不同氮输入对湿地草甸沼泽土N_2O排放和有机碳矿化的影响

通过室内培养实验,研究了不同氮输入梯度下(N0:0mg·g-1,N1:0.1mg·g-1,N2:0.2mg·g-1,N3:0.5mg·g-1)湿地草甸沼泽土N2O排放和有机碳矿化特征,并分析了土壤微生物量碳、氮变化规律。整个培养期(23d)内,N0、N1、N2和N3处理N2O排放总量分别为91.12、133.02、147.75和303.45μg.kg-1,随氮输入量增大而增大,表明氮输入对N2O排放产生促进作用;氮输入处理的有机碳矿化速率在整个培养期除最后培养阶段外均低于对照,表明氮输入对有机碳矿化有一定的抑制作用;各氮输入处理土壤微生物量碳降低,与对照差异显著(P0.05),但各处理间差异未达到显著水平,土壤微生物量氮随氮输入量增大呈线性增加,各处理间差异显著(P0.05),表明氮输入影响土壤微生物结构和组成,具体影响机理须进一步探讨。     

Effects of mild winter freezing on soil nitrogen and carbon dynamics in a northern hardwood forest

Overwinter and snowmelt processes are thought to be critical to controllersof nitrogen (N) cycling and retention in northern forests. However, therehave been few measurements of basic N cycle processes (e.g.mineralization, nitrification, denitrification) during winter and littleanalysis of the influence of winter climate on growing season N dynamics.In this study, we manipulated snow cover to assess the effects of soilfreezing on in situ rates of N mineralization, nitrification and soilrespiration, denitrification (intact core, C₂H₂ – based method),microbial biomass C and N content and potential net N mineralization andnitrification in two sugar maple and two yellow birch stands with referenceand snow manipulation treatment plots over a two year period at theHubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, U.S.A. The snowmanipulation treatment, which simulated the late development of snowpackas may occur in a warmer climate, induced mild (temperatures >–5 °C) soil freezing that lasted until snowmelt. The treatmentcaused significant increases in soil nitrate (NO₃ ^–)concentrations in sugar maple stands, but did not affect mineralization,nitrification, denitrification or microbial biomass, and had no significanteffects in yellow birch stands. Annual N mineralization and nitrificationrates varied significantly from year to year. Net mineralization increasedfrom 12.0 g N m^–2 y^–1 in 1998 to 22 g N m^–2 y^–1 in 1999 and nitrification increased from 8 g N m^–2 y^–1 in 1998 to 13 g N m^–2 y^–1 in 1999.Denitrification rates ranged from 0 to 0.65 g N m^–2 y^–1. Ourresults suggest that mild soil freezing must increase soil NO₃ ^– levels by physical disruption of the soil ecosystem and not by direct stimulation of mineralization and nitrification. Physical disruption canincrease fine root mortality, reduce plant N uptake and reduce competitionfor inorganic N, allowing soil NO₃ ^– levels to increase evenwith no increase in net mineralization or nitrification.     

Nitrogen loss from grassland on peat soils through nitrous oxide production

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) in soils is produced through nitrification and denitrification. The N₂O produced is considered as a nitrogen (N) loss because it will most likely escape from the soil to the atmosphere as N₂O or N₂. Aim of the study was to quantify N₂O production in grassland on peat soils in relation to N input and to determine the relative contribution of nitrification and denitrification to N₂O production. Measurements were carried out on a weekly basis in 2 grasslands on peat soil (Peat I and Peat II) for 2 years (1993 and 1994) using intact soil core incubations. In additional experiments distinction between N₂O from nitrification and denitrification was made by use of the gaseous nitrification inhibitor methyl fluoride (CH₃F).Nitrous oxide production over the 2 year period was on average 34 kg N ha^-1 yr^-1 for mown treatments that received no N fertiliser and 44 kg N ha^-1 yr^-1 for mown and N fertilised treatments. Grazing by dairy cattle on Peat I caused additional N₂O production to reach 81 kg N ha^-1 yr^-1. The sub soil (20–40 cm) contributed 25 to 40% of the total N₂O production in the 0–40 cm layer. The N₂O production:denitrification ratio was on average about 1 in the top soil and 2 in the sub soil indicating that N₂O production through nitrification was important. Experiments showed that when ratios were larger than l, nitrification was the major source of N₂O. In conclusion, N₂O production is a significant N loss mechanism in grassland on peat soil with nitrification as an important N₂O producing process.     

冻融循环期间土壤氧化亚氮排放影响因素

全球气候变化可能会提高冻融循环时间、强度以及频率, 从而可能显著影响土壤氧化亚氮(N₂O)排放。N₂O是一种重要的温室气体, 但目前对冻融循环期间土壤N₂O排放规律以及影响因素的了解还有限。为此, 该研究采用整合分析方法, 从已发表文献中收集了30篇关于冻融循环对土壤N₂O通量和累积排放量影响的文献, 探究冻融循环在不同生态系统对N₂O排放的影响, 从试验设置、土壤基本理化性质以及冻融循环格局等角度全面综合地探究其排放影响因素。该研究得出, 冻融循环能显著增加N₂O通量、N₂O累积排放量和硝化作用速率, 全球平均增幅分别为72.34%、143.25%和124.63%; 冻融循环也可增加反硝化作用速率, 全球平均增幅为162.56%; 与之相反, 冻融循环显著减少微生物生物量氮含量, 全球平均减幅为6.39%。不同生态系统土壤水热条件和基本理化性质差异可显著影响冻融循环对N₂O排放的影响。当年平均气温超过5 ℃时, 冻融循环作用可显著提高N₂O通量104.13%, 显著高于年平均气温为0-5 ℃ (25.56%)和小于0 ℃ (55.29%)时; 土壤湿度大于70%时, N₂O通量增加109.17%, 显著高于土壤湿度为50%-70% (65.67%)和小于50% (20.37%)时的通量。土壤黏粒和养分含量越高的土壤区域, 冻融循环对N₂O排放的提高幅度越大。在有植物存在时, 冻融循环可显著提高土壤N₂O通量达91.21%, 高于无植物存在时的54.43%。土壤过筛和在冻融循环期间采集土壤都会增加冻融循环对N₂O排放的影响。另外, 融化时间长, 冻结强度大和冻融循环频率高均可显著提高土壤N₂O累积排放量对冻融循环的响应。当冻结温度低于-10 ℃时, 冻融循环对土壤N₂O排放通量的增幅可达100.73%, 显著高于在冻结温度为-10- -5 ℃ (47.74%)和高于-5 ℃ (70.25%)时。主要原因是冻结强度高可促进土壤微生物和土壤结构释放更多的养分, 从而提高N₂O的产生和排放。该研究结果有助于更好地理解土壤N₂O对冻融循环的响应及其影响因素, 为更准确地预测未来全球气候变化对N₂O排放影响提供科学数据支撑。     

Bi-directional soil/atmosphere N2O exchange over two mown grassland systems with contrasting management practices

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) fluxes from soil under mown grassland were monitored using static chambers over three growing seasons in intensively and extensively managed systems in Central Switzerland. Emissions were largest following the application of mineral (NH₄NO₃) fertilizer, but there were also substantial emissions following cattle slurry application, after grass cuts and during the thawing of frozen soil. Continuous flux sampling, using automatic chambers, showed marked diurnal patterns in N₂O fluxes during emission peaks, with highest values in the afternoon. Net uptake fluxes of N₂O and subambient N₂O concentrations in soil open pore space were frequently measured on both fields. Flux integration over 2.5 years yields a cumulated emission of +4.7 kgN₂O‐N ha^?1 for the intensively managed field, equivalent to an average emission factor of 1.1%, and a small net sink activity of ?0.4 kg N₂O‐N ha^?1 for the unfertilized system. The data suggest the existence of a consumption mechanism for N₂O in dry, areated soil conditions, which cannot be explained by conventional anaerobic denitrification. The effect of fertilization on greenhouse gas budgets of grassland at the ecosystem level is discussed.     

Interactions among nitrogen-transforming bacteria and nitrogen-fixingPisum sativum L. in laboratory sand columns

Plants of barley (Hordeum vulgare), ryegrass (Lolium perenne), pea (Pisum sativum) or turnip (Brassica campestris rapifera) were grown in pots of unfertilised soil for 10 weeks together with unplanted control pots. A wide range of soil microbiological parameters was measured on bulk soil samples 2, 4, 7 and 10 weeks after seedlings were transplanted. There was no effect of planting or differential effect of plant species upon respiration rate, microbial biomass N, or biomass of microbial predators, but these parameters all varied significantly over time. Respiration, biomass N and nematode biomass all increased, whilst protozoan biomass decreased. Microbial biomass C showed no significant temporal changes or effect of planting. There was evidence for differential plant effects on potential nitrification and denitrification. Nitrification rates were depressed, compared with the fallow, in all treatments except the pea, at some time in the experiment. Conversely denitrification rates were enhanced in all treatments, except the grass, at specific times. Denitrification rates were greater in the pea treatment than the fallow on all occasions. These results demonstrate that plants do not necessarily influence the gross microbiology of the soil, but may affect physiologically distinct sub-components of the microbial biomass.     

不同灌溉量对华北平原菜地N2O排放及其来源的影响

以华北平原菜地为研究对象,通过控制灌溉量设置不同的土壤水分对照,利用稳定同位素¹⁵N自然丰度法,结合传统的乙炔抑制试验,对不同土壤水分条件下的N₂O排放、N₂O同位素特征值以及同位素异位体位嗜值(SP值)变化规律进行分析,以阐明不同水分条件下N₂O的排放规律及其来源.结果表明:水分条件显著影响N₂O排放,相比于50%土壤孔隙含水率(WFPS),70%WFPS的水分条件下N₂O的排放较高.N₂O的排放集中在施肥前期,在施肥中后期迅速减弱.50%WFPS条件下,N₂O的排放最初以硝化作用为主,占比约为90%,随后硝化作用迅速下降,反硝化变成主导作用,施肥7 d后即达到80%以上;而70%WFPS条件下初期则以反硝化为主,占比约为70%,随后下降至40%左右,施肥10 d后逐渐升高至80%.整体上,N₂O的排放主要以反硝化作用为主,不同水分处理对土壤硝化、反硝化作用的影响主要体现在施肥前期,后期均以反硝化为主.综上,建议华北地区的菜地生产应适当降低灌溉量,以减少N₂O排放.     

Soils,a sink for N2O? A review

Soils are the main sources of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N₂O). The N₂O emission at the soil surface is the result of production and consumption processes. So far, research has concentrated on net N₂O production. However, in the literature, there are numerous reports of net negative fluxes of N₂O, (i.e. fluxes from the atmosphere to the soil). Such fluxes are frequent and substantial and cannot simply be dismissed as experimental noise.
Net N₂O consumption has been measured under various conditions from the tropics to temperate areas, in natural and agricultural systems. Low mineral N and large moisture contents have sometimes been found to favour N₂O consumption. This fits in with denitrification as the responsible process, reducing N₂O to N₂. However, it has also been reported that nitrifiers consume N₂O in nitrifier denitrification. A contribution of various processes could explain the wide range of conditions found to allow N₂O consumption, ranging from low to high temperatures, wet to dry soils, and fertilized to unfertilized plots. Generally, conditions interfering with N₂O diffusion in the soil seem to enhance N₂O consumption. However, the factors regulating N₂O consumption are not yet well understood and merit further study.
Frequent literature reports of net N₂O consumption suggest that a soil sink could help account for the current imbalance in estimated global budgets of N₂O. Therefore, a systematic investigation into N₂O consumption is necessary. This should concentrate on the organisms, reactions, and environmental factors involved.     

Effects of cattle slurry and mineral N fertilizer applications on various components of the nitrogen balance of mown grassland

It is essential to establish more accurate N balances for different soil-plant systems in order to improve N use efficiency. In this study the N balance was studied in a poorly drained clayey loam soil under natural grassland supplied with either calcium ammonium nitrate or cattle slurry at two application rates. The aim was to determine the efficiency of the N applied and the factors which affect this efficiency. Mineralization-immobilization of N was calculated by balance between the quantified inputs and outputs of N. As N inputs increased, output via herbage yield was accompanied by an increase in apparent immobilization of N in the soil and by larger losses of N by denitrification. The difference between cattle slurry and N fertilizer was that the slurry behaved as a slow release fertilizer, its supply of mineral N being greater in the periods of time when fertilizer was applied a long time ago. Denitrification losses (up to 17% of the N applied) are suggested to be the main factor to mitigate in order to increase N use efficiency. A decrease in net mineralization (up to 136 kg N ha^-1 year^-1) was observed which was related to the mineral N application rate. There was evidence to suggest that this decrease was due both to the immobilization of the N applied and to a decrease in the rate of gross mineralization when mineral N was applied. Microbial biomass determinations could not explain the changes in the mineralization-immobilization equilibrium of N because of the great coefficients of variation for this determination (mean value of 18%). Nevertheless, it contributed to verify and explain some of the changes observed in this equilibrium.     

Nitrogen mineralization and denitrification as influenced by crop residue particle size

Managing the crop residue particle size has the potential to affect N conservation in agricultural systems. We investigated the influence of barley (Hordeum vulgare) and pea (Pisum sativum) crop residue particle size on N mineralization and denitrification in two laboratory experiments. Experiment 1: ¹⁵N-labelled ground (3 mm) and cut (25 mm) barley residue, and microcrystalline cellulose+glucose were mixed into a sandy loam soil with additional inorganic N. Experiment 2: inorganic¹⁵ N and C₂H₂ were added to soils with barley and pea material after 3, 26, and 109 days for measuring gross N mineralization and denitrification.Net N immobilization over 60 days in Experiment 1 cumulated to 63 mg N kg^-1 soil (ground barley), 42 (cut barley), and 122 (cellulose+glucose). More N was seemingly net mineralized from ground barley (3.3 mg N kg^-1 soil) than from cut barley (2.7 mg N kg^-1 soil). Microbial biomass peaked at day 4 with the barley treatments and at day 14 with the cellulose+glucose whereafter the biomass leveled out at values 79 mg C kg^-1 (ground), 104 (cut), and 242 (cellulose+glucose) higher than for the control soil. Microbial growth yields were similar for the two barley treatments, ca. 60 mg C g^-1 substrate C added, which was lower than the 142 mg C g^-1 C added with cellulose+glucose. This suggests that the 75% (w/w) holocelluloses and sugars contained with the barley material remained physically protected despite grinding. In Experiment 2 gross mineralization on day 3 was 4.8 mg N kg^-1 d^-1 with ground pea, twice as much as for all other treatments. On day 26 the treatment with ground barley had the greatest gross N mineralization. In static cores ground barley denitrified 11-fold more than did cut barley, whereas denitrification was similar for the two pea treatments. In suspensions denitrification was similar for the two treatments both with barley and pea residue.We conclude that the higher microbial activity associated with the initial decomposition of ground plant material is due to a more intimate plant residue-soil contact. On the long term, grinding the plant residues has no significant effect on N dynamics.     

The application of a laboratory apparatus for the study of nutrient fluxes between sediment and water

Sediments of the river Elbe estuary have been studied to assess their impact on the total nitrogen budget of the estuary. A new laboratory incubation apparatus was used to provide a means of regulating important parameters such as temperature and oxygen concentrations. With this apparatus sediment cores from a typical shallow water area with high organic carbon content were incubated under varying oxygen concentrations in the overlying water. Measurements of ammonium, nitrite, nitrate and nitrous oxide in the water phase were carried out and the fluxes between sediment and water phase calculated. During aerobic conditions in the water phase overall nitrate fluxes between + 4 and –3.5 mmol Nm^–2d^–1 across the sediment/water interface were observed. Under anaerobic conditions the fluxes increased up to –10 mmol Nm^–2 d^–1. Nitrous oxide was formed within the sediment under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Fluxes into the water phase were highest when the oxygen concentrations in the water phase were low (between 0.1 and 0.6 mg l^–1).     

浮床植物净化生活污水中N、P的效果及N2O的排放

在温室内采用浮床无土栽培技术,研究了黑麦草(Lolium mutliflorum)、水芹(Oenanthe javanica)和香根草(Vetiveria Zizanioides)3种植物对生活污水中N、P的去除效果及净化过程中N2O的排放特征。结果表明,浮床植物系统对生活污水的TN、NH4 -N和TP具有良好的净化效果。同对照系统相比,浮床黑麦草、水芹和香根草系统对TN的平均去除率分别提高了26.2%,22.9%,4.1%;对NH4 -N的去除率分别提高了31.4%,14.5%,3.0%;对TP去除率分别提高了33.1%,54.2%,15.5%。净化周期内,浮床各系统的TN、NH4 -N和TP浓度随着污水停留时间的延长直线下降,而NO3-N浓度却因系统内硝化强度大于反硝化强度而产生了累积;植物的存在明显的促进了浮床系统的N2O排放,浮床黑麦草、水芹、香根草和对照系统N2O的平均排放通量分别为174.44μg/(m2.h),82.19μg/(m2.h),112.49μg/(m2.h)和44.81μg/(m2.h)。浮床系统N2O排放通量的日变化呈现出夜间下降而白天增加的规律,与温度的昼夜变化规律基本相同,表明温度的升降直接影响了N2O的生成及排放。     

Nitrogen mineralization in heathland ecosystems dominated by different plant species

Net N mineralization rates were measured in heathlands still dominated by ericaceous dwarf shrubs (Calluna vulgaris or Erica tetralix) and in heathlands that have become dominated by grasses (Molinia caerulea or Deschampsia flexuosa). Net N mineralization was measuredin situ by sequential soil incubations during the year. In the wet area (gravimetric soil moisture content 74–130%), the net N mineralization rates were 4.4 g N m^–2 yr^–1 in the Erica soil and 7.8 g N m^–2 yr^–1 in the Molinia soil. The net nitrification rate was negligibly slow in either soil. In the dry area (gravimetric soil moisture content 7–38%), net N mineralization rates were 6.2 g N M-2 yr^–1 in the Calluna soil, 10.9 g N m^–2 yr^–1 in the Molinia soil and 12.6 g N m^–2 yr^–1 in the Deschampsia soil. The Calluna soil was consistently drier throughout the year, which may partly explain its slower mineralization rate. Net nitrification was 0.3 g N m^–2 yr^–1 in the Calluna soil, 3.6 g N m^–2 yr^–1 in the Molinia soil and 5.4 g N m^–2 yr^–1 in the Deschampsia soil. The net nitrification rate increased proportionally with the net N mineralization rate suggesting ammonium availability may control nitrification rates in these soils. In the dry area, the faster net N mineralization rates in sites dominated by grasses than in the site dominated by Calluna may be explained by the greater amounts of organic N in the soil of sites dominated by grasses. In both areas, however, the net amount of N mineralized per gram total soil N was greater in sites dominated by Molinia or Deschampsia than in sites dominated by Calluna or Erica. This suggests that in heathlands invaded by grasses the quality of the soil organic matter may be increased resulting in more rapid rates of soil N cycling.     

土壤水分对土壤产生气态氮的厌氧微生物过程的影响

气态氮[一氧化氮(NO)、氧化亚氮(N₂O)和氮气(N₂)]的释放是土壤氮损失的一种重要途径。硝化和反硝化作用是土壤气态氮损失的主要微生物过程,但是异养硝化作用、共反硝化作用和厌氧氨氧化过程对土壤气态氮损失的贡献尚不清楚。本研究利用¹⁵N标记和配对法,结合硝化抑制剂双氰胺(DCD),通过土壤培养试验来量化厌氧条件下各种微生物过程对NO、N₂O和N₂产生的贡献。结果表明:在厌氧条件下培养24 h后,土壤孔隙含水率为65%时,3种气体总的¹⁵N回收率最高,占加入¹⁵N总量的20.0%。反硝化过程对NO、N₂O和N₂产生的贡献率分别为49.9%～94.1%、29.0%～84.7%和58.2%～85.8%,是产生3种气体的主要过程。异养硝化过程也是产生NO和N₂O的重要过程,特别是在土壤孔隙含水率很低时(10%)对两种气体产生的贡献率分别为50.1%和42.8%。,共反硝化过程...