干热河谷土壤酶活性对碳氮添加的响应

碳氮是生态系统物质循环中的关键元素,然而碳氮对土壤生态系统功能是否具有交互作用还缺乏深入研究。通过干热河谷土壤的葡萄糖和硝酸铵的交互添加实验,研究了氮、碳添加及其交互作用对干热河谷土壤酶活性及其化学计量学特征的影响。结果表明:碳氮交互作用显著影响了葡萄糖苷酶、酸性磷酸酶和亮氨酸胺肽酶活性。在对照样方的土壤中,碳添加使葡萄糖苷酶活性降低了31.4%;在施氮样方的土壤中,碳添加使葡萄糖苷酶活性增加了54.4%。对照样方中的土壤中,碳添加对酸性磷酸酶和亮氨酸胺肽酶活性促进作用较小(分别增加了102.4%和28.8%);相比之下,在施氮样方的土壤中,碳添加使酸性磷酸酶和亮氨酸胺肽酶活性分别增加了302.2%和68.8%。碳添加对葡萄糖苷酶和酸性磷酸酶活性的促进作用与土壤初始有效氮含量显著正相关。几丁质酶活性在碳添加下增加了53.7%,对氮添加没有响应。碳氮交互作用也显著影响了C∶N和C∶P的水解酶化学计量关系。在对照样方中碳添加使C∶N水解酶化学计量比降低了16.9%,C∶P水解酶化学计量比降低了19.9%;而在施氮样方土壤中,碳添加的影响较小C∶N和C∶P水解酶化学计量比分别降低了1.9%和5.8%。碳氮交互作用对干热河谷土壤酶活性的影响表明碳氮在土壤生态系统功能具有重要作用。     

氮添加对湿地松林土壤水解酶和氧化酶活性的影响

通过3个水平野外氮添加控制试验(0、40、120 kg N·hm^-2·a^-1),研究氮添加对亚热带湿地松林土壤水解酶和氧化酶活性的影响.结果表明: 氮添加显著抑制了土壤有机质中碳、氮、磷水解酶和氧化酶的活性,导致β-1,4-葡糖苷酶(BG)、纤维素二糖水解酶(CBH)、β-1,4-乙酰基-葡糖胺糖苷酶(NAG)、过氧化物酶(PER)活性下降16.5%～51.1%,并且高水平氮添加对酶活性抑制效果更明显;氮添加导致α-1,4-葡糖苷酶(aG)、β-1,4-木糖苷酶(BX)、酸性磷酸酶(AP)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)活性降低14.5%～38.6%,不同水平氮添加处理间差异不显著.土壤酶活性存在明显的季节性差异,BG、NAG、BX、CBH、AP、PPO活性表现为3月>6月>10月,aG、PER活性表现为10月>3月>6月.多数土壤水解酶和氧化酶与pH呈显著正相关,与NO₃^--N含量呈显著负相关,表明氮添加导致pH降低和土壤中硝化作用增强,抑制了土壤水解酶和氧化酶活性.氮添加不利于亚热带土壤有机质的矿化和周转,并且随着氮添加量的增加,效果更明显.     

内蒙古草甸草原土壤理化性质和微生物学特性对刈割与氮添加的响应

频繁的刈割和氮输入增加是导致草地生态系统退化的重要原因.土壤微生物学特性作为评估土壤质量的重要生物学指标,对草地刈割和氮输入增加的响应规律仍不十分明确.本研究依托内蒙古呼伦贝尔草原刈割复合氮添加野外实验平台,分析了土壤理化性质、土壤微生物生物量、土壤呼吸和土壤酶对刈割、氮添加的响应及其生长季动态变化.结果表明: 刈割显著降低了土壤微生物生物量碳、氮、磷和土壤呼吸(基础呼吸和底物诱导呼吸),与刈割后导致的水分限制及碳限制有关.刈割显著降低了氮磷获取酶(N-乙酰-β-D-葡萄糖苷酶和酸性磷酸单酯酶)的活性,符合“资源分配假说”.氮添加显著降低土壤pH值,但土壤微生物生物量对氮添加和pH降低均无显著响应,表明氮输入增加引起的土壤酸化不是影响微生物生物量的主要因素.氮添加对土壤呼吸和酶活性也无显著影响,与以往在典型草原的大多数研究结果不一致.刈割和氮添加复合处理显著降低了土壤微生物生物量磷,但提高了土壤中有效磷含量,降低了酸性磷酸酶活性.微生物生物量碳、氮、磷和土壤呼吸等的相关参数均在7月最高,这与夏季高温多雨有关.土壤酶活性在春夏季较高,生长季末期较低.这表明在该草甸草原,刈割将导致土壤碳氮磷养分失衡,从而加剧草原退化;而氮添加在短期内并未对土壤微生物生物量和活性产生显著影响.     

模拟氮沉降对华西雨屏区光皮桦林土壤酶活性的影响

在华西雨屏区光皮桦(Betula luminifera)人工林内设置不同氮沉降水平(0、5、15和30 g N·m-2·a-1)的模拟氮沉降试验,研究氮沉降对林地土壤酶活性的影响.结果表明:模拟氮沉降促进了光皮桦人工林土壤中水解酶(蔗糖酶、纤维素酶、酸性磷酸酶和脲酶)活性,抑制了氧化酶(多酚氧化酶和过氧化物酶)活性.土壤水解酶活性的增强预示着在活性氮增加的情况下,光皮桦和土壤微生物对碳、磷元素的需求增加.外源无机氮的增加显著降低了土壤多酚氧化酶和过氧化物酶的活性,可能导致凋落物分解受到抑制,促进凋落物在土壤中的积累,并通过抑制土壤有机质的分解增加土壤中碳的贮存量.     

长期氮添加对东北地区兴安落叶松人工林土壤酶的影响

全球氮沉降持续增加导致的氮沉降量上升,已成为森林中物质循环的重要生态因子。为探讨氮沉降增加对东北地区兴安落叶松人工林土壤酶的影响,对长期人工添加无机氮(NH4NO3)和未添加无机氮的兴安落叶松人工林土壤酶活性进行了比较分析。实验分为2个处理,分别为对照处理(CK:0kg·N·hm^-2·a^-1)和无机氮处理(IN:10kg·N·hm^-2·a^-1),每个处理含3个重复。结果表明,在连续8年添加无机氮的情况下,β-1,4-糖苷酶(BG)、酸性磷酸酶(AP)和过氧化物酶(PER)活性上升(5.56%、8.66%和0.61%);纤维素二糖水解酶(CBH)、亮氨酸氨基肽酶(LAP)和多酚氧化酶(POX)活性下降(10.71%、3.85%和12.30%)。与之相对应的土壤碳、氮和磷元素含量也有变化(0.80%、12.66%和-2.25%)。因此,在氮沉降量逐年增加的情况下,研究土壤酶活性变化,能更好的解释森林生态系统物质循环特性,理解生物地球物质循环机理并预测未来土壤碳库变化。     

根系去除改变了毛竹林土壤酶活性对氮磷添加的响应

亚热带是我国氮和磷沉降的热点地区,森林生态系统碳（C）、氮（N）、磷（P）循环对N和P沉降的响应受到广泛关注。根系作为森林土壤碳和养分持续供给的重要来源,其输入变化在N和P沉降下通过影响土壤酶活性进而调控土壤碳和养分循环过程。以毛竹林为研究对象,选择硝酸铵和磷酸二氢钠分别进行N和P添加,共设置4个处理：对照、N添加、P添加和N+P添加,并结合壕沟处理,探究毛竹林土壤C、N、P循环相关酶活性对氮磷添加和根系去除的响应,并分析它们与土壤和细根化学性质之间的关系。结果表明：土壤C、N循环相关酶活性整体上对根系去除的响应比氮磷添加更敏感,这主要是因为根系去除显著降低土壤全氮和铵态氮含量,但短期氮磷添加并未显著改变调控土壤酶活性分异的土壤有机碳、全氮和铵态氮含量。与C、N循环相关酶活性不同,土壤P循环相关酶对根系去除和磷添加处理均呈现负响应,这可能是因为阻断根系P吸收和补充土壤P元素降低了微生物的P开采作用。但研究区土壤微生物仍受到P限制作用,这是因为在P缺乏毛竹林生态系统,根系比微生物具有更强的P吸收利用能力。研究结果强调了不同功能土壤酶活性对土壤养分添加和根系输入变化响应的敏感性差异,为预测低P毛竹林生态系统土壤C和养分循环提供依据。     

施用生物炭6年后对稻田土壤酶活性及肥力的影响

利用田间定位试验,研究0(BC₀)、7.5(BC₁)、15(BC₂)和22.5(BC₃)t·hm^-2水稻秸秆生物炭及3.75 t·hm^-2水稻秸秆(STR)一次性施加6年后对稻田土壤肥力及酶活性的影响.结果表明: 施用生物炭6年后土壤有机碳、有效磷和速效钾含量显著增加,增幅分别为34.6%、12.4%和26.2%,土壤pH值和容重显著降低,但对土壤全氮含量无显著影响.土壤脲酶和酸性磷酸酶的活性显著增加,土壤荧光素二乙酸酯酶(FDA水解酶)和芳基硫酸酯酶的活性受到不同程度的抑制,其中,BC₂处理的土壤脲酶活性增加量最大,增幅为36.5%.土壤酸性磷酸酶活性随着生物炭施加量的增加而增加,与土壤速效磷含量呈显著正相关关系;土壤FDA水解酶和脲酶主要与土壤速效钾含量有关;酸性磷酸酶和芳基硫酸酯酶与土壤容重呈显著正相关.施用生物炭6年后土壤脱氢酶和多酚氧化酶活性明显升高,增幅分别为48.8%和27.5%,而过氧化氢酶活性逐渐下降,且显著低于对照BC₀.STR处理显著增加了土壤脲酶、FDA水解酶、脱氢酶、酸性磷酸酶和芳基硫酸酯酶的活性,降低了过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶的活性,降幅分别为23.4%和15.9%.     

氮磷添加对中亚热带常绿阔叶林土壤有效氮和pH值的影响

为了确定施肥类型和施肥时间对中亚热带常绿阔叶林土壤有效氮和p H值的影响,通过在浙江天童木荷林(Schima superba)设置4种施肥处理(对照:不添加;氮添加:100kg N·hm~(-2)·a~(-1);磷添加:15 kg P·hm~(-2)·a~(-1)和氮磷添加100 kg N·hm~(-2)·a~(-1)+15 kg P·hm~(-2)·a~(-1)),测定了氮磷添加后森林土壤有效氮和p H值的变化。结果表明:1)氮添加显著促进了土壤铵态氮和硝态氮含量的增加,增加幅度随着施氮时间的延长而增加;磷添加对土壤铵态氮含量无显著影响,但能显著降低土壤硝态氮含量;氮磷添加显著增加土壤硝态氮含量,随着施氮时间的延长,氮磷添加显著增加土壤铵态氮。2)随着施氮时间的延长,氮添加和氮磷添加均能显著降低土壤p H值;磷添加对土壤p H值无显著影响。3)相对硝态氮含量的增加而言,相同程度的土壤铵态氮含量的增加后土壤p H值降低的幅度更大。     

长期生草对柑橘园土壤化学及生物学性质的影响

以柑橘园清耕、自然生草和人工生草3种管理模式为研究对象,对其土壤化学及生物学性质进行测定,探明了长期生草对柑橘园不同土层土壤碳氮磷、微生物生物量碳氮磷、酶活性的影响及其相互关系。结果表明：生草类型和土层显著影响土壤碳氮磷养分含量、微生物生物量碳氮磷含量和相应的酶活性,但两者互作仅对β-葡萄糖苷酶、N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶和亮氨基酸氨基肽酶有显著影响(P<0.05)。总体上,土壤生物化学性质在生草类型间表现为人工生草>自然生草>清耕;在土层间表现为0—10 cm>10—20 cm>20—40 cm。冗余分析表明,前两轴土壤化学及生物学指标解释了80.2%土壤酶活性的变化,且主要表现为正效应。土壤化学及生物学指标对土壤酶活性的影响也因生草类型和土层而异,人工生草在各土层中对β-葡萄糖苷酶、纤维二糖水解酶、多酚氧化酶、N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶、亮氨基酸氨基肽酶和酸性磷酸酶6种土壤碳氮磷酶活性的影响均为正效应,而自然生草仅在0—20 cm土层中对β-葡萄糖苷酶和纤维二糖水解酶活性产生正效应,两种生草类型土壤酶活性均在0—10 cm土层受土壤碳氮磷等因子影响最为突出。因...     

九连山次生阔叶林幼苗生长对氮磷添加的响应

以亚热带森林的幼苗群落为对象,设置对照(CK)、氮添加(100 kg N·hm^-2·a^-1)、磷添加(50 kg P·hm^-2·a^-1)和氮+磷添加(100 kg N·hm^-2·a^-1+50 kg P·hm^-2·a^-1)4种处理的施肥样地,测定幼苗的株高、地径、冠幅、比叶面积、死亡率等指标,研究氮磷添加下幼苗的生长与群落结构的变化及其驱动力。结果表明: 与未施肥相比,磷添加下幼苗的株高增长率、地径增长率分别显著下降45.1%和30.3%;主要建群树种死亡率受到施肥的影响,氮添加显著增加米槠幼苗死亡率至25.1%,氮磷施肥显著提高丝栗栲死亡率至25.1%~31.3%,而氮添加、磷添加显著降低了木荷和润楠的死亡率;施肥显著降低了幼苗群落中木荷和丝栗栲的重要值,氮添加、磷添加显著增加了润楠幼苗的重要值。氮+磷添加显著降低了幼苗群落的Shannon指数、Simpson指数;幼苗生长主要受到土壤铵态氮、有效磷、全氮、林冠开度及比叶面积的影响,而幼苗死亡率主要受到土壤铵态氮、有效磷和林冠开度的影响。综合来看,氮磷添加主要通过调控土壤氮磷速效养分,进而改变叶片功能性状来影响幼苗的生长;加速外生菌根树种(米槠和丝栗栲)的死亡,改变幼苗群落建群种的重要值,降低物种多样性, 最终可能改变亚热带次生阔叶林成年树的群落结构。     

古尔班通古特沙漠土壤酶活性和微生物量氮对模拟氮沉降的响应

本文以新疆古尔班通古特沙漠为研究区,原位设定0 (N0)、0.5 (N0.5)、1.0 (N1)、3.0 (N3)、6.0 (N6)和24.0 (N24) g N m?2 a-1 6个模拟施氮浓度,研究氮沉降对土壤酶活性和微生物量N的影响。结果表明：不同浓度的氮增加未改变土壤酶活性和微生物量N原有的垂直分布格局,0 ~ 5 cm土层土壤多酚氧化酶和过氧化物酶活性分别比5 ~ 10 cm土层低11.5 ~ 29.1%和1.4 ~ 14.2%,而该土层的蔗糖酶、脲酶、碱性磷酸酶活性和微生物量N则分别比5 ~ 10 cm土层高4.3 ~ 98.1%、45.3 ~ 119.0%、76.1 ~ 138.1%和77.5 ~ 162.3%。氮增加后,0 ~ 5 cm土层的土壤酶活性和微生物量N比5 ~ 10 cm土层受影响更大。低氮和中氮(N0.5～N3)增加对0 ~ 5 cm土层氧化酶活性影响较小,各处理间差异不显著;高氮(N6,N24)对该层氧化酶活性有明显抑制作用。与对照相比,N24处理下土壤多酚氧化物活性和过氧化物酶活性分别降低了22.4%和12.1%;5 ~ 10 cm土层氧化酶活性对氮增加响应不敏感,各施氮量之间差异不显著;两层土壤的蔗糖酶和碱性磷酸酶活性随氮的增加具有先增加再减少的趋势,而两层土壤的脲酶活性和土壤微生物量N随着施氮量增加分别降低和增加;随着土壤酶活性变化,土壤有效氮和微生物量N增加,有效磷先增加后减少。这些响应表明,氮增加可以改变该荒漠土壤系统的土壤酶活性和微生物量并影响土壤相关营养元素循环。     

碳氮添加对草地土壤有机碳氮磷含量及相关酶活性的影响

草地土壤有机碳(C)、氮(N)、磷(P)等养分含量和酶活性对草地生态系统能量和养分的保持和供应具有重要作用.氮沉降对草地生态系统土壤有机养分及酶活性产生影响的结果不一致性,碳的同步添加是否会缓解氮沉降造成的负面影响仍不清楚,需要深入探讨.本研究以在内蒙古呼伦贝尔草原开展的碳(葡萄糖)、氮(尿素)添加试验样地为依托(始于2014年5月),探讨碳、氮添加对草地土壤C、N、P含量及相关酶活性的影响及其机制.试验分别设N₀(对照)、N₂₅(施氮25 kg·hm^-2·a^-1)、N₅₀(50 kg·hm^-2·a^-1)、N₁₀₀(100 kg·hm^-2·a^-1)、N₂₀₀(200 kg·hm^-2·a^-1)共5个N添加主处理,C₀(对照)、C₂₅₀(施碳250 kg·hm^-2·a^-1)、C₅₀₀(500 kg·hm^-2·a^-1)3个碳添加副处理,试验样品采于2016年8月.结果表明:高氮添加显著抑制脱氢酶(DHA)和β-1,4-N-乙酰氨基葡糖苷酶(NAG)活性,与对照相比,其活性分别降低22.3%和12.5%;而氮添加对土壤有机N含量无显著影响,使有机C和有机P含量分别减少6.6%和14.5%.高碳添加缓解了土壤微生物的碳限制,使得脱氢酶(DHA)、β-葡糖苷酶(BG)活性及土壤有机N、有机P含量分别增加15.1%、12.2%、1.9%、2.6%.研究表明,长期过量氮输入抑制土壤微生物活性,造成土壤有机C、有机P的减少,而碳添加提高了微生物及酶活性,使土壤有机N、P含量增加.碳氮耦合添加对草地土壤有机C、N、P的持续供应具有重要意义.     

降水量变化与氮添加下荒漠草原土壤酶活性及其影响因素

土壤酶主要由植物根系和微生物分泌产生, 参与有机质降解和元素循环等重要过程。研究降水量变化和氮(N)添加下土壤酶活性及其与植物群落组成以及微生物活动间的联系, 可为深入理解全球变化背景下植被-土壤系统中元素的循环与转化机制提供科学依据。该研究基于2017年在宁夏荒漠草原设立的降水量变化(减少50%、减少30%、对照、增加30%以及增加50%)和N添加(0和5 g·m^-2·a^-1)的野外试验, 研究了2018-2019年土壤蔗糖酶、脲酶和磷酸酶活性的变化, 分析了其与植物群落组成、微生物生态化学计量特征的关系。结果表明: 与减少降水量相比, 增加降水量对3种酶活性的影响较大, 但其效应与N添加以及年份存在交互作用。2018年增加降水量对3种酶活性的影响缺乏明显的规律性。2019年增加降水量不同程度地提高了3种酶活性。N添加对3种酶活性影响较小(尤其2019年); 草木樨状黄耆(Astragalus melilotoides)生物量与脲酶和磷酸酶活性负相关。糙隐子草(Cleistogenes squarrosa)生物量与3种酶活性正相关。除Patrick丰富度指数外, 植物群落多样性指数普遍与3种酶活性负相关; 对酶活性影响较大的因子包括土壤pH、土壤全磷(P)含量和微生物生物量碳(C):N:P。因此, 短期内降水量变化及N添加对荒漠草原土壤酶的影响较小(尤其在减少降水量条件下); 降水量增加及N添加通过提高植物生物量、改变植物多样性、调节微生物生物量元素平衡以及增强土壤P有效性, 直接影响着土壤酶活性。鉴于土壤酶种类的多样化和功能的复杂性, 今后还需结合多种酶活性的长期变化规律, 深入分析全球变化对酶活性的影响机制。     

Organic matter inputs shift soil enzyme activity and allocation patterns in a wet tropical forest

Soil extracellular enzymes mediate organic matter turnover and nutrient cycling yet remain little studied in one of Earth’s most rapidly changing, productive biomes: tropical forests. Using a long-term leaf litter and throughfall manipulation, we explored relationships between organic matter (OM) inputs, soil chemical properties and enzyme activities in a lowland tropical forest. We assayed six hydrolytic soil enzymes responsible for liberating carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), calculated enzyme activities and ratios in control plots versus treatments, and related these to soil biogeochemical variables. While leaf litter addition and removal tended to increase and decrease enzyme activities per gram soil, respectively, shifts in enzyme allocation patterns implied changes in relative nutrient constraints with altered OM inputs. Enzyme activity ratios in control plots suggested strong belowground P constraints; this was exacerbated when litter inputs were curtailed. Conversely, with double litter inputs, increased enzymatic investment in N acquisition indicated elevated N demand. Across all treatments, total soil C correlated more strongly with enzyme activities than soluble C fluxes, and enzyme ratios were sensitive to resource stoichiometry (soil C:N) and N availability (net N mineralization). Despite high annual precipitation in this site (MAP ~5 m), soil moisture positively correlated with five of six enzymes. Our results suggest resource availability regulates tropical soil enzyme activities, soil moisture plays an additional role even in very wet forests, and relative investment in C, N and P degrading enzymes in tropical soils will often be distinct from higher latitude ecosystems yet is sensitive to OM inputs.     

Microbial responses to nitrogen addition in three contrasting grassland ecosystems

The effects of global N enrichment on soil processes in grassland ecosystems have received relatively little study. We assessed microbial community response to experimental increases in N availability by measuring extracellular enzyme activity (EEA) in soils from three grasslands with contrasting edaphic and climatic characteristics: a semiarid grassland at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA (SEV), and mesic grasslands at Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA (KNZ) and Ukulinga Research Farm, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (SAF). We hypothesized that, with N enrichment, soil microbial communities would increase C and P acquisition activity, decrease N acquisition activity, and reduce oxidative enzyme production (leading to recalcitrant soil organic matter [SOM] accumulation), and that the magnitude of response would decrease with soil age (due to higher stabilization of enzyme pools and P limitation of response). Cellulolytic activities followed the pattern predicted, increasing 35–52% in the youngest soil (SEV), 10–14% in the intermediate soil (KNZ) and remaining constant in the oldest soil (SAF). The magnitude of phosphatase response did not vary among sites. N acquisition activity response was driven by the enzyme closest to its pH optimum in each soil: i.e., leucine aminopeptidase in alkaline soil, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase in acidic soil. Oxidative enzyme activity varied widely across ecosystems, but did not decrease with N amendment at any site. Likewise, SOM and %C pools did not respond to N enrichment. Between-site variation in both soil properties and EEA exceeded any treatment response, and a large portion of EEA variability (leucine aminopeptidase and oxidative enzymes), 68% as shown by principal components analysis, was strongly related to soil pH (r = 0.91, P < 0.001). In these grassland ecosystems, soil microbial responses appear constrained by a molecular-scale (pH) edaphic factor, making potential breakdown rates of SOM resistant to N enrichment.     

The effects of a 9-year nitrogen and water addition on soil aggregate phosphorus and sulfur availability in a semi-arid grassland

Previous studies have demonstrated that higher nitrogen (N) and water availability affect both above- and below-ground communities, soil carbon and N pools, and microbial activity in semi-arid grasslands of Inner Mongolia. However, how soil phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) pools, and related soil enzyme activities (as indicators of P and S cycles) respond to long-term N and water addition has still remained unclear. Since 2005, a field experiment with urea and water amendments has been conducted to examine their effects on total and available P and S concentrations and alkaline phosphomonoesterase (PME) and aryl-sulfatase (ArS) activities in three soil aggregate fractions: large macroaggregates (>2 mm), small macroaggregates (0.25–2 mm), and microaggregates (<0.25 mm) in an Inner Mongolia semi-arid grassland. Normalized to aggregate mass, microaggregates retained the highest total P and S concentrations. Both N and water additions increased the available P (by up to 84.5%) and the available S (by up to 150%) in the soil aggregate fractions. Soil acidification, as a result of the N addition, decreased both alkaline PME and ArS activities by up to 62.9% and 39.6%, respectively, while the water addition increased their activities. Our observations revealed that soil acidification (under the N addition) and elevated enzyme activity (under the water addition) played important roles in the levels of soil available P and S. The depression of P- and S-acquiring enzymes with soil acidification may decrease P and S availability, potentially impacting ecosystem processes and limiting the restoration of these grassland systems. The water addition was shown to be a more effective practice than the urea amendment for improving soil structure, supplying available P and S, and maintaining the sustainability of this semi-arid grassland.     

Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

Extracellular enzymes are the proximate agents of organic matter decomposition and measures of these activities can be used as indicators of microbial nutrient demand. We conducted a global-scale meta-analysis of the seven-most widely measured soil enzyme activities, using data from 40 ecosystems. The activities of beta-1,4-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase, beta-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminidase and phosphatase g(-1) soil increased with organic matter concentration; leucine aminopeptidase, phenol oxidase and peroxidase activities showed no relationship. All activities were significantly related to soil pH. Specific activities, i.e. activity g(-1) soil organic matter, also varied in relation to soil pH for all enzymes. Relationships with mean annual temperature (MAT) and precipitation (MAP) were generally weak. For hydrolases, ratios of specific C, N and P acquisition activities converged on 1 : 1 : 1 but across ecosystems, the ratio of C : P acquisition was inversely related to MAP and MAT while the ratio of C : N acquisition increased with MAP. Oxidative activities were more variable than hydrolytic activities and increased with soil pH. Our analyses indicate that the enzymatic potential for hydrolyzing the labile components of soil organic matter is tied to substrate availability, soil pH and the stoichiometry of microbial nutrient demand. The enzymatic potential for oxidizing the recalcitrant fractions of soil organic material, which is a proximate control on soil organic matter accumulation, is most strongly related to soil pH. These trends provide insight into the biogeochemical processes that create global patterns in ecological stoichiometry and organic matter storage.     

氮添加和采脂对湿地松林土壤酶活性及酶化学计量比的影响

大气氮沉降和采脂会引起树木生长和代谢的变化,从而影响土壤养分循环和酶活性.土壤酶和酶化学计量可以揭示土壤碳、氮循环和微生物生长代谢过程的养分限制,但目前亚热带湿地松人工林土壤酶和酶化学计量对氮添加和采脂的响应还不清楚.以亚热带北缘的湿地松人工林为研究对象,设置采脂(resin tapping,RT)和未采脂(no re...     

酶化学计量揭示5年氮添加加剧毛竹林土壤微生物碳磷限制

土壤胞外酶活性和酶化学计量比能很好地反映土壤养分有效性和微生物对养分的需求变化。然而,氮(N)沉降对亚热带森林土壤微生物养分相对限制情况的影响尚不清楚。通过在亚热带毛竹林进行N添加试验来模拟N沉降,并在试验满5年时进行取样,测定不同处理下土壤养分和与碳(C)、N、磷(P)循环相关的酶活性,利用酶化学计量比及矢量分析探究微生物的养分分配情况。结果表明: N添加显著降低土壤可溶性有机碳、有效磷含量,显著提高有效氮含量。此外,N添加显著降低β-N-乙酰氨基葡糖苷酶(NAG)活性和NAG/微生物生物量碳(MBC),显著提高酸性磷酸酶(ACP)和ACP/MBC。低N和中N处理显著提高酶C/N、矢量长度和矢量角度,但显著降低酶N/P。冗余分析表明,N添加下,土壤有效磷含量的变化是影响土壤酶活性及酶化学计量比变化的主要因子。综上可知,N添加改变了微生物的养分获取策略,即通过减少分配给合成N获取酶的养分来增加合成P获取酶的养分。此外,N添加还加剧了微生物的C、P限制,未来可以施加适量P肥来提高亚热带毛竹林的土壤肥力。