大气氮沉降对森林土壤甲烷吸收和氧化亚氮排放的影响及其微生物学机制

水分非饱和的森林土壤是大气甲烷(CH4)汇和氧化亚氮(N2O)源,大气氮沉降增加是导致森林土壤碳氮气体通量不平衡的主要原因之一。土壤CH4吸收和N2O排放之间存在协同、消长和随机等复杂的耦合关系,关于氮素对两者产生过程的调节作用以及内在的微生物学机制至今尚不完全清楚。综述了森林土壤CH4吸收和N2O排放耦合过程的理论基础,土壤CH4和N2O的产生与消耗过程对增氮响应的生物化学和微生物学机制,指出各研究领域的不足和未来的研究重点。总体而言,低氮倾向于促进贫氮森林土壤CH4吸收,不改变土壤N2O的排放,而高氮显著抑制富氮森林土壤CH4吸收以及促进N2O排放。外源性氮素通过竞争抑制和毒性抑制来调控森林土壤CH4的吸收,而通过促进土壤硝化和反硝化过程来增加N2O的排放。然而,由于全球氮沉降控制试验网络分布的不均匀性、土壤碳氮通量产生过程的复杂性以及微生物分子生态学方法的局限性等原因,导致氮素对森林土壤碳氮通量的调控机制研究一直进展缓慢,未能将微生物功能群落动态与土壤碳氮通量真正地联系起来。未来研究应该从流域、生态系统和分子尺度上深入探讨土壤碳氮通量耦合作用的环境驱动机制,氮素对土壤CH4氧化和N2O产生过程的调控作用,以及增氮对土壤甲烷氧化菌和N2O产生菌活性和群落组成的影响。     

土壤-植物-大气连续体系中氮的研究进展

氮素是植物最需要的重要养分元素之一.近年来,土壤-植物-大气这一连续体系(SPAC)中的氮循环成为研究的热点之一.大气中的氮素可以通过生物固定和N沉降等作用进入土壤和植物内,同时土壤和植物内的氮素又会以氨挥发和氮氧化物等方式排放到大气中.氮素通过生物固持和植物吸收等方式进入植物体内,植物器官脱落使植物损失一部分的氮素,另外雨水的淋洗和植物溢出液也会造成植物的N损失.植物氮素在植物体内的积累和分布随着生长时期和各营养器官而有所不同.另外,植物吸收氮素的过程又受到大气状况和土壤状况的制约.土壤中氮素经过矿化作用、硝化作用和反硝化作用进行转化,一部分把氮素转化成植物能吸收的营养形态,另一部分则从土壤中损失.凋落物的分解和N沉降能补充土壤中的氮素,而植物吸收、微生物固持、水文流失和N溢出等方式使氮素从土壤中损失出去.另外,凋落物的分解和根际土壤、CO2浓度和臭氧对氮素循环有着重要的作用.N污染、N沉降、碳氮循环的耦合作用是今后研究的热点问题.     

冻融交替对土壤氮素循环关键过程的影响与机制研究进展

冻融交替是由于季节或昼夜热量的变化,在表土及以下一定深度形成的反复冻结和解冻的过程,是普遍存在于中、高纬度及高海拔地区的一种自然现象。在全球变暖的背景下,部分地区的土壤环境将经受更广泛和频繁的冻融交替作用,这将对土壤氮素循环关键过程产生深远的影响。冻融交替主要通过改变土壤的理化性质使土壤微生物量、微生物群落的组成和结构发生改变,进而影响氮素在土壤中的迁移与转化,是陆地生态系统氮循环的重要影响因素。目前,关于冻融交替对土壤氮素循环关键过程影响的研究结果还不尽一致,其影响机制尚不明晰,研究方法也还有待进一步创新。重点论述了冻融交替对土壤氮素循环各个关键过程的影响效应,归纳总结了冻融交替对土壤氮素循环的影响机制,简要指出了目前研究过程中存在的一些不足,并对未来研究中值得重点关注和深入研究的科学问题进行了探讨与展望。     

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。     

氮素类型和剂量对寒温带针叶林土壤N2O排放的影响

大气氮沉降输入会增加森林生态系统氮素有效性,进而改变土壤N_2O产生与排放,然而有关不同氮素离子(氧化态NO_3~--N与还原态NH_4~+-N)沉降对土壤N_2O排放的影响知之甚少。以大兴安岭寒温带针叶林为研究对象,构建了3种类型(NH_4Cl、KNO_3、NH_4NO_3)和4个施氮水平(0、10、20、40 kg N hm~(-2)a~(-1))的增氮控制试验,利用流动化学分析仪和静态箱-气相色谱法4次/月测定凋落物层和矿质层土壤无机氮含量、土壤-大气界面N_2O净交换通量以及相关环境因子,分析施氮类型和剂量对土壤氮素有效性、土壤N_2O通量的影响探讨氮素富集条件下土壤N_2O通量的环境驱动机制。结果表明:施氮类型和剂量均显著影响土壤无机氮含量,土壤NH_4~+-N的积累效应显著高于NO_3~--N。施氮一致增加寒温带针叶林土壤N_2O排放,NH_4NO_3促进效应最为明显,增幅为442%-677%,高于全球平均水平(134%)。土壤N_2O通量与土壤温度、凋落物层NH_4~+-N含量正相关,且随着施氮水平增加而增加。结果表明大气氮沉降短期内不会导致寒温带针叶林土壤NO_3~--N大量流失,但会显著促进土壤N_2O的排放。此外,外源性NH_4~+和NO_3~-输入对土壤N_2O排放的促进作用具有协同效应,在未来森林生态系统氮循环和氮平衡研究中应该区分对待。     

河岸带不同植被类型土壤氮素转化过程对冻融交替的响应

河岸带是水陆交错地带氮素生物地球化学循环的热点区域,春季融雪时期的气温变化引起的冻融交替是影响土壤氮素转化过程和氮素流失重要因素之一.通过室内模拟,研究了河岸带珍珠梅、落叶松和农田3种植被类型土壤可溶性氮含量与净氮矿化速率对不同冻结温度和冻融频次的响应.结果表明,冻融频次对3种植被类型河岸带土壤可溶性氮影响显著(P＜0.05),不同植被类型土壤可溶性氮含量变化趋势相似,在第1次冻融之后达到峰值,在第10次冻融之后稳定.3种植被类型土壤无机氮含量受冻融交替影响显著升高(P＜0.05).冻融温度对土壤净氮矿化速率影响显著(P＜0.05),土壤净氮矿化速率在第1次冻融之后达到最大值,随冻融次数增加而下降.3种植被类型土壤受冻融交替影响均有一定程度的氮素流失风险,农田土壤无机氮含量本底值较高,土壤氮素随冰雪融水流失风险较大.     

外源氮对沼泽湿地CH4和N2O通量的影响

三江平原沼泽湿地受到大气沉降、地表径流、农业排水等外源氮素的输入,对湿地生态系统CH4和N2O通量有重要影响。采用野外原位施肥试验模拟外源氮输入,设0,60,120,240kgN·hm^-24种试验处理,探讨外源氮对沼泽湿地CH4和N2O通量的影响。结果表明,外源氮促进了CH4和N2O排放。与对照处理比较,各施氮水平CH4平均排放通量分别增加了181％,254％和155％,N2O排放通量分别增加了21％,100％和533％。外源氮输入对CH4排放的季节变化形式影响不大,而N2O的季节变化形式随着氮输入表现出波动变化的趋势。不同施氮水平对CH4排放的促进作用与植物生长阶段和产CH4的微生物过程密切相关,N2O排放通量随氮输入量呈指数增加（R^2=0．97,P〈0．01）。外源氮通过影响湿地微生物过程来进一步影响CH4和N2O的排放。     

湿地氮素传输过程研究进展

综述了湿地氮素传输过程的研究进展。湿地氮素传输过程包括物理过程、化学过程和生物过程 ,与土壤、植物的发生、发育紧密联系在一起 ,并形成了空气 -水 -土 -生命系统中物质循环和能量流动的复杂网络。湿地硝态氮的淋失直接威胁着湿地地下水水质安全 ,N2 O源汇转变受土壤和水体等环境因子的制约 ,氨挥发则与水体 p H值密切相关排放。湿地氮素的化学转化过程是矿质养分供给和 N2 O产生的主要机制 ,受环境因子和人类活动干扰的影响 ;动力学模型可用于描述氮素的化学转化过程。湿地植物的吸收和累积以及微生物的分解过程是湿地氮素循环的重要环节。最后分析了当前国内外研究中存在的不足 ,并对未来研究的重点领域进行了展望     

全球森林土壤N2O排放通量的影响因子

森林生态系统在全球变暖格局下的地位和作用,尤其是土壤氮库对大气氮沉降增加的响应逐渐成为全球变化研究的热点。本文通过对已有文献资料的调研和整理,分析了1984—2009年间全球38个森林土壤N2O排放通量的野外原位观测结果的分布特征,评估了森林土壤N2O年排放累积通量对大气氮素沉降量和水热条件等因子变化的响应。结果表明,全球森林土壤N2O排放通量的平均值为0.47kgN·hm-2·a-1,而且土壤N2O释放通量随着纬度增加逐渐降低。作为一个复杂的生态过程,土壤N2O累积释放量同样受到年均温、年降水量以及土壤属性的显著影响。其中全球森林土壤N2O释放温度敏感性系数(Q10值)约为1.5。另外,森林土壤N2O排放通量也随着氮沉降量的增加而显著增大,大气氮沉降量可解释土壤N2O排放通量在不同区域之间53%的差异;土壤pH、年均温和大气氮沉降量可以解释区域森林土壤N2O排放通量变化的55%。     

土壤溶解性有机物对CO_2和N_2O排放的影响

农田土壤是温室气体的重要排放源,溶解性有机物作为土壤微生物容易利用的基质,其含量变化与温室气体的产生和排放密切相关。基于室内培养试验,对溶解性有机物影响土壤CO2、N2O的排放过程进行了分析。设置空白(CK)、单施秸秆(S)、单施氮肥(N)、秸秆和氮肥(S+N)4个不同的处理,对添加不同物质条件下土壤溶解性有机碳(DOC)、溶解性有机氮(DON)和CO2、N2O的排放动态进行了研究,对DOC和DON影响CO2、N2O的排放过程进行了探讨。结果表明:不同处理的温室气体排放通量和土壤DOC、DON含量差异显著;各处理的CO2排放通量和DOC动态随培养时间的延长呈现逐渐减小的趋势,S和S+N处理的N2O排放和DON动态呈现先增大后减小的趋势;S+N处理的CO2排放量最高,DON含量也显著高于其他处理,单施秸秆(S)处理的N2O排放量和DOC含量显著高于其它处理,单施氮肥(N)对土壤CO2的排放量和DOC含量的影响较小;土壤CO2和N2O的排放通量与土壤DOC和DON含量呈显著的相关性,相关系数(R2)达0.6以上,说明溶解性有机物的含量和动态对CO2、N2O的排放过程产生显著影响。     

雪被和土壤水分对典型半干旱草原土壤冻融过程中CO_2和N_2O排放的影响

土壤冻融期间的温室气体排放量会显著增加,并在全年总排放量中占有重要的份额。但目前开展的土壤冻融循环模拟实验大多是在土壤冻结之前调节土壤水分含量,而忽视了雪被在整个土壤冻融过程中的作用,因此导致室内模拟研究的结果与野外原位观测的结果差异较大。为探索开展室内模拟土壤冻融实验的优化方案,采用人工浇水和覆雪两种方式调节土壤水分含量,研究了雪被和土壤水分对内蒙古典型半干旱草原土壤冻融过程中CO2和N2O排放的影响。结果表明,浇水和覆雪两种处理对冻融循环过程中土壤CO2排放影响的差异不显著,CO2排放量在消融期都会明显增加并随着冻融循环次数的增加而逐渐减小。当土壤孔隙含水率达50%左右时,浇水处理中的N2O排放量在第1次土壤冻融循环中最高并随冻融循环次数增加而降低,但在覆雪处理中,N2O在第1次冻融循环中的排放较小,而在后两次冻融循环中的排放量更为显著。造成两种处理N2O排放规律出现显著不同的原因可能是土壤剖面水分动态变化过程和微生物性状等方面的差异。土壤冻融过程中CO2和N2O排放量随土壤含水量升高而增加,但N2O在土壤含水量较低时排放不明显,这表明可能只有当土壤含水量达到一定阈值时,冻融作用才会对N2O的排放产生显著影响。这些结果显示,雪被和土壤水分显著影响土壤冻融过程中的CO2和N2O排放,室内模拟土壤冻融实验应进一步优化。     

模拟氮沉降对马尾松土壤微生物群落结构及温室气体释放的影响

以2年生马尾松(Pinus massoniana)盆栽苗土壤为对象,通过施氮肥模拟氮沉降对土壤理化性质、微生物群落结构及温室气体释放的影响,探明氮沉降对森林土壤温室气体释放的驱动机制。结果表明,模拟氮沉降处理显著提高了土壤速效氮含量和苗木根系氮含量;土壤微生物碳(SMBC)含量比对照显著下降78%,而土壤微生物氮(SMBN)则提高2.6倍。模拟氮沉降处理显著降低土壤中微生物群落总含量。施氮肥对马尾松土壤N_2O和CO_2的释放速率均有显著影响,增施氮肥不仅显著提高了土壤N_2O的释放速率,而且CO_2释放速率短期内也显著提高,但伴随微生物群落的下降,施肥后期CO_2释放速率表现下降趋势。相关分析表明,土壤CO_2和N_2O释放与土壤pH值、土壤温度、土壤湿度、土壤速效氮含量及SMBC、SMBN相关;逐步回归分析表明,土壤硝态氮含量的变化是驱动土壤温室气体释放的主导因子。3株种植单位土壤体积内根系生物量较高,增加了土壤水分的消耗速率和氮的吸收固定,因而减少N_2O的释放速率。以上研究阐明了氮沉降或过量施肥对土壤氮含量、土壤pH值、根系生物量及氮含量、土壤微生物群落结构等因子的影响,这些因子直接或间接影响土壤温室气体释放速率。氮沉降及施用氮肥是加快土壤温室气体(CO_2和N_2O)排放进程的重要因素。     

Variability of soil N cycling and N2O emission in a mixed deciduous forest with different abundance of beech

The mixture of other broadleaf species into beech forests in Central Europe leads to an increase of tree species diversity, which may alter soil biochemical processes. This study was aimed at 1) assessing differences in gross rates of soil N cycling among deciduous stands of different beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) abundance in a limestone area, 2) analyzing the relationships between gross rates of soil N cycling and forest stand N cycling, and 3) quantifying N₂O emission and determining its relationship with gross rates of soil N cycling. We used ¹⁵N pool dilution techniques for soil N transformation measurement and chamber method for N₂O flux measurement. Gross rates of mineral N production in the 0–5 cm mineral soil increased across stands of decreasing beech abundance and increasing soil clay content. These rates were correlated with microbial biomass which, in turn, was influenced by substrate quantity, quality and soil fertility. Leaf litter-N, C:N ratio and base saturation in the mineral soil increased with decreasing beech abundance. Soil mineral N production and assimilation by microbes were tightly coupled, resulting in low N₂O emissions. Annual N₂O emissions were largely contributed by the freeze-thaw event emissions, which were correlated with the amount of soil microbial biomass. Our results suggest that soil N availability may increase through the mixture of broadleaf species into beech forests.     

Nitrous oxide emissions from a cropped soil in a semi-arid climate

Understanding nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from agricultural soils in semi‐arid regions is required to better understand global terrestrial N₂O losses. Nitrous oxide emissions were measured from a rain‐fed, cropped soil in a semi‐arid region of south‐western Australia for one year on a sub‐daily basis. The site included N‐fertilized (100 kg N ha^?1 yr^?1) and nonfertilized plots. Emissions were measured using soil chambers connected to a fully automated system that measured N₂O using gas chromatography. Daily N₂O emissions were low (?1.8 to 7.3 g N₂O‐N ha^?1 day^?1) and culminated in an annual loss of 0.11 kg N₂O‐N ha^?1 from N‐fertilized soil and 0.09 kg N₂O‐N ha^?1 from nonfertilized soil. Over half (55%) the annual N₂O emission occurred from both N treatments when the soil was fallow, following a series of summer rainfall events. At this time of the year, conditions were conducive for soil microbial N₂O production: elevated soil water content, available N, soil temperatures generally >25 °C and no active plant growth. The proportion of N fertilizer emitted as N₂O in 1 year, after correction for the ‘background’ emission (no N fertilizer applied), was 0.02%. The emission factor reported in this study was 60 times lower than the IPCC default value for the application of synthetic fertilizers to land (1.25%), suggesting that the default may not be suitable for cropped soils in semi‐arid regions. Applying N fertilizer did not significantly increase the annual N₂O emission, demonstrating that a proportion of N₂O emitted from agricultural soils may not be directly derived from the application of N fertilizer. ‘Background’ emissions, resulting from other agricultural practices, need to be accounted for if we are to fully assess the impact of agriculture in semi‐arid regions on global terrestrial N₂O emissions.     

Fluxes of nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide during freezing–thawing cycles in an Inner Mongolian steppe

Combined measurements of nitrification activity and N₂O emissions were performed in a lowland and a montane tropical rainforest ecosystem in NE-Australia over a 18 months period from October 2001 until May 2003. At both sites gross nitrification rates, measured by the BaPS technique, showed a strong seasonal pattern with significantly higher rates of gross nitrification during wet season conditions. Nitrification rates at the montane site (1.48?±?0.24–18.75?±?2.38 mg N kg^?1 day^?1) were found to be significantly higher than at the lowland site (1.65?±?0.21–4.54?±?0.27 mg N kg^?1 day^?1). The relationship between soil moisture and gross nitrification rates could be described best by O’Neill functions having a soil moisture optimum of nitrification at app. 65% WFPS. At the lowland site, for which continuous measurements of N₂O emissions were available, nitrification was positively correlated with N₂O emission. Nitrification contributed significantly to N₂O formation during dry season (app.85%) but less (app. 30%) during wet season conditions. In average 0.19‰ of the N metabolized by nitrification was released as N₂O. The N₂O fraction loss for nitrification was positively correlated with changes in soil moisture and varied slightly between 0.15 and 0.22‰. Our results demonstrate that combined N₂O emission and microbial N turnover studies covering prolonged observation periods are needed to clarify and quantify the role of the microbial processes nitrification and denitrification for annual N₂O emissions from soils of terrestrial ecosystems.     

Elevated CO2 and nutrient addition after soil N cycling and N trace gas fluxes with early season wet-up in a California annual grassland

We examined the effects of growth carbon dioxide (CO₂)concentration and soil nutrient availability on nitrogen (N)transformations and N trace gas fluxes in California grasslandmicrocosms during early-season wet-up, a time when rates of Ntransformation and N trace gas flux are high. After plant senescenceand summer drought, we simulated the first fall rains and examined Ncycling. Growth at elevated CO₂ increased root productionand root carbon:nitrogen ratio. Under nutrient enrichment, elevatedCO₂ increased microbial N immobilization during wet-up,leading to a 43% reduction in gross nitrification anda 55% reduction in NO emission from soil. ElevatedCO₂ increased microbial N immobilization at ambientnutrients, but did not alter nitrification or NO emission. ElevatedCO₂ did not alter soil emission of N₂O ateither nutrient level. Addition of NPK fertilizer (1:1:1) stimulatedN mineralization and nitrification, leading to increased N₂Oand NO emission from soil. The results of our study support a mechanisticmodel in which elevated CO₂ alters soil N cycling and NOemission: increased root production and increased C:N ratio in elevatedCO₂ stimulate N immobilization, thereby decreasingnitrification and associated NO emission when nutrients are abundant.This model is consistent with our basic understanding of how C availabilityinfluences soil N cycling and thus may apply to many terrestrial ecosystems.     

冻融对温带土壤可溶性氮库、氮转化过程及细菌群落多样性的影响

土壤冻融会影响土壤氮的有效性。氮的转化与土壤微生物密不可分,而土壤冻融对温带土壤细菌群落的影响并不十分清楚。假设: 冻融影响细菌群落结构多样性及其组成,从而改变土壤可溶氮含量和氮转化过程。为了验证这一假设,本研究设计了不同冻融循环次数(分别为6次和15次循环)的培养试验,并以2 ℃恒温培养作为对照。结果表明: 随着冻融循环次数的增加,可溶性全氮、可溶性无机氮、微生物生物量氮和净氮矿化率均显著降低。冻融循环次数对细菌α多样性(包括Chao1和Shannon指数)无显著影响,恒温培养的培养周期数与细菌的α多样性呈显著正相关。冻融处理显著影响细菌群落功能和组成,但冻融循环次数对细菌群落结构的影响较小。偏冗余分析表明,冻融处理下细菌群落结构和功能多样性与土壤可溶氮含量和氮转化过程密切相关。     

Effects of Shading Soybean Plants on N2O Emission from Soil

The effect of photosynthesis on N₂O emission from soil was investigated by shading soybean (Gycline max. L) plant at flowering, pod-setting and grain-filling stages. The results showed that by stopping photosynthesis through shading the plants stimulated N₂O emission significantly at flowering stage and pod-setting stage, and suppressed N₂O emission dramatically at grain-filling stage. At flowering stage, soybean species seem to rely mainly on fertilizer N and shaded plants decreased the N uptake. Interaction between the relative increase in available N for N₂O production by shading and the presence of root exudates promoted N transformation (nitrification/denitrification) and N₂O emission. At pod-setting stage, the available soil nitrogen seems to be a critical limiting factor and without substantial release of symbiotically fixed N through plant roots, resulted in a weak effect of shading on N₂O emission. At grain-filling stage, available N for N₂O production was derived from symbiotically fixed N and was greatly affected by photosynthesis. These results indicated that the effect of soybean growth on N₂O emission from soil varies with plant growth stages as available N for N₂O production is mainly from fertilizer N and organic mineralization during the early growth of soybean plants, while N₂O emission is controlled by the quantity and perhaps also the quality of root exudates, which is closely related with plant photosynthesis in the late season of soybean growth.     

微生物介导的碳氮循环过程对全球气候变化的响应

土壤是地球表层最为重要的碳库也是温室气体的源或汇。自工业革命以来,对土壤温室气体的容量、收支平衡和通量等已有较多研究和估算,但对关键过程及其源/汇的研究却十分有限。微生物是土壤碳氮转化的主要驱动者, 在生态系统碳氮循环过程中扮演重要的角色,对全球气候变化有着响应的响应、适应及反馈,然而其个体数量,群落结构和多样性如何与气候扰动相互关联、进而怎样影响生态系统过程的问题仍有待进一步探索。从微生物介导的碳氮循环过程入手,重点讨论微生物对气候变化包括温室气体(CO₂,CH₄,N₂O)增加、全球变暖、大气氮沉降等的响应和反馈,并由此提出削减温室气体排放的可能途径和今后发展的方向。