{"id":279,"date":"2019-11-23T16:07:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T21:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/?page_id=279"},"modified":"2019-11-23T16:45:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T21:45:53","slug":"soil-biogeophysics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/soil-biogeophysics\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil Biogeophysics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/Hinckley-crosssection.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282\" width=\"311\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/Hinckley-crosssection.png 350w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/Hinckley-crosssection-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><figcaption>Pore Structure of a Hinckley series sandy loam soil, pore channels are segmented blue (image credit: Tom Weicht, UVM). University of Rhode Island experimental farm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Biogeophysics is a companion field of study to biogeochemistry. It attempts to set habitable pore space in the context of soil ecology. What is the movement of matter through soil food webs given soil physical habitat, as delineated by soil water-filled and air-filled pore structure, and as affected by heat transmission through the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>Some seminal papers on habitable pore space that inspired me (abbreviated references):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currie, J. A. &#8220;The volume and porosity of soil crumbs.&#8221; <em>Journal of Soil Science<\/em> 17.1 (1966): 24-35 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darbyshire, J. F. &#8220;Effect of water  suctions on the growth in soil of the ciliate Colpoda steini, and the  bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum.&#8221; <em>Journal of Soil Science<\/em> 27.3 (1976): 369-376. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elliott, Edward T., et al. &#8220;Habitable pore space and microbial trophic interactions.&#8221; <em>Oikos<\/em> (1980): 327-335.  available at JStore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linn, Daniel Myron, and John W. Doran. \u201c\u2026.water-filled pore space on carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide \u2026.&#8221; <em>Soil Science Society of America Journal<\/em> 48.6 (1984): 1267-1272 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sexstone, A.J., Revsbech, N.P., Parkin, T.B. and Tiedje, J.M., 1985. \u2026 oxygen profiles and denitrification \u2026 soil aggregates 1. <em>Soil science society of America journal<\/em>, <em>49<\/em>(3), pp.645-651<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Anderson, J. M. &#8220;Spatiotemporal effects of invertebrates on soil processes.&#8221; <em>Biology and fertility of soils<\/em> 6.3 (1988): 216-227. http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/download?doi=10.1.1.552.5500&amp;rep=rep1&amp;type=pdf <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Groffman, Peter M., and James M. Tiedje. &#8220;Denitrification hysteresis during wetting and drying cycles in soil.&#8221; <em>Soil Science Society of America Journal<\/em> 52.6 (1988): 1626-1629. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darbyshire, J. F., et al. &#8220;Ciliate distribution amongst soil aggregates.&#8221; <em>Revue d&#8217;Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol (France)<\/em> (1989). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drury, C. F., R. P. Voroney, and E. G. Beauchamp. &#8220;Availability of NH4+-N to microorganisms and the soil internal N cycle.&#8221; <em>Soil Biology and Biochemistry<\/em> 23.2 (1991): 165-169 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wardle D A and Yeates G W 1993 The dual importance of competition and  predation as regulatory forces in terrestrial ecosystems: \u2026 Oecologia  93, 303\u2013306. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hassink, J., et al. &#8220;Relationships between habitable pore space, soil biota and mineralization rates in grassland soils.&#8221; <em>Soil Biology and Biochemistry<\/em> 25.1 (1993): 47-55. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Griffiths, B. S. &#8220;Microbial-feeding nematodes and protozoa in soil: \u2026. microbial activity \u2026 decomposition hotspots and the rhizosphere.&#8221; <em>Plant and Soil<\/em> 164.1 (1994): 25-33. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hattori, R., and T. Hattori. &#8220;Soil aggregates as microcosms of bacteria\u2013protozoa biota.&#8221; Soil Structure\/Soil Biota Interrelationships. Elsevier, 1993. 493-501. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young I M, Roberts A, Griffiths B S and Caul S 1994 Growth of aciliate protozoan in model Ballotini systems of different particlesizes. Soil Biol. Biochem. 26, 1173\u20131178. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qu\u00e9n\u00e9herv\u00e9 P, Chotte J-L. Distribution of nematodes in vertisol aggregates under a permanent pasture in Martinique. Applied Soil Ecology. 1996;4:193\u2013200. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sano Z-I, Nakasono K. Influence of size of soil aggregates on the survival of <em>Meloidogyne incognita<\/em> juveniles. Soil Microorganisms. 1997;49:9\u201316. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chenu, C., Hassink, J. and Bloem, J., 2001. Short-term changes in the spatial distribution of microorganisms in soil aggregates &#8230; <em>Biol. and Fert. of Soils<\/em>, <em>34<\/em>(5), pp.349-356.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeates GW, Dando JL, Shepherd TG. Pressure plate studies-\u2026 how moisture affects access of \u2026 nematodes to food in soil. European Journal of Soil Science. 2002;53:355\u2013365..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"645\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/anecic-earthworm-burrow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/anecic-earthworm-burrow.png 859w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/anecic-earthworm-burrow-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/anecic-earthworm-burrow-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/anecic-earthworm-burrow-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><figcaption>L. terrestris burrow with an organic matter halo around it. Enfield silt loam, Washington county, Rhode Island.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My own papers on this matter:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00f6rres, J.H., et al. &#8220;Grazing in a porous environment: 1. The effect of soil pore structure on C and N mineralization.&#8221; Plant and Soil 212 (1999): 75-83. available at Researchgate or at http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~dneher\/Publications\/Gorres%20et%20al%20Grazing%201%201999.pdf <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00f6rres, J.H., M. C. Savin, and J. A. Amador. &#8220;Soil micropore structure and carbon mineralization in burrows and casts of an anecic earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris).&#8221; Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33.14 (2001): 1881-1887. http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/download\/58728247\/s0038-0717_2801_2900068-220190327-20857-j5ihvg.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Savin, M. C., et al. &#8220;Biogeophysical factors influencing soil respiration and mineral nitrogen content in an old field soil.&#8221; <em>Soil Biology and Biochemistry<\/em> 33.4-5 (2001): 429-438.  available at Academia.edu or at http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~dneher\/Publications\/SBB2001.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gorres, J.H. and Amador, J.A., 2010. Partitioning of habitable pore space in earthworm burrows. Journal of Nematology, 42(1), p.68. 14. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3380515\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/casting-layer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-284\" width=\"540\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/casting-layer.jpg 982w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/casting-layer-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/casting-layer-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/casting-layer-468x300.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption>5-cm deep casting layer of a pheretimoid earthworms (A. agrestis, A. tokioensis, M. hilgendorfi) on a Windsor loamy sand in the Champlain Valley, Vermont, USA.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00f6rres, Josef H., et al. &#8220;Physical  Properties of Soils Altered by Invasive Pheretimoid Earthworms: Does  Their Casting Layer Create Thermal Refuges?.&#8221; <em>Soil Systems<\/em> 3.3 (2019): 52.   https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2571-8789\/3\/3\/52 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/drilosphere-soils-1024x497.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285\" width=\"566\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/drilosphere-soils-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/drilosphere-soils-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/drilosphere-soils-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/drilosphere-soils-500x243.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/drilosphere-soils.png 1521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><figcaption>Mercury Porosimetry of pherteimoid (orange) and L. terrestris (grey) castings compared to soils not recently modified by earthworms (blue)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A recent presentation summarizing this work was presented at Annual Meeting of SSSA 2019 and available here<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/Earthworms-and-Pore-structure-new.pptx\">Earthworms and Pore structure new<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jgorres\/files\/2019\/11\/Earthworms-and-Pore-structure-new.pptx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biogeophysics is a companion field of study to biogeochemistry. 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