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    Forest canopy mitigates soil N2O emission during hot moments

    Study site and set-upThe studied hemiboreal riparian forest is a 40-year old Filipendula type gray alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) forest stand grown on a former agricultural land. It is situated in the Agali Village (58°17′N; 27°17′E) in eastern Estonia within the Lake Peipsi Lowland50 (Supplementary Figs. 12 and 13).The area is characterized by a flat relief with an average elevation of 32 m a.s.l., formed from the bottom of former periglacial lake systems, it is slightly inclined (1%) towards a tributary of the Kalli River. The soil is Gleyic Luvisol. The thickness of the humus layer was 15–20 cm. The content of total carbon (TC), total nitrogen (TN), nitrate (NO3−–N), ammonia NH4+–N, Ca, and Mg per dry matter in 10 cm topsoil was 3.8 and 0.33%, and 2.42, 2.89, 1487 and 283 mg kg−1, respectively, which was correspondingly 6.3, 8.3, 4.4, 3.6, 2.3, and 2.0 times more than those in 20 cm deep zone (Supplementary Table 3).The long-term average annual precipitation of the region is 650 mm, and the average temperature is 17.0 °C in July and –6.7 °C in January. The duration of the growing season is typically 175–180 days from mid-April to October51.The mean height of the forest stand is 17.5 m, stand density 1520 trees per ha, the mean stem diameter at breast height 15.6 cm, basal area 30.5 m2 ha−1, the growing stock 245 m3 ha−1, and the current annual increment of stems 12.0 m3 ha−1 year−1 (based on Uri et al.52 and Becker et al.53). In the forest floor, the following herbs dominate: Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim., Aegopodium podagraria L., Cirsium oleraceum (L.) Scop., Geum rivale L., Crepis paludosa (L.) Moench, shrubs (Rubus idaeus L., Frangula alnus L., Daphne mezereum L.), and young trees (A. incana, Prunus padus (L.)) dominate. In the moss-layer Climacium dendroides (Hedw.) F. Weber & D. Mohr, Plagiomnium spp and Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus (Hedw.) Warnst are overwhelming.Environmental characteristics of hot momentsBased on high emissions of N2O, dynamics of SWC, and near-ground air temperature, we identified four hot moments and related them to soil and environmental variables (see numbers in Fig. 1): wet (1), dry (2) with drought onset (2a), freeze-thaw (3), and dry-minor (4). The main criterion for the hot moments was a rapid increase in N2O emissions of any source.Anomalies from the mean of each hot moment period illustrate the pattern of fluxes during the hot moments (Supplementary Fig. 2). At the end of the freeze-thaw period, the rising SWC is driven by snowmelt became a leading determinant (Supplementary Fig. 2). During the wet period, the rise in soil emissions was accompanied by a remarkable increase in the EC-based ecosystem fluxes. However, all the other hot moments were isolated to soil surfaces.Soil flux measurementsSoil fluxes were measured using 12 automatic dynamic chambers located at 1–2 m distance from each studied tree and installed in June 2017 (Supplementary Fig. 11, see also54). The chambers were made from polymethyl methacrylate (Plexiglas) covered with non-transparent plastic film. Each soil chamber (volume of 0.032 m³) covered a 0.16 m² soil surface. To avoid stratification of gas inside the chamber, air with a constant flow rate of 1.8 L min−1 was circulated within a closed loop between the chamber and gas analyzer unit during the measurements by a diaphragm pump. The air sample was taken from the top of the chamber headspace and pumped back by distributing it to each side of the chamber. For the measurements, the soil chambers were closed automatically for 9 min each. The flushing time of the whole system with ambient air between measurement periods was 1 min. Thus, there were ~12 measurements per chamber per day, making a total of 144 flux measurements per day. A Picarro G2508 (Picarro Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA) gas analyzer using cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology was used to monitor N2O gas concentrations in the frequency of ~1.17 measurements per second. The chambers were connected to the gas analyzer using a multiplexer allowing a sequent practically continuous measurement.To account for initial stabilization after chamber closing and flushing time, we used 5 min out of the total 9 min closing time (~350 concentration measurements) to estimate slope change of N2O concentration, which was the basis for soil flux calculations.After the quality check, 105,830 flux values (98.7% of total possible) of soil N2O fluxes could be used during the whole study period.Stem flux measurementsThe tree stem fluxes were measured manually with frequency 1–2 times per week from September 2017 until December 2018. Twelve representative mature gray alder trees were selected for stem flux measurements and equipped with static closed tree stem chamber systems for stem flux measurements20. Soil fluxes were investigated close to each selected tree. The tree chambers were installed in June 2017 in the following order: at the bottom part of the tree stem (~10 cm above the soil) and at 80 and 170 cm above the ground. The rectangular shape stem chambers were made of transparent plastic containers, including removable airtight lids (Lock & Lock Co Ltd, Seoul, Republic of Korea). For the chamber, preparation see Schindler et al.54. Two chambers per profile were set randomly across 180° and interconnected with tubes into one system (total volume of 0.00119 m³) covering 0.0108 m² of stem surface. A pump (model 1410VD, 12 V; Thomas GmbH, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany) was used to homogenize the gas concentration prior to sampling. Chamber systems remained open between each sampling campaign. During 60 measurement campaigns, four gas samples (each 25 ml) were collected from each chamber system via septum in a 60 min interval: 0/60/120/180 min sequence (sampling time between 12:00 and 16:00) and stored in pre-evacuated (0.3 bar) 12 ml coated gas-tight vials (LabCo International, Ceregidion, UK). The gas samples were analyzed in the laboratory at the University of Tartu within a week using gas chromatography (GC-2014; Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) equipped with an electron capture detector for detection of N2O and a flame ionization detector for CH4. The gas samples were injected automatically using Loftfield autosampler (Loftfield Analytics, Göttingen, Germany). For gas-chromatographical settings see Soosaar et al.55.Soil and stem flux calculationFluxes were quantified on a linear approach according to the change of CH4 and N2O concentrations in the chamber headspace over time, using the equation according to Livingston and Hutchison56.Stem fluxes were quantified on a linear approach according to the change of N2O concentrations in the chamber headspace over time. A data quality control (QC) was applied based on R2 values of linear fit for CO2 measurements. When the R2 value for CO2 efflux was above 0.9, the conditions inside the chamber were applicable, and the calculations for N2O gases were also accepted in spite of their R2 values.To compare the contribution of soil and stems, the stem fluxes were upscaled to hectares of ground area based on average stem diameter, tree height, stem surface area, tree density, and stand basal area estimated for each period. A cylindric shape of the tree stem was assumed. To estimate average stem emissions per tree, fitted regression curves for different periods were made between the stem emissions and height of the measurements as previously done by Schindler et al.54.EC instrumentationEC system was installed on a 21 m height scaffolding tower. Fast 3-D sonic anemometer Gill HS-50 (Gill Instruments Ltd., Lymington, Hampshire, UK) was used to obtain three wind components. CO2 fluxes were measured using the Li-Cor 7200 analyser (Li-Cor Inc., Lincoln, NE, USA). Air was sampled synchronously with the 30 m teflon inlet tube and analyzed by a quantum cascade laser absorption spectrometer (QCLAS) (Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA, USA) for N2O concentrations. The Aerodyne QCLAS was installed in the heated and ventilated cottage near the tower base. A high-capacity free scroll vacuum pump (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA) guaranteed an airflow rate of 15 L min−1 between the tower and gas analyzer during the measurements. Air was filtered for dust and condense water. All measurements were done at 10 Hz and the gas-analyzer reported concentrations per dry air (dry mixing ratios).Eddy-covariance flux calculation and data QCThe fluxes of N2O were calculated using the EddyPro software (v.6.0-7.0, Li-Cor) as a covariance of the gas mixing ratio with the vertical wind component over 30-min periods. Despiking of the raw data was performed following Mauder et al.57. Anemometer tilt was corrected with the double-axis rotation. Linear detrending was chosen over block averaging to minimize the influence of possible fluctuations of a gas analyzer. Time lags were detected using covariance maximization in a given time window (5 ± 2 s was chosen based on the tube length and flow rate). While Webb-Pearman-Leuning (WPL) correction58 is typically performed for the closed-path systems, we did not apply it as water correction was already performed by the Aerodyne and the software reported dry mixing ratios. Both low and high-frequency spectral corrections were applied using fully analytic corrections59,60.Calculated fluxes were filtered out in case they were coming from the half-hour averaging periods with at least one of the following criteria: more than 1000 spikes, half-hourly averaged mixing ratio out of range (300–350 ppb), QC flags higher than 761.The footprint area was estimated using Kljun et al.62 implemented in TOVI software (Li-Cor Inc.). A footprint allocation tool was implemented to flag the non-forested areas within the 90% cumulative footprint and fluxes appointed to these areas were removed from the further analysis.Storage fluxes were estimated using concentration measurements from the eddy system (Eq. (1)), assuming the uniform change within the air column under the tower during every 30 min period63,64:$${mathrm{S}} = {Delta}{mathrm{C}}/{Delta}{mathrm{t}} ast {mathrm{z}}_{mathrm{m}},$$
    (1)
    where S is storage, ΔC is change in the dry mixing ratio of N2O, Δt is time period (30 min), zm is measurement height (21 m).In the absence of a better estimate or profile measurements, these estimates were used to correct for storage change. Total flux values that were higher than eight times the standard deviation were additionally filtered out (following Wang et al.36). Overall, the QC procedures resulted in 61% data coverage.While friction velocity (u*) threshold is used to filter eddy fluxes of CO265, visual inspection of the friction velocity influence on N2O fluxes demonstrated no effect. Thus, we decided not to apply it, taking into account that the 1–9 QC flag system already marks the times when the turbulence is not sufficient.To obtain the continuous time-series and to enable the comparison to chamber estimates over hourly time scales, gap-filling of N2O fluxes was performed using marginal distribution sampling method implemented in ReddyProcWeb online tool (https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgi/index.php/Services/REddyProcWeb) (described in detail in Wutzler et al.66).MATLAB (ver. 2018a-b, Mathworks Inc., Natick, MA, USA) was used for all the eddy fluxes data analysis.Ancillary measurementsAir temperature, relative and absolute humidity were measured within the canopy at 10 m height using the HC2A-S3—Standard Meteo Probe/RS24T (Rotronic AG, Bassersdorf, Switzerland) and Campbell CR100 data logger (Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT, USA). The potential amount of dissolved N2O in the atmospheric water was calculated based on the absolute humidity and the maximum solubility of N2O in water67. DPD was calculated from air temperature and estimated dew point temperature to characterize the chance of fog formation within the canopy. The solar radiation data were obtained from the SMEAR Estonia station located at 2 km from the study site68 using the Delta-T-SPN-1 sunshine pyranometer (Delta-T Devices Ltd., Cambridge, UK). The cloudiness ratio was calculated as the ratio of diffuse solar radiation to total solar radiation.Near-ground air temperature, soil temperature (Campbell Scientific Inc.), and SWC sensors (ML3 ThetaProbe, Delta-T Devices, Burwell, Cambridge, UK) were installed directly on the ground and 0–10 cm soil depth close to the studied tree spots. During six campaigns from August to November 2017, composite topsoil samples were taken with a soil corer from a depth of 0–10 cm for physical and chemical analysis using standard methods69.Statistical analysisR version 4.0.2 (R Development Core Team, 2020) was used to examine, analyze and visualize the data. The significance level (alpha) considered for all the tests was 0.05. The “akima” package version 0.6–2.1 was used to create interpolated contour plots representing a three-dimensional surface70 by plotting soil temperature and SWC against soil N2O emissions as the independent variable. Linear regression models were fitted and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients were shown for change of SWC and soil N2O flux in period drought onset and air temperature and soil N2O flux in period freeze-thaw. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients were also shown characterizing the relationship between the monthly average number of days with a high chance of sunshine and fog formation and the difference between the N2O flux from soil and ecosystem. Regarding all measurements of soil temperature, SWC, and soil N2O flux, relationships were better represented by nonlinear than linear models. In addition, the Bragg equation with four parameters71 was used for describing the relationship between SWC and soil N2O flux in the dry period. A workflow for the nonlinear regression analysis was used72 and regression models were fitted in R using functions lm, nls, or loess. More

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    Fishers' perception of the interaction between the South American sea lions and the Chinook salmon fishery in southern Chile

    Our study addressed the interaction between the SASL and the operation of the Chinook salmon fishery in the Toltén River, supported by a non-native and invasive species found populating many rivers and adjacent sea of Chile6. Our results demonstrate that the interaction between SASLs and the small-scale fishing communities of Caleta La Barra vary depending on different factors, both operational, such as the number of boats, and environmental, such as moon luminosity during the fishing operations. We were able to determine common patterns among fishers that allow us to establish different social profiles that shape their relationship with the SASL and also their relationship with the natural environment in which they live.Despite the frequent presence of SASL during fishing operations ( > 90%), we assessed that only 35% of them constituted interactions. This frequency of interaction is lower than recorded by other studies in this species18,20,21, but higher than in others17. These differences indicate that there is a high level of variability in the frequency of interactions between the SASL and the artisanal fisheries, both at spatial20,21 and temporal17,18 scales. According to de María et al.40, these differences can be explained by different factors such as the season in which the study was carried out, the productivity of each area, the fishing gear used and the captured species, among others. As the Chinook salmon is only fished during the austral summer months (January and February), it was not possible to analyze potential temporal variations in the frequency of interactions in this study.A positive relationship was observed between the number of SASL and the number of boats operating. A similar relationship was reported by Goetz et al.19, who observed groups of SASLs following boats during fishing operations. This can be explained by a number of factors. First, Szteren and Paéz15 reported that SASL in Uruguay are able to recognize the sound emitted by the boats during a fishing operation, and that is an indicator of prey availability (“dinner bell” effect). Second, it is possible that some individuals have learned to feed during fishing operations, specializing in a type of prey or in a particular feeding strategy associated with fishing operations41. Likewise, due to the general decrease in resource availability due to overexploitation in Chile42, SASLs could be attracted to fishing activities, associating a higher number of boats with greater availability and easy-to-capture prey19,43.We also found a positive relationship between the number of SASLs and the moon’s luminosity. Nights with high lunar luminosity (full moon) are associated with the largest tidal ranges of the month. These tides are related to a high productivity due to the formation of tidal fronts characterized by the abrupt difference in temperature, oxygen and fluorescence, commonly observed during spring tides, increasing the concentration of zooplankton and therefore attracting more predators44. This could result in greater resource availability. Largest tidal ranges may be also linked to influx of returning Chinook salmon in higher numbers than the rest of the month (authors’ unpublished results). However, it cannot be ruled out that the better visibility provided by the increased luminosity would have allowed the observer to count a greater number of SASLs around the boat16,19.Although non-significant, we found that the interactions between SASLs and the fishing operation occurred more often when fishing nets were deeper and the total catch was higher. A relationship between the occurrence of interactions and depth could be related to the time the net is underwater. At greater depths the time of hauling increases, which in turn increase the opportunity for the SASL to interact with the boat. This trend is opposite to what was found by other authors in other species45 who observed more interaction close to the surface as a learned strategy to reduce energetic demands. However, in our study the maximum depth of a fishing net was 10 m which is much lower than the depth SASLs usually dive during their foraging trips46. With respect to the relationship between the occurrence of interactions and total catch, different studies have demonstrated that fishing operations and seals and sea lions coincide in areas where the resource is more abundant15,47, and thus the number of SASL raiding the nets increases when there are more fish caught in the net and easily accessible.We found no relationship between CPUE and the interaction of SASL during fishing operations, i.e. no variations in the standardized catch of Chinook salmon per haul were recorded regardless of interactions with SASL. Similar results have been identified by other authors in studies of gillnet and purse-seine fisheries in other areas, both in Chile and elsewhere for this same species18,19,26,40. This lack of relationship could be explained by a number of factors. Firstly, the number of fish consumed by SASLs in the fishing gear is not high enough to generate differences in the CPUE at the fishery scale15,18,20. Secondly, and as mentioned before, SASLs and fishing operations coincide in areas where the resource is more abundant. Therefore, and even if an interaction with the SASL was reported, the CPUE was maintained or was higher in areas where SASLs are present, in comparison to areas where this predator is absent15. Finally, the volume of fish catches is affected by additional factors besides the presence of SASLs, such as environmental conditions, the presence of other predators, and the abundance of resources in each area, and therefore do not exclusively depend on interactions with the SASL40.South American sea lions are frequently blamed for causing significant impacts to the economy of local fishers26. However, at the scale of the whole fishery, damage to catch from SASLs interactions was recorded in only four of 22 fishing events and in 2,5% of the total catch, suggesting that damage is smaller than perceived by fishers. It is important to note, however, that the assessment of damage by SASLs in this study is conservative, since we do not consider fish that could be wholly removed from the net, which can increase the total biomass lost by SASLs. Competition for fishing resources between SASLs and artisanal fishers has been largely documented in different areas and situations and will likely exacerbate negative perception about this mammal and an obstacle to fishing operations17,24. In a recent study, Oliveira et al.26 demonstrated that the actual economic losses caused by sea lions to the local fishery in Brazil are much smaller (0.8–3% of the productivity of the monitored boats for the analyzed year) compared to the large damage perceived by the fishers. This perception extends to other cases of human-big marine carnivore interactions and competition during fishing activities48,49. Therefore, it is possible that the observed negative perception about SASLs is independent of a particular event, but it rather relates to the continuous presence of SASLs in the area, and also to the general perception that the SASLs can eat hundreds of fish over the course of one interaction26.However, it is important to note that economic losses could be relevant on a boat-to-boat basis, and this clearly contributes to exacerbate a negative perception towards SASLs. In the case of the Chinook salmon fishery from Toltén River, we quickly appraised that SASL interactions may result in significant losses on a boat-to-boat basis. Ex-vessel price of Chinook salmon has been on average CLP$3500 per kg (USD$5; currency rate at 27 April 2021), suggesting that a 10–15 kg salmon may be worth CLP$35,000–53,000 (USD$50–76). Boats with a damaged catch by SASL lost up to 11% of their revenue during the duration of the survey. Considering fishers’ sole reliance on a short fishing season8 and the overexploitation of alternative, native fishery resources42, fishers’ perceptions are likely to be negative towards SASL given these economic losses.The negative perception of SASLs by fishers needs to be understood within the context in which nature has been historically and socially altered. Since Chinook salmon was successfully introduced around 25 years ago50, both human fishing practices and the behavior of SASLs have changed in important ways. Fishing has moved from a year-round communitarian activity performed in the open sea, focused on abundant small native marine species, to a mostly familiar activity, performed in the estuary during a certain period of the year and focused on a big and profitable catch. The SASLs have also learned to feed on this new species and changed their predatory practices, moving from the sea to the river, and predominantly predating on salmon in the short period in which they arrive in the estuary. There is a mutual coproduction31,32,33 process in which these three parties—salmon, fisher, and SASLs—have each modified their behaviors and condition of reproduction and existence. The salmon colonized a new habitat, fishers learned to fish this new attractive species, and the SASL also learned to prey on this new species, colonizing a new space in the estuary, following fishing boats. This coproduction has presented new opportunities for the human population, as they have been able to exploit a new economic resource that has revitalized the economy of the town, but it has also refueled a long-standing conflict between humans and SASLs. Furthermore, these changes in fishing activity may have increased the perceived interactions with SASLs and the damage they cause. Moving fishing operations from the sea to the smaller and calmer estuarine waters makes the sea lion more visible. Also, a fishing based on a big (~ 15–20 kg each) and profitable Chinook salmon species, makes any sea lion attack more damaging than former fishing practices in which SASLs took one or two small fish from big net hauls.In order to address the negative perception of SASLs amongst artisanal fishers, we framed the discourse about SASLs within a broader discourse with nature using the concept of valuation language from Martinez-Alier51. Using Likert scales we observed that, contrary to what was expected and seen in other contexts, fishers do not demonstrate a view in line with the “environmentalism of the poor”. However, they did possess a view that values sustainability, though not in a conservationist context that would be expected from a community that rely on natural resources for their livelihood, but it is not purely instrumental either. This leads us to rethink the Martinez-Alier51 categories in order to describe the combination that was found among fishers in this study: a mix between elements of utilitarian rationality, viewing fish solely as a resource, and elements of a deep caring for the river and sea life, linking local economics with environmental wellbeing. However, this view did not include some of the more substantive and political aspects of an “environmentalism of the poor” perception, such as the right for all natural beings to exist. This discourse was better described as part of the “popular sustainable development” view, as the sustainable development paradigm is based more on an economic, rather than ecological, rationality that transforms ‘nature’ into ‘environment’ and resources52. However, in this case, caring for the river and sea, and economic wellbeing were seen as mutually necessary in a discourse that is accompanied by the respect of natural forces as being important to the life and wellbeing of the community.We also found that most fishers, from all socio-demographic characteristics, hold this “popular sustainable development” view. This was followed by instrumental rationality (4.0), held mostly by older fishers with lower levels of formal education. These results are consistent with those found in other studies24,53,54, in which older fishers have the most negative attitude and perception of SASLs because of the several negative encounters with these species24. This commonality of the popular sustainable development view, accompanied by a more conservationist view held by younger fishers with more years of formal education, opens up the possibility for a better relationship among Chinook salmon, fishers, and SASLs, and a better coexistence. We hypothesize that it is possible to make local effective governance changes to improve this coexistence55, for example, by changing the fishing practices to modify the SASL behavior. Currently, fishers process the fish and dispose of the waste in the river where they fish. In their own words this practice “domesticate” SASLs, and the community is making agreements to move this practice away from the shore. It also seems that SASLs follow the boats as they have learned that boats mean availability of prey. This requires improved governance systems to redistribute fishing places within the river, as fishers already partially and informally do it. Also, it is recommendable the implementation of a long-term education program to the fishing community that include, among other issues, the critical role of this marine top predator on the trophic webs and consequently the negative impacts of their removal18,24. Actions like these could help to move from a paradigm of “defending the fishing from the SASLs” to a better local understanding of the relationship between Chinook salmon, SASLs, and human behavior. In recent years, due to the important economic opportunity that Chinook salmon has meant for the community, young fishers with more years of formal education, and a more sustainable and conservationist view of fishing, have returned to La Barra to occupy leadership roles in the community. We cannot be sure how this leadership will evolve as they grow older and more experienced, but the formal education and experience backgrounds they hold separate them from their parents and may anticipate a different trajectory. 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