Effects of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the bacterial community structure and diversity of four distinct biocolonization types on stone monuments: a case study of the Leshan Giant Buddha, a world heritage site
Abstract Atmospheric nitrogen deposition may affect the biodeterioration process of stone monuments through direct and indirect pathways, but relevant studies are lacking. Therefore, taking the biologically colonized rocks around the Leshan Giant Buddha (World Heritage - Mixed Property) as the resea...
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| description | Abstract Atmospheric nitrogen deposition may affect the biodeterioration process of stone monuments through direct and indirect pathways, but relevant studies are lacking. Therefore, taking the biologically colonized rocks around the Leshan Giant Buddha (World Heritage - Mixed Property) as the research objects, we studied the effects of multiple nitrogen addition levels (0, 9, 18, 36, 72 kg N hm-2 a-1; N0, N1; N2 ; N3; N4) on the bacterial community structure and soil nutrients on the surfaces of stones with four biocolonization types, including naked rock (NR), and lichen (LR), bryophyte (BS) and vascular plant (VS) colonization, to investigate the potential effect of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the rock weathering of the Leshan Giant Buddha. The results demonstrated that nitrogen addition impacted soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients, as well as bacterial community structure and composition, but the responses to nitrogen input varied among different colonization types. Nitrogen fertilization promoted the accumulation of total organic carbon and total nitrogen in NR and LR, and increased the content of total phosphorus in VS. Bacterial α-diversity decreased with nitrogen addition in NR but increased with nitrogen addition in VS. Nitrogen addition significantly (R > 0.9, p < 0.01) changed the bacterial community composition in the four biocolonization types, and the changes were dominated by species replacement (contributed to 60.98%, 76.32%, 67.27% and 72.14% for bacterial diversity in NR, LR, BS and VS, respectively). Total nitrogen, dissolved organic nitrogen, dissolved organic nitrogen and total phosphorus were the most important ecological factors affecting bacterial community structure in NR, LR, BS and VS, respectively. Nitrogen addition enriched different bacterial taxa in the four biocolonization types. The results of this study provide basic data for the protection of stone monuments and the formulation of sustainable development strategies under a changing climate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89a3819f128c456fb0c21b8c6404d3122024-03-05T16:38:13ZengSpringerOpenHeritage Science2050-74452024-01-0112111610.1186/s40494-024-01142-3Effects of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the bacterial community structure and diversity of four distinct biocolonization types on stone monuments: a case study of the Leshan Giant Buddha, a world heritage siteXuli Chen0Huixing Song1Bo Sun2Tianyu Yang3College of Fine Arts and Design, Xihua UniversityCollege of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural UniversityKey Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in Civil Engineering of Lanzhou University of TechnologyLeshan Giant Buddha Grottoes Research InstituteAbstract Atmospheric nitrogen deposition may affect the biodeterioration process of stone monuments through direct and indirect pathways, but relevant studies are lacking. Therefore, taking the biologically colonized rocks around the Leshan Giant Buddha (World Heritage - Mixed Property) as the research objects, we studied the effects of multiple nitrogen addition levels (0, 9, 18, 36, 72 kg N hm-2 a-1; N0, N1; N2 ; N3; N4) on the bacterial community structure and soil nutrients on the surfaces of stones with four biocolonization types, including naked rock (NR), and lichen (LR), bryophyte (BS) and vascular plant (VS) colonization, to investigate the potential effect of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the rock weathering of the Leshan Giant Buddha. The results demonstrated that nitrogen addition impacted soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients, as well as bacterial community structure and composition, but the responses to nitrogen input varied among different colonization types. Nitrogen fertilization promoted the accumulation of total organic carbon and total nitrogen in NR and LR, and increased the content of total phosphorus in VS. Bacterial α-diversity decreased with nitrogen addition in NR but increased with nitrogen addition in VS. Nitrogen addition significantly (R > 0.9, p < 0.01) changed the bacterial community composition in the four biocolonization types, and the changes were dominated by species replacement (contributed to 60.98%, 76.32%, 67.27% and 72.14% for bacterial diversity in NR, LR, BS and VS, respectively). Total nitrogen, dissolved organic nitrogen, dissolved organic nitrogen and total phosphorus were the most important ecological factors affecting bacterial community structure in NR, LR, BS and VS, respectively. Nitrogen addition enriched different bacterial taxa in the four biocolonization types. The results of this study provide basic data for the protection of stone monuments and the formulation of sustainable development strategies under a changing climate.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-024-01142-3Stone monumentsBiocolonizationBiodeteriorationNitrogen depositionBacterial diversityCommunity composition |
| spellingShingle | Xuli Chen Huixing Song Bo Sun Tianyu Yang Effects of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the bacterial community structure and diversity of four distinct biocolonization types on stone monuments: a case study of the Leshan Giant Buddha, a world heritage site Heritage Science Stone monuments Biocolonization Biodeterioration Nitrogen deposition Bacterial diversity Community composition |
| title | Effects of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the bacterial community structure and diversity of four distinct biocolonization types on stone monuments: a case study of the Leshan Giant Buddha, a world heritage site |
| title_full | Effects of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the bacterial community structure and diversity of four distinct biocolonization types on stone monuments: a case study of the Leshan Giant Buddha, a world heritage site |
| title_fullStr | Effects of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the bacterial community structure and diversity of four distinct biocolonization types on stone monuments: a case study of the Leshan Giant Buddha, a world heritage site |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the bacterial community structure and diversity of four distinct biocolonization types on stone monuments: a case study of the Leshan Giant Buddha, a world heritage site |
| title_short | Effects of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the bacterial community structure and diversity of four distinct biocolonization types on stone monuments: a case study of the Leshan Giant Buddha, a world heritage site |
| title_sort | effects of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the bacterial community structure and diversity of four distinct biocolonization types on stone monuments a case study of the leshan giant buddha a world heritage site |
| topic | Stone monuments Biocolonization Biodeterioration Nitrogen deposition Bacterial diversity Community composition |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-024-01142-3 |
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