Intra-annual variation in the stable oxygen and carbon isotope ratios of cellulose in tree rings of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12266311 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John S Roden (0000-0001-8641-1625, Southern Oregon University, corresponding author), James A Johnstone (Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720, USA), Todd E Dawson (0000-0002-6871-3440, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley CA 97420, USA) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-197 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683608098959 |
| OpenAlex | W2067963847 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 57 |
Fog is a seasonally variable hydrologic input to coast redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens, D. Don) ecosystems with a stable isotopic composition (δ 18 O, δ 2 H) that is distinct from rainfall. The intra-annual variation in tree ring cellulose δ 18 O of coast redwood was measured to determine what portion of the tree ring should be sampled to best target fog signals. Ten years of rings were subdivided into ten equal units for three trees at two sites in northern California. Intra-annual variation in cellulose δ 18 O was as high as 3‰ with a consistent pattern of enriched (in 18 O) values from the annual ring boundary and depleted values from the central portion of the ring. These patterns show a strong coherence between replicate trees at the same site as well as significant correlations between individuals at sites over 250 km apart. Intra-annual variation in stable carbon isotope ratios (δ 13 C) was as high as 2‰ and produced a pattern with depleted (in 13 C) values from the ring boundary and enriched values from the central portion of the ring. Although these δ 13 C patterns were not as strongly correlated between replicate trees as the patterns in δ 18 O variation, they did produce significant correlations with the variation in fog frequencies recorded at local airports. This study highlights the importance of quantifying intra-annual variation in tree ring stable isotope signals as a guide to further investigations on historic variability from long chronologies especially if the signal of interest is seasonally variable (eg, fog)
Atmospheric sciences · Biology · Dendrochronology · Geography · Isotopes of carbon · Isotopes of oxygen · Physical geography · Physics · Replicate · Seasonality · Sequoia · Stable isotope ratio · Total organic carbon · δ13C · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Plant responses to elevated CO2 · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Tree-ring climate responses · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |