氮输入对滨海盐沼湿地碳循环关键过程的影响及机制

滨海盐沼湿地是缓解全球变暖的有效蓝色碳汇, 但是近岸海域富营养化导致的大量氮输入对盐沼湿地稳定性和碳汇功能构成严重威胁。潮汐作用下大量氮输入对盐沼湿地植物光合碳输入、植物-土壤碳分配和土壤碳输出等碳循环关键过程产生深刻影响, 进而影响盐沼湿地碳汇功能评估的准确性。该文从植物光合固碳、植物-土壤系统碳分配、土壤有机碳分解、土壤可溶性有机碳释放、盐沼湿地土壤碳库5个方面综述了氮输入对盐沼湿地碳循环关键过程的影响。在此基础上, 针对当前研究的不足, 提出今后的研究中, 需要进一步探究氮输入对盐沼湿地植物光合固碳及碳分配过程的影响、盐沼湿地土壤有机碳分解的微生物机制、盐沼湿地土壤可溶性有机碳产生和横向流动的影响、以及氮类型对盐沼湿地土壤碳库的影响。以期为揭示氮输入对盐沼湿地碳汇形成过程与机制提供基础资料和理论依据, 为评估未来近岸海域水体富营养化影响下滨海盐沼湿地碳库的潜在变化提供新思路。     

岩溶区土地利用变化对土壤有机碳与岩溶碳汇的影响研究进展

土地利用变化对陆地生态系统碳循环的影响是当今全球碳循环和气候变化研究的热点。土地利用变化对土壤有机碳含量、组分及稳定性产生影响,从而影响土壤CO_2,进而控制岩溶地质过程的碳汇效应。本文综述了岩溶区土地利用变化对土壤有机碳与岩溶地质过程的影响,阐明了岩溶区土地利用变化对土壤有机碳及其组分影响的过程与机理,土地利用变化对岩溶地质过程影响的土壤CO_2浓度调控机制、水循环影响及无机酸干扰等影响机制。提出了土壤固碳的团聚体归宿和分配,团聚体物理保护机制及钙的化学稳定机制是当前岩溶土壤有机碳深化的方向;土壤CO_2、水循环和无机酸在土地利用变化过程中以何种关系共同影响岩溶碳汇强度;水生光合作用利用DIC形成的稳定有机质与DIC、AOC通量的关系及其对土地利用变化的响应机理是岩溶碳循环前沿领域;而石漠化治理对岩溶碳循环的影响及相关固碳增汇技术的研究是需要重视的工作。     

土壤微生物碳泵概念体系2.0

土壤微生物在陆地生态系统元素循环中扮演着关键角色,对土壤健康、粮食安全和全球气候变化发挥着重要的调节作用。土壤微生物同化代谢产物对土壤碳储存与有机质维持的贡献不容忽视。近年来,以微生物代谢和死亡残体生成过程为核心提出的土壤微生物碳泵概念体系得到了广泛关注,它主要描述了以土壤异养微生物代谢为驱动的土壤有机碳形成和稳定化过程,是目前陆地生态系统碳固存的重要机制体系与研究热点。本文对该体系的研究进展进行了梳理,并提出了引入自养微生物固碳通道与结合土壤矿物碳泵概念的土壤微生物碳泵概念体系2.0,以期丰富和完善现有的微生物介导的陆地生态系统土壤碳循环与固持机制,为实现我国“双碳”目标提供理论支撑。     

蚂蚁扰动对土壤有机碳循环过程的影响研究进展

蚂蚁作为生态系统的消费者和分解者,其对土壤有机碳库的影响一直是学术界研究的热点。目前研究主要从蚂蚁对土壤宏量元素储量、理化性质、微生物群落活动等方面探究蚂蚁对土壤有机碳库的影响。本文综述了蚂蚁扰动对土壤有机碳循环过程特征的影响。蚂蚁筑巢改变了蚁穴土壤的微生境、微气候与土壤理化性质,并通过重构土壤微生物群落结构特征、调控地表植被演替过程与格局等方式,直接或间接的影响蚁巢中土壤有机碳来源、碳库分配过程、有机碳库稳定性、有机质微观分子特征等,在微域、局地乃至景观尺度上影响土壤有机碳的循环过程。未来研究应着重从量化蚂蚁扰动及其导致的环境因子波动对土壤碳通量变化的贡献、建立定量模型联系并统一蚂蚁影响下土壤碳循环过程、厘清蚂蚁影响土壤有机碳库稳定性的机制等方面开展深入研究,揭示蚂蚁作为“生态工程师”在调控土壤碳循环过程中的作用机制。     

农田作物同化碳输入与周转的生物地球化学过程

作物同化碳在“大气-植物-土壤”系统中流通的生物地球化学过程,显著影响全球陆地生态系统碳循环过程。作物同化碳是土壤有机碳的重要来源,与根际环境及作物生长发育有密切联系,但由于其复杂性和多变性,作物生长期内同化碳在土壤中的分配、转化与稳定的机理尚不十分清楚。因此,综述了作物同化碳向土壤碳库输入及其对土壤有机碳库的贡献,在土壤碳库中的分配与转化特征,在土壤中流通的微生物机制以及同化碳在土壤-微生物系统分配、稳定的微观机制。探讨同化碳在地上部-根际-土壤系统中的分配及调节机制,土壤界面同化碳流动过程与土壤微生物多样性形成的关系;提出了在不同生态系统尺度上加强作物同化碳在土壤-作物系统中分配过程的定量研究对于明确陆地生态碳循环过程的重要意义;指出了研究作物同化碳向土壤碳库迁移、分配定量过程与机制的重要性,以及应用显微镜成像技术与同位素示踪技术相结合的纳米二次离子质谱技术、和微生物分子与群落生态相偶联的技术是未来研究作物同化碳生物地球化学特性的有效手段。     

还田秸秆碳在土壤中的转化分配及对土壤有机碳库影响的研究进展

农田土壤有机碳库是全球碳循环的重要组成部分.随着秸秆还田技术的广泛应用,作物秸秆成为土壤外源碳的主要来源.秸秆碳在土壤中的转化与分配直接影响土壤有机碳组成与含量,进而改变土壤养分循环.基于近年来的相关研究,本文探讨了还田秸秆碳转化与分配过程的影响因子,详细介绍了参与秸秆碳同化过程的土壤微生物组成,归纳与阐述了秸秆碳对土壤有机碳组成、含量及其周转的影响.同时,就非生物因子对秸秆碳的生物转化效应的影响、秸秆碳转化过程中的生物和非生物因子的互作、秸秆碳氮和土壤碳氮循环的耦合作用、秸秆碳向土壤活性有机碳库或稳定性有机碳库转化的有效调控技术等主要研究方向进行了展望,以期为准确揭示秸秆还田条件下各类土壤有机碳的变化特征,进而为实现秸秆还田的高效培肥与固碳效应提供理论依据和技术支撑.     

外源碳输入对陆地生态系统碳循环关键过程的影响及其微生物学驱动机制

外源碳输入对土壤碳源可利用性的改变不仅直接影响着微生物参与陆地生态系统的碳循环过程,而且也制约着微生物对其它营养元素的需求。在大气氮沉降持续增加的全球变化背景下,部分地区已出现生态系统氮养分条件的显著变化甚至土壤中活性氮素的过量积累,进而带来微生物对碳源需求的增加。通过人为调控碳源的可利用性,改善微生物的碳限制状况,将对科学的增加陆地生态系统固碳能力具有极为重大的意义。综述了国内外有关外源碳输入对土壤碳排放、凋落物分解以及土壤碳库影响及其主要的微生物作用机制的相关研究结果,以期能够为未来氮沉降持续增加情景下,如何科学有效地提高生态系统的碳汇潜力提供一定的参考。     

土壤CO2及岩溶碳循环影响因素综述

全球碳循环已成为全球气候变化的核心问题之一,岩溶作用对大气CO2浓度的调节以及其与土壤CO2的密切关系也受到了国内外普遍关注。岩溶作用消耗土壤CO2对大气碳库起到了重要的减源作用,对土壤CO2进行研究将有利于进一步揭示岩溶碳循环过程。因此从气候条件、土壤理化性质、土地利用类型等方面综述了土壤CO2的影响因素以及其对岩溶碳循环的影响,并提出其它酸参与到岩溶碳循环中将会减弱岩溶碳汇效应。由于各个因素之间往往相互联系,共同影响土壤CO2和岩溶碳循环,在研究岩溶碳汇时,需以地球系统科学和岩溶动力系统理论为指导,综合考虑大气圈、水圈、岩石圈、生物圈中各种因素的影响。     

作物生育期内光合碳在地下部的分配及转化

光合碳是"大气-植物-土壤"系统碳循环的重要组成部分,也是土壤有机碳的重要来源.在农田生态系统中,作物生长期内光合碳在地下部的去向及代谢机理易被忽视,此方面的研究对于全面认识植物-土壤-微生物间的互作关系、农田土壤质量变化及全球碳循环规律却是必不可少的.本文综述了作物生育期内光合碳在地下部的动态分配、其对土壤有机碳的贡献及微生物在光合碳转化中的作用,总结了碳示踪技术;提出应加强在典型土壤类型上的光合碳研究,明确其对不同土壤有机碳组分贡献;重点开展大豆、玉米等作物光合碳在地下部动态分配研究;探讨根系分泌含碳化合物与微生物利用的关系;强调气候条件和农艺措施等综合因素对碳分配的影响.     

保护性耕作对土壤微生物群落及其介导的碳循环功能的影响

农田生态系统耕作方式显著影响土壤微生物群落结构和功能,进而影响土壤微生物介导的土壤碳循环过程。以免耕结合作物秸秆还田为核心的保护性耕作是提升土壤碳汇功能和肥力的重要措施,其中土壤微生物发挥了关键作用。尽管有较多关于保护性耕作下微生物群落结构与功能的研究,但由于土壤系统的复杂性、环境因素以及微生物群落评价方法的差异性,尚未形成对保护性耕作下土壤微生物群落响应规律的系统认知。此外,研究多关注土壤微生物作为分解者的作用以及植物源碳对土壤碳库形成的贡献,而忽略了微生物源碳对土壤碳库形成和稳定的贡献。本文在归纳土壤有机质形成和稳定理论体系演变的基础上,梳理了土壤微生物研究方法的进展,重点阐述了保护性耕作对土壤微生物生物量、群落多样性和组成、碳代谢活性以及微生物源有机碳截获的影响,并对未来该领域的研究方向进行展望,以期为探索农田生态系统土壤微生物群落响应规律及其介导的土壤碳循环功能提供参考。     

Increased microbial growth,biomass, and turnover drive soil organic carbon accumulation at higher plant diversity

Species‐rich plant communities have been shown to be more productive and to exhibit increased long‐term soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. Soil microorganisms are central to the conversion of plant organic matter into SOC, yet the relationship between plant diversity, soil microbial growth, turnover as well as carbon use efficiency (CUE) and SOC accumulation is unknown. As heterotrophic soil microbes are primarily carbon limited, it is important to understand how they respond to increased plant‐derived carbon inputs at higher plant species richness (PSR). We used the long‐term grassland biodiversity experiment in Jena, Germany, to examine how microbial physiology responds to changes in plant diversity and how this affects SOC content. The Jena Experiment considers different numbers of species (1–60), functional groups (1–4) as well as functional identity (small herbs, tall herbs, grasses, and legumes). We found that PSR accelerated microbial growth and turnover and increased microbial biomass and necromass. PSR also accelerated microbial respiration, but this effect was less strong than for microbial growth. In contrast, PSR did not affect microbial CUE or biomass‐specific respiration. Structural equation models revealed that PSR had direct positive effects on root biomass, and thereby on microbial growth and microbial biomass carbon. Finally, PSR increased SOC content via its positive influence on microbial biomass carbon. We suggest that PSR favors faster rates of microbial growth and turnover, likely due to greater plant productivity, resulting in higher amounts of microbial biomass and necromass that translate into the observed increase in SOC. We thus identify the microbial mechanism linking species‐rich plant communities to a carbon cycle process of importance to Earth's climate system.     

西南岩溶区植被碳循环研究进展

由于岩溶关键带是地球关键带系统中重要的部分,岩溶区的植被是陆地生态系统重要的碳汇项,岩溶区植被的地上部分通过植物生长固碳的同时其地下部分的碳储量也非常可观,地下生物量生长和凋落物分解也会提高土壤有机碳和无机碳的含量,因此岩溶区植被碳循环已成为当前岩溶碳汇研究的热点之一。该文梳理了近四十年来岩溶植被固碳过程的研究文献,阐述了西南岩溶区植被特有的生理学特征,重点论述了以下4个方面的内容:(1)西南岩溶区植被生物量、生产力、碳储量评估;(2)西南岩溶区植被时空变化格局与碳源汇效应;(3)岩溶区植被碳利用特殊机制;(4)岩溶区植被碳循环模型预测与碳汇潜力。同时,提出了目前研究中存在的问题,并对今后的研究方向进行了展望,认为今后应在岩溶区植被碳循环的相关参数系统测定和机理过程研究,精细识别西南岩溶地区植被景观类型、量化固碳过程,以及对岩溶植被碳循环模型进行校正和修改等方面开展研究。该文可为深入理解岩溶区碳的时空演化规律、探索区域碳循环机理提供参考。     

广西典型喀斯特地区深层土壤有机碳矿化及其影响因素

以广西典型峰丛洼地草地和原生林深层土壤(70～100cm)为对象,利用微生物交叉接种培养试验,研究不同土地利用类型、土壤微生物群落和通气条件对深层土壤有机碳矿化的影响。在124d的培养期内,微生物接种改变了0～28d原生林和0～81d草地深层土壤有机碳矿化速率,而通气条件变化对这一过程没有明显影响。3因素方差分析结果显示,深层土壤有机碳累积矿化率受土地利用类型、微生物群落和通气条件的影响显著(P<0.01),且存在3因素间交互效应。研究结果对于深入认识喀斯特深层土壤有机碳稳定机制和评估碳储量及其周转具有重要意义。     

西南喀斯特石漠化生态系统土壤有机碳分布特征及其影响因素

喀斯特石漠化已成为制约我国西南地区社会经济可持续发展最严重的生态地质环境问题,其恢复重建已成为我国社会经济建设中一项重要内容。土壤有机碳作为土壤质量评价的重要指标,可以综合反映土地生产力、环境健康功能,另一方面土壤有机碳也间接影响了陆地生物碳库,是陆地生态系统碳平衡的主要因子,它的转化和积累变化直接影响全球碳循环动态,已成为生态科学领域研究的热点之一。系统的总结了西南喀斯特石漠化地区不同土地覆被/土地利用、不同等级石漠化环境土壤有机碳的空间和季节分布特征。结合前人研究成果,进一步分析了影响喀斯特石漠化地区土壤有机碳分布的自然(气候、地形与土壤性质、植被等)和人为(土地覆被/土地利用变化、农业管理措施等)各因素,并提出增加喀斯特石漠化地区土壤有机碳含量的对策。研究结果为喀斯特石漠化退化生态系统恢复重建、石漠化地区土壤综合利用、增加碳截存应对全球碳循环减源增汇等提供了重要的科学参考。     

Exogenous carbon turnover within the soil food web strengthens soil carbon sequestration through microbial necromass accumulation

Exogenous carbon turnover within soil food web is important in determining the trade-offs between soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and carbon emission. However, it remains largely unknown how soil food web influences carbon sequestration through mediating the dual roles of microbes as decomposers and contributors, hindering our ability to develop policies for soil carbon management. Here, we conducted a ¹³C-labeled straw experiment to demonstrate how soil food web regulated the residing microbes to influence the soil carbon transformation and stabilization process after 11 years of no-tillage. Our work demonstrated that soil fauna, as a “temporary storage container,” indirectly influenced the SOC transformation processes and mediated the SOC sequestration through feeding on soil microbes. Soil biota communities acted as both drivers of and contributors to SOC cycling, with 32.0% of exogenous carbon being stabilizing in the form of microbial necromass as “new” carbon. Additionally, the proportion of mineral-associated organic carbon and particulate organic carbon showed that the “renewal effect” driven by the soil food web promoted the SOC to be more stable. Our study clearly illustrated that soil food web regulated the turnover of exogenous carbon inputs by and mediated soil carbon sequestration through microbial necromass accumulation.     

Improved model simulation of soil carbon cycling by representing the microbially derived organic carbon pool

During the decomposition process of soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial products such as microbial necromass and microbial metabolites may form an important stable carbon (C) pool, called microbially derived C, which has different decomposition patterns from plant-derived C. However, current Earth System Models do not simulate this microbially derived C pool separately. Here, we incorporated the microbial necromass pool to the first-order kinetic model and the Michaelis–Menten model, respectively, and validated model behaviors against previous observation data from the decomposition experiments of ¹³C-labeled necromass. Our models showed better performance than existing models and the Michaelis–Menten model was better than the first-order kinetic model. Microbial necromass C was estimated to be 10–27% of total SOC in the study soils by our models and therefore should not be ignored. This study provides a novel modification to process-based models for better simulation of soil organic C under the context of global changes.Subject terms: Biogeochemistry, Theoretical ecology, Microbial ecology, Stable isotope analysis     

贵州山区土壤中微生物担是能源物质碳流动的源与汇

在传统的农业生态系统的研究中 ,主要精力放在营养物 (如Ｎ)上 ,认为它们是限制生产力的因素 ;而往往忽略了土壤中碳的重要性 ,认为收获不受Ｃ限制的影响。然而 ,碳循环中的有机碳的分解作用部分控制着出现在地表下和显露在地表上的农业过程[4]。土壤中所储存的有机质 ,其数量既反映土壤从植物残留物的输入所获得的有机质与微生物群落的能量和营养需求之间的平衡 ,又反映植物对营养物的需求与有机质分解作用之间的平衡。因此 ,土壤中碳的平衡能反映出有机质中能量物质的储存[5]。大部分由光合作用形成的碳 ,是通过地表下的生态系统来流动的[…     

Modelling the impact of microbial grazers on soluble rhizodeposit turnover

Rhizodeposition represents a relatively large carbon flow from a plant’s root into the surrounding soil. This carbon flow may have important implications for nitrogen mineralisation and carbon sequestration, but is still poorly understood. In this paper we use a simple compartment model of carbon flow in the rhizosphere to investigate the proposed benefits of rhizodeposition and the effect of microbial grazers. Model parameters were fitted to published, experimental data. Analysis of the model showed that dead organic matter (necromass) had a much longer time-scale than the other carbon pools (soluble, microbial and grazer carbon), which allowed an approximate, mathematical solution of the model to be derived. This solution shows that the level of necromass in the soil is an important factor in many processes of interest. The short-term carbon and nitrogen turnover increases with the level of necromass. Microbial grazers decrease carbon turnover at high levels of necromass, whilst at lower, and possibly more realistic, levels of necromass grazers increase turnover. However, the largest effect of grazers was to increase carbon turnover by 10%, suggesting that grazers are relatively unimportant in larger scale models of soil organic matter turnover. The marginal benefits of rhizodeposition increase with the level of necromass. The model suggests that the short-term benefits of rhizodeposition to a plant are marginal, but long-term benefits may still occur.     

Quantitative assessment of microbial necromass contribution to soil organic matter

Soil carbon transformation and sequestration have received significant interest in recent years due to a growing need for quantitating its role in mitigating climate change. Even though our understanding of the nature of soil organic matter has recently been substantially revised, fundamental uncertainty remains about the quantitative importance of microbial necromass as part of persistent organic matter. Addressing this uncertainty has been hampered by the absence of quantitative assessments whether microbial matter makes up the majority of the persistent carbon in soil. Direct quantitation of microbial necromass in soil is very challenging because of an overlapping molecular signature with nonmicrobial organic carbon. Here, we use a comprehensive analysis of existing biomarker amino sugar data published between 1996 and 2018, combined with novel appropriation using an ecological systems approach, elemental carbon–nitrogen stoichiometry, and biomarker scaling, to demonstrate a suit of strategies for quantitating the contribution of microbe‐derived carbon to the topsoil organic carbon reservoir in global temperate agricultural, grassland, and forest ecosystems. We show that microbial necromass can make up more than half of soil organic carbon. Hence, we suggest that next‐generation field management requires promoting microbial biomass formation and necromass preservation to maintain healthy soils, ecosystems, and climate. Our analyses have important implications for improving current climate and carbon models, and helping develop management practices and policies.     

Climate warming alters the relative importance of plant root and microbial community in regulating the accumulation of soil microbial necromass carbon in a Tibetan alpine meadow

Climate warming is predicted to considerably affect variations in soil organic carbon (SOC), especially in alpine ecosystems. Microbial necromass carbon (MNC) is an important contributor to stable soil organic carbon pools. However, accumulation and persistence of soil MNC across a gradient of warming are still poorly understood. An 8-year field experiment with four levels of warming was conducted in a Tibetan meadow. We found that low-level (+0–1.5°C) warming mostly enhanced bacterial necromass carbon (BNC), fungal necromass carbon (FNC), and total MNC compared with control treatment across soil layers, while no significant effect was caused between high-level (+1.5–2.5°C) treatments and control treatments. The contributions of both MNC and BNC to soil organic carbon were not significantly affected by warming treatments across depths. Structural equation modeling analysis demonstrated that the effect of plant root traits on MNC persistence strengthened with warming intensity, while the influence of microbial community characteristics waned along strengthened warming. Overall, our study provides novel evidence that the major determinants of MNC production and stabilization may vary with warming magnitude in alpine meadows. This finding is critical for updating our knowledge on soil carbon storage in response to climate warming.