼1 to 3% of global methane (CH4) emissions. However, estimates of global termite CH4 emissions span t..

Technical note: Rapid image-based field methods improve the quantification of termite mound structures and greenhouse-gas fluxes

Philipp A Nauer, Eleonora Chiri, David de Souza, Lindsay B Hutley, Stefan K Arndt

2018-06-20

Termite mounds (TMs) mediate biogeochemical processes with global relevance, such as turnover of the important greenhouse gas meth..

Bridging Thermal Infrared Sensing and Physically-Based Evapotranspiration Modeling: From Theoretical Implementation to Validation Across an Aridity Gradient in Australian Ecosystems

Kaniska Mallick, Erika Toivonen, Ivonne Trebs, Eva Boegh, James Cleverly, Derek Eamus, Harri Koivusalo, Darren Drewry, Stefan K Arndt, Anne Griebel, Jason Beringer, Monica Garcia

2018-05-01

Thermal infrared sensing of evapotranspiration (E) through surface energy balance (SEB) models is challenging due to uncertainties..

Net ecosystem carbon exchange of a dry temperate eucalypt forest

Nina Hinko-Najera, Peter Isaac, Jason Beringer, Eva van Gorsel, Cacilia Ewenz, Ian McHugh, Jean-Francois Exbrayat, Stephen J Livesley, Stefan K Arndt

2017-08-23

Forest ecosystems play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle by sequestering a considerable fraction of anthropogenic CO2, the..

Soil Methane Uptake Increases under Continuous Throughfall Reduction in a Temperate Evergreen, Broadleaved Eucalypt Forest

Benedikt Fest, Nina Hinko-Najera, Joseph C von Fischer, Stephen J Livesley, Stefan K Arndt

2017-03-01

Soils in temperate forests ecosystems are the greatest terrestrial CH₄ sink globally. Global and regional circulation models pre..

Soil methane oxidation in both dry and wet temperate eucalypt forests shows a near-identical relationship with soil air-filled porosity

Benedikt J Fest, Nina Hinko-Najera, Tim Wardlaw, David WT Griffith, Stephen J Livesley, Stefan K Arndt

2017-01-27

Well-drained, aerated soils are important sinks for atmospheric methane (CH4) via the process of CH4 oxidation by methane-oxidisin..

An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network - OzFlux

Jason Beringer, Lindsay B Hutley, Ian McHugh, Stefan K Arndt, David Campbell, Helen A Cleugh, James Cleverly, Victor Resco de Dios, Derek Eamus, Bradley Evans, Cacilia Ewenz, Peter Grace, Anne Griebel, Vanessa Haverd, Nina Hinko-Najera, Alfredo Huete, Peter Isaac, Kasturi Kanniah, Ray Leuning, Michael J Liddell

2016-10-31

OzFlux is the regional Australian and New Zealand flux tower network that aims to provide a continental-scale national research fa..

Changes in soil moisture drive soil methane uptake along a fire regeneration chronosequence in a eucalypt forest landscape

Benedikt Fest, Tim Wardlaw, Stephen J Livesley, Thomas J Duff, Stefan K Arndt

2015-11-01

Disturbance associated with severe wildfires (WF) and WF simulating harvest operations can potentially alter soil methane (CH4 ) o..

Storage management influences greenhouse gas emissions from biosolids

Ramaprasad Majumder, Stephen J Livesley, David Gregory, Stefan K Arndt

2015-03-15

Biosolids produced by wastewater treatment plants are often stored in stockpiles and can be a significant source of greenhouse gas..

Intercomparison of clumping index estimates from POLDER, MODIS, and MISR satellite data over reference sites

Jan Pisek, Ajit Govind, Stefan K Arndt, Darren Hocking, Timothy J Wardlaw, Hongliang Fang, Giorgio Matteucci, Bernard Longdoz

2015-03-01

Clumping index is the measure of foliage grouping relative to a random distribution of leaves in space. It is a key structural par..

Repeated fuel reduction burns have little long-term impact on soil greenhouse gas exchange in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest

Benedikt J Fest, Stephen J Livesley, Joseph C von Fischer, Stefan K Arndt

2015-02-15

Fuel reduction burning is a widespread management tool in fire-tolerant forest systems to mitigate wildfire risk, but has the pote..

Reduced throughfall decreases autotrophic respiration, but not heterotrophic respiration in a dry temperate broadleaved evergreen forest

Nina Hinko-Najera, Benedikt Fest, Stephen J Livesley, Stefan K Arndt

2015-01-15

Climate change may have major implications on soil respiration dynamics and the carbon sink strength of forest soils. To assess th..

Biosolid stockpiles are a significant point source for greenhouse gas emissions

Ramaprasad Majumder, Stephen J Livesley, David Gregory, Stefan K Arndt

2014-10-01

The wastewater treatment process generates large amounts of sewage sludge that are dried and then often stored in biosolid stockpi..