TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes of condensed tannins during decomposition of leaves of Kandelia obovata in a subtropical mangrove swamp in China
AU - Zhou, Hai-Chao
AU - Tam, Nora Fung-Yee
AU - Lin, Yi-Ming
AU - Wei, Shu-Dong
AU - Li, Yuan-Yue
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Kandelia obovata, with abundant condensed tannins (CTs), is a typical mangrove species in China, but little is known about the chemical alterations and ecological roles of CTs during leaf litter decomposition. A litterbag experiment was conducted to investigate the changes of CTs in a subtropical mangrove swamp along Zhangjiang River Estuary, China, using the colorimetric assays, reversed/normal-phase HPLC-ESI-MS and MALDI-TOF-MS techniques. Total phenolics (TP), extractable CTs (ECT) and total CTs (TCT) decreased rapidly, while bound CTs (BCT), including protein- and fibre-bound CTs in leaves, increased during decomposition, and these temporal changes were well-expressed by exponential functions. Negative correlations between nitrogen (N) and TP, as well as N and ECT were found; however, a positive correlation between N and BCT was detected, suggesting that CTs played an important role in humification during N immobilization. The HPLC-ESI-MS analyses showed that the polymerization degree of CTs had an initial increase, due to leaching, followed by a decrease in the subsequent shift towards abiotic or/and biotic degradation. MALDI-TOF-MS confirmed the degradation processes for CTs. A decrease in the degree of hydroxylation, along with an increase in glycosylation-CTs, was obtained during litter decomposition. These chemical changes enhanced the current knowledge on the potential ecological role of N transformation in CTs in mangrove swamps. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - Kandelia obovata, with abundant condensed tannins (CTs), is a typical mangrove species in China, but little is known about the chemical alterations and ecological roles of CTs during leaf litter decomposition. A litterbag experiment was conducted to investigate the changes of CTs in a subtropical mangrove swamp along Zhangjiang River Estuary, China, using the colorimetric assays, reversed/normal-phase HPLC-ESI-MS and MALDI-TOF-MS techniques. Total phenolics (TP), extractable CTs (ECT) and total CTs (TCT) decreased rapidly, while bound CTs (BCT), including protein- and fibre-bound CTs in leaves, increased during decomposition, and these temporal changes were well-expressed by exponential functions. Negative correlations between nitrogen (N) and TP, as well as N and ECT were found; however, a positive correlation between N and BCT was detected, suggesting that CTs played an important role in humification during N immobilization. The HPLC-ESI-MS analyses showed that the polymerization degree of CTs had an initial increase, due to leaching, followed by a decrease in the subsequent shift towards abiotic or/and biotic degradation. MALDI-TOF-MS confirmed the degradation processes for CTs. A decrease in the degree of hydroxylation, along with an increase in glycosylation-CTs, was obtained during litter decomposition. These chemical changes enhanced the current knowledge on the potential ecological role of N transformation in CTs in mangrove swamps. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
KW - Condensed tannins
KW - HPLC-ESI-MS
KW - Kandelia obovata
KW - Litter decomposition
KW - MALDI-TOF-MS
KW - Nitrogen transformation
KW - Zhangjiang River Estuary mangrove swamp
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U2 - 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.09.015
DO - 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.09.015
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0038-0717
VL - 44
SP - 113
EP - 121
JO - Soil Biology and Biochemistry
JF - Soil Biology and Biochemistry
IS - 1
ER -