Näyttelijäntaide raskautuneessa ruumiissa

Opinnäytetyö käsittelee näyttelijäntaidetta raskautuneessa ruumiissa. Kirjoittaja käyttää aineistona taiteellisia opinnäytteitä, henkilökohtaista oppimispäiväkirjaa sekä raskautta ja synnytystä käsittelevää oppimateriaalia ja kirjallisuutta. Työ esittelee kirjoittajan tavan hahmottaa näyttelemisen prosessia ruumiillisten ja vuorovaikutuksellisten ehdotusten kautta. Työ tarkastelee raskauden vaikutusta näyttelemiseen tutkimalla lähemmin kirjoittajan sooloteoksen IBRUTSKA tekoprosessia, joka on osa Teatterityön tutkinto-ohjelman toisen vuoden opintokokonaisuutta. IBRUTSKA on kirjoittajan ohjaama, käsikirjoittama ja näyttelemä teos, joka sai ensi-iltansa keväällä 2021 Tampereella. Kirjoittaja nostaa tärkeäksi osaksi omaa työskentelyään ruumiin kuuntelemisen ja pohtii sen merkitystä raskaudessa ja synnytyksessä. Opinnäytteessä kirjoittaja käsittelee omaa synnytyskokemustaan ja peilaa omaa kokemustaan synnytysregressiosta näyttelemisessä saavuttamaansa ”nautinnon tilaan”, jossa näytteleminen tuntuu mielekkäältä ja virtaavalta. Kirjoittaja nimeää ”näyttelijän nautinnon tilan” opinnäytteessä näyttelijän regressioksi perustelemalla synnytysregression ja näyttelijän ”nautinnon tilan” tarpeeksi samankaltaisiksi ruumiintiloiksi. Opinnäytteessä kirjoittaja nostaa oleelliseksi omaa työskentelemistä ja henkilökohtaista elämää yhdistäväksi ilmiöksi hallinnan ja hallitsemattomuuden ilmiön. Kirjoittaja avaa henkilökohtaista suhdettaan hallinnan tarpeeseen ja pohtii hallitsemattomuuden osaa omassa näyttelijäntyössä. Lopuksi kirjoittaja esittelee oivalluksiaan raskauden ja vanhemmuuden myötä muuttuneesta ruumiistaan ja pohtii oman ruumiin muodonmuutoksen vaikutuksia omaan näyttelemiseen tulevaisuudessa. Kirjoittaja uskoo, että raskauden ja synnytyksen aiheuttamat muutokset ruumiiseen tulevat vaikuttamaan omaan näyttelemiseen pääosin myönteisesti

Potential of biochar soil amendments to reduce N leaching in boreal field conditions estimated using the resin bag method

Addition of biochar to soil has been shown to reduce nitrogen (N) leaching in pot experiments, but direct field measurements are scarce, and data is lacking especially from colder, boreal conditions. We studied the effect of soil organic amendments on nitrate (NO3-) and ammonium (NH4+) leaching using the resin bag method, by placing the bags containing ion-exchange resins under the plough layer. We compared N leaching under five different treatments at the Päästösäästö project site (Soilfood Oy) in Parainen, south-western Finland: non-fertilized control, fertilized control, and three different organic amendments: spruce biochar, willow biochar and nutrient fiber. During the 2017 growing season, resin bags were changed monthly between the end of May and beginning of September, extracted with 1 M NaCl, and analyzed for inorganic N. The daily leaching rate of NO3- was greatest at the beginning of the growing season, right after fertilization. Ammonium leaching was generally lower, and independent of the time since fertilization. The spruce biochar reduced cumulative NO3- leaching by 68% compared to the fertilized control. The NH4+leaching in the organic amendment treatments did not statistically significantly differ from the fertilized control in pairwise comparisons. In October 2017, after harvesting, the resin bags were placed under soil columns again, and left in the soil over winter to accumulate N leached during the plant-free period. Cumulative NO3- leaching during winter was consistent with the corresponding summer results, and average leaching decreased in the order: willow biochar >fertilized control >nutrient fiber >non-fertilized control >spruce biochar. Thus, we show here, for the first time in a field study from boreal conditions that spruce biochar soil application decreased nitrate leaching, while increasing its retention in the surface layer of the biochar-amended soil.Peer reviewe

Temperature sensitivity patterns of carbon and nitrogen processes in decomposition of boreal organic soils – Quantification in different compounds and molecule sizes based on a multifactorial experiment

Climate warming and organic matter decomposition are connected in a recursive manner; this recursion can be described by temperature sensitivity. We conducted a multifactorial laboratory experiment to quantify the temperature sensitivity of organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) decomposition processes of common boreal organic soils. We incubated 36 mor and 36 slightly decomposed Carex-Sphagnum peat samples in a constant moisture and ambient temperature for 6 months. The experiment included three temperature and two moisture levels and two food web manipulations (samples with and without fungivore enchytraeid worms). We determined the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in seven molecular size classes together with ammonium N and dissolved organic N in low molecular weight and high molecular weight fractions. The temperature sensitivity function Q10 was fit to the data. The C and N release rate was almost an order of magnitude higher in mor than in peat. Soil fauna increased the temperature sensitivity of C release. Soil fauna played a key role in N release; when fauna was absent in peat, the N release was ceased. The wide range of the studied C and N compounds and treatments (68 Q10 datasets) allowed us to recognize five different temperature sensitivity patterns. The most common pattern (37 out of 68) was a positive upwards temperature response, which was observed for CO2 and DOC release. A negative downward pattern was observed for extractable organic nitrogen and microbial C. Sixteen temperature sensitivity patterns represented a mixed type, where the Q10function was not applicable, as this does not allow changing the sign storage change rate with increasing or decreasing temperature. The mixed pattern was typically connected to intermediate decomposition products, where input and output fluxes with different temperature sensitivities may simultaneously change the storage. Mixed type was typical for N processes. Our results provide useful parameterization for ecosystem models that describe the feedback loop between climate warming, organic matter decomposition, and productivity of N-limited vegetation.Peer reviewe

Microbial carbon use efficiency and priming of soil organic matter mineralization by glucose additions in boreal forest soils with different C:N ratios

Publisher Copyright: © 2022During the last decade it has been increasingly acknowledged that carbon (C) contained in root exudates can accelerate decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM), a phenomenon known as rhizosphere priming effect (RPE). However, the controlling factors and the role of different soil microorganisms in RPE are not yet well understood. There are some indications that the response of the soil microbial decomposers to labile C input in the rhizosphere depends on microbial demand of nutrients for growth and maintenance, especially that of C and nitrogen (N). To test this hypothesis, we assessed SOM decomposition induced by 13C-glucose additions during one week in forest soils with different C:N ratios (11.5–22.2). We estimated SOM respiration, the potential activity (concentration) of a range of extracellular enzymes, and incorporation of 13C and deuterium (D) in microbial phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs). Glucose additions induced positive priming (a 12–52% increase in SOM respiration) in all soil types, but there was no linear relationship between priming and the soil C:N ratio. Instead, priming of SOM respiration was positively linked to the C:N imbalance, where a higher C:N imbalance implies stronger microbial N limitation. The total oxidative enzyme activity and the ratio between the activities of C and N acquiring enzymes were lower in soil with higher C:N ratios, but these findings could not be quantitatively linked to the observed priming rates. It appears as if glucose addition resulted in priming by stimulating the activity rather than the concentration of oxidative enzymes. Microbial incorporation of D and 13C into in PLFAs demonstrated that glucose additions stimulated both fungal and bacterial growth. The increased growth was mainly supported by glucose assimilation in fungi, while the increase in bacterial growth partly was a result of increased availability of C or N released from SOM. Taken together, the findings suggest that the soil C:N ratio is a poor predictor of priming and that priming is more dependent on the C:N imbalance, which reflects both microbial nutrient demand and nutrient provision.Peer reviewe

Microbial soil quality indicators depending on land use and soil type in a semi-arid dryland in Kenya

Soil microbial indicators help monitor soil quality. Limited studies have determined how land use in drylands affects soil microbial indices. Top soil (0–10 cm) from four land use systems in African drylands: (1) shrubland (natural), (2) grassland (natural), (3) pasture (agricultural) and (4) cropland (agricultural) occurring on two soil types: (1) Vertisol and (2) Acrisol, was used in laboratory incubations (6 days) to assess the effects of land use changes on organic carbon (Corg) mineralization, microbial biomass C (Cmic), mineralization quotient (qM), metabolic quotient (qCO2), Cmic:Corg ratio and sensitivity indices of these microbial indicators. Experimental plots were organized into a completely randomized design (n = 3) for every combination of land use and soil type. Cumulative CO2 produced from native Corg mineralization was the highest in Acrisol (108 ± 2.7 μg CO2–C g−1 soil) and the lowest in Vertisol (53 ± 2.5 μg CO2–C g−1 soil) croplands. Vertisol shrubland (1.34 ± 0.09 mg C g−1 soil) and Acrisol cropland (0.28 ± 0.07 mg C g−1 soil) had the highest and the lowest Cmic, respectively. Acrisol cropland (1.29 μg CO2–C g−1 h−1) had the highest qM, approximately five times higher than the lowest qM (0.26 μg CO2–C g−1 h−1) in a Vertisol cropland. Highest qCO2 was observed in an Acrisol pasture (12.04 μg CO2–C g−1 Cmic h−1), which was approximately 30 times higher compared to the lowest qCO2 observed in a Vertisol shrubland (0.41 μg CO2–C g−1 Cmic h−1). The Cmic:Corg ratio was the highest in a Vertisol shrubland (0.097), approximately five times higher than the lowest observed in an Acrisol pastureland (0.019). Our study demonstrated that the measured soil quality indicators' magnitude, direction, and sensitivity varied depending on land use and soil type. Higher N availability in Vertisols increased the biological stability of soil organic carbon (SOC) resulting to decreased SOC mineralization than Acrisols. In conclusion, the measured microbial soil quality indicators showed that Acrisols are prone to accelerated SOC mineralization after disturbance than Vertisols in the studied semi-arid dryland ecosystems. Thus, there is a need to manage natural ecosystem conversions to support sustainable crop and pasture production in African drylands

Effects of two wood-based biochars on the fate of added fertilizer nitrogen—a 15N tracing study

A 15N tracing pot experiment was conducted using two types of wood-based biochars: a regular biochar and a Kon-Tiki-produced nutrient-enriched biochar, at two application rates (1% and 5% (w/w)), in addition to a fertilizer only and a control treatment. Ryegrass was sown in pots, all of which except controls received N-15-labelled fertilizer as either (NH4NO3)-N-15 or (NH4NO3)-N-15. We quantified the effect of biochar application on soil N2O emissions, as well as the fate of fertilizer-derived ammonium (NH4+) and nitrate (NO3-) in terms of their leaching from the soil, uptake into plant biomass, and recovery in the soil. We found that application of biochars reduced soil mineral N leaching and N2O emissions. Similarly, the higher biochar application rate of 5% significantly increased aboveground ryegrass biomass yield. However, no differences in N2O emissions and ryegrass biomass yields were observed between regular and nutrient-enriched biochar treatments, although mineral N leaching tended to be lower in the nutrient-enriched biochar treatment than in the regular biochar treatment. The N-15 analysis revealed that biochar application increased the plant uptake of added nitrate, but reduced the plant uptake of added ammonium compared to the fertilizer only treatment. Thus, the uptake of total N derived from added NH4NO3 fertilizer was not affected by the biochar addition, and cannot explain the increase in plant biomass in biochar treatments. Instead, the increased plant biomass at the higher biochar application rate was attributed to the enhanced uptake of N derived from soil. This suggests that the interactions between biochar and native soil organic N may be important determinants of the availability of soil N to plant growth.Peer reviewe

Effects of softwood biochars on soil biota in medium-term field experiments in Finland

Biochar soil amendment could be used to sequester carbon, enhance soil fertility and potentially increase crop yields. It can have significant impacts on soil organic carbon levels and physicochemical conditions, which consequently affect soil micro- and macro-biota. It is therefore important to understand how key biological components in the soil such as microbial and earthworm communities response to biochar application in the long-term. This study was conducted in Southern Finland in a fertile Stagnosol and a nutrient deficient Umbrisol, four and five years after biochar amendment, respectively. Biochars were produced from spruce (Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.) and pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), and applied at the rates of 10 and 30 t ha-1, respectively. Earthworms and soil samples for microbial analyses were collected in September 2015. Soil microbial communities were studied by using phospholipid fatty acid profiling and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Casts from the sampled earthworms were collected to investigate the consumption of biochar and the potential of earthworm bioturbation to affect biochar distribution. Additionally, greenhouse gas emissions from soil were measured. Biochar and fertilizer treatments or their interaction had no statistically significant effects on the earthworm abundance, community composition or greenhouse gas emissions in either field. Earthworms had ingested biochar as earthworm casts from biochar treated-plots contained significantly more black carbon than those in the control plots, demonstrating that earthworm bioturbation is a potentially important factor in the translocation of applied biochar in the soil profile. Microbial community structure data will be presented in the final presentation.Non peer reviewe

Living, dead, and absent trees-How do moth outbreaks shape small-scale patterns of soil organic matter stocks and dynamics at the Subarctic mountain birch treeline?

Mountain birch forests (Betula pubescens Ehrh. ssp. czerepanovii) at the subarctic treeline not only benefit from global warming, but are also increasingly affected by caterpillar outbreaks from foliage-feeding geometrid moths. Both of these factors have unknown consequences on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and biogeochemical cycles. We measured SOC stocks down to the bedrock under living trees and under two stages of dead trees (12 and 55 years since moth outbreak) and treeless tundra in northern Finland. We also measured in-situ soil respiration, potential SOC decomposability, biological (enzyme activities and microbial biomass), and chemical (N, mineral N, and pH) soil properties. SOC stocks were significantly higher under living trees (4.1 +/- 2.1 kg m(2)) than in the treeless tundra (2.4 +/- 0.6 kg m(2)), and remained at an elevated level even 12 (3.7 +/- 1.7 kg m(2)) and 55 years (4.9 +/- 3.0 kg m(2)) after tree death. Effects of tree status on SOC stocks decreased with increasing distance from the tree and with increasing depth, that is, a significant effect of tree status was found in the organic layer, but not in mineral soil. Soil under living trees was characterized by higher mineral N contents, microbial biomass, microbial activity, and soil respiration compared with the treeless tundra; soils under dead trees were intermediate between these two. The results suggest accelerated organic matter turnover under living trees but a positive net effect on SOC stocks. Slowed organic matter turnover and continuous supply of deadwood may explain why SOC stocks remained elevated under dead trees, despite the heavy decrease in aboveground C stocks. We conclude that the increased occurrence of moth damage with climate change would have minor effects on SOC stocks, but ultimately decrease ecosystem C stocks (49% within 55 years in this area), if the mountain birch forests will not be able to recover from the outbreaks.Peer reviewe

Implementation and initial calibration of carbon-13 soil organic matter decomposition in the Yasso model

Soils account for the largest share of carbon found in terrestrial ecosystems, and their status is of considerable interest for the global carbon cycle budget and atmospheric carbon concentration. The decomposition of soil organic matter depends on environmental conditions and human activities, which raises the question of how permanent are these carbon storages under changing climate. One way to get insight into carbon decomposition processes is to analyse different carbon isotope concentrations in soil organic matter. In this paper we introduce a carbon-13-isotope-specific soil organic matter decomposition add-on into the Yasso soil carbon model and assess its functionality. The new C-13-dedicated decomposition is straightforward to implement and depends linearly on the default Yasso model parameters and the relative carbon isotope (C-13/C-12) concentration. The model modifications are based on the assumption that the heavier C-13 atoms are not as reactive as C-12. The new formulations were calibrated using fractionated C, C-13 and delta(13) measurements from litterbags containing pine needles and woody material, which were left to decompose in natural environment for 4 years. The introduced model modifications considerably improve the model behaviour in a 100-year-long simulation, where modelled delta(13) is compared against fractionated peat column carbon content. The work presented here is a proof of concept and enables C-13 to be used as a natural tracer to detect changes in the underlying soil organic matter decomposition.Peer reviewe

Potential of biochar to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase nitrogen use efficiency in boreal arable soils in the long-term

Biochars have potential to provide agricultural and environmental benefits such as increasing soil carbon sequestration, crop yield, and soil fertility while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and nitrogen leaching. However, whether these effects will sustain for the long-term is still unknown. Moreover, these effects were observed mostly in highly weathered (sub-) tropical soils with low pH and soil organic carbon (SOC). The soils in northern colder boreal regions have typically higher SOC and undergo continuous freeze-thaw cycles. Therefore, effects of biochars in these regions may be different from those observed in other climates. However, only a few biochar studies have been conducted in boreal regions. We aimed to assess the long-term effects of biochars on GHG emissions, yield-normalized non-CO2 GHG emissions (GHGI), and N dynamics in boreal soils. For this, we collected data from four existing Finnish biochar field experiments during 2018 growing season. The experiments were Jokioinen (Stagnosol), Qvidja (Cambisol), Viikki-1 (Stagnosol), and Viikki-2 (Umbrisol), where biochars were applied, 2, 2, 8, and 7 years before, respectively. The GHG emissions, crop yield, soil mineral N, and microbial biomass were measured from all fields, whereas, additional measurements of plant N contents and N leaching were conducted in Qvidja. Biochars increased CO2 efflux in Qvidja and Viikki-2, whereas, there were no statistically significant effects of biochars on the fluxes of N2O or CH4, but in Qvidja, biochars tended to reduce N2O fluxes at the peak emission points. The tendency of biochars to reduce N2O emissions seemed higher in soils with higher silt content and lower initial soil carbon. We demonstrated the long-term effects of biochar on increased crop yield by 65% and reduced GHGI by 43% in Viikki-2. In Qvidja, the significant increment of plant biomass, plant N uptake, nitrogen use efficiency, and crop yield, and reduction of NO3--N leaching by the spruce biochar is attributed to its ability to retain NO3--N, which could be linked to its significantly higher specific surface area. The ability of the spruce biochar to retain soil NO3--N and hence to reduce N losses, has implications for sustainable management of N fertilization.Peer reviewe