土壤-玉米系统中土壤呼吸强度及各组分贡献

用特殊设计的气体采集箱法对玉米生长期间潮土呼吸强度进行了测定。结果表明,施用150kgNhm^-2的裸地土壤CO2累积排放量是294g C m^-2,约为种植玉米土壤的一半。用根去除法测得的玉米对土壤呼吸的贡献率,苗期小于20％,拔节到收获期波动在30％-70％之间,全生长期平均为46％。玉米生长期间因土壤有机碳分解而释放出的CO2总量为2．94MgChm^-2,大约是0—40cm土层中土壤有机碳总储存量的8％,因此需要输入7．35Mghm^-2的碳含量40％的作物残留物才能平衡土壤中有机碳的损失,约为玉米收获时残留于土壤中根量的一倍,但与残留根量及玉米生长期间根系分泌到土壤的有机物量的总和相当,因此土壤中有机碳总体处于平衡状态。在玉米生长期间,施用氮肥可使土壤CO2排放量降低10％。土壤排放CO2主要受土壤温度的影响,温度效应Q10为1．90-2．88。     

三源区分土壤呼吸组分研究

三源区分土壤呼吸组分是指将土壤呼吸区分为纯根呼吸、根际微生物呼吸和土壤有机质呼吸3个部分。土壤有机质呼吸、纯根呼吸和根际微生物呼吸是3种不同的生物学过程,这3种呼吸对环境变化具有不同的响应机制。区分土壤呼吸中由根系引起的自养和异养呼吸组分的研究对定量评价陆地生态系统碳平衡具有重要的意义。论述了三源区分土壤呼吸组分的意义、方法和应用,分析了不同条件下土壤呼吸组分区分的研究结果。实验室纯根和根际微生物呼吸占根源呼吸比重约为45%和55%;野外条件下约为60%和40%。最后对本研究未来的发展方向进行了展望。     

中国森林土壤呼吸模式

通过收集国内62个森林样地的土壤呼吸及相关因子数据,分析中国森林土壤呼吸模式.结果表明,中国森林土壤呼吸年通量与年均气温、年均降水量、年凋落物量和年地上净生产力均呈显著的线性正相关,土壤呼吸的Q10则与年均气温和年均降水量均呈显著的负相关.根系呼吸、枯枝落叶层呼吸与土壤呼吸间均呈显著线性正相关;土壤异养呼吸和枯枝落叶层呼吸与年凋落物量呈显著正相关;土壤异养呼吸与自养呼吸间呈显著的线性正相关.根系呼吸、枯枝落叶层呼吸、矿质土壤呼吸占土壤呼吸的比例均值分别为34.7%、20.2%和50.2%.矿质土壤呼吸所占比例与气温和降水量呈显著负相关,而异养呼吸所占比例则与降水量呈显著负相关.根系呼吸所占比例与根系呼吸之间呈渐近线关系(渐近值为45.9%).     

土壤微生物与根系呼吸作用影响因子分析

土壤呼吸作用作为陆地生态系统碳循环的重要组成部分,是当前碳循环研究中的热点问题.对于土壤呼吸作用主要组成部分土壤微生物呼吸作用和根系呼吸作用影响因子的研究,有助于准确地评估全球碳收支.本文从气候、土壤、植被及地表覆被物、大气CO₂浓度、人为干扰等方面综述了土壤微生物呼吸作用和根系呼吸作用的主导影响因子,指出这些影响因子不仅直接或间接地影响土壤微生物呼吸作用和根系呼吸作用,而且它们之间相互作用、相互影响,且各影响因子的地位和作用会随时空尺度变化发生相应改变.在此基础上,论文提出了未来土壤呼吸作用的研究重点.     

Partitioning of soil respiration components and evaluating the mycorrhizal contribution to soil respiration in a semiarid grassland

土壤呼吸组分的区分对于理解地下碳循环过程非常重要。而菌根真菌在地下碳循环过程中扮演着重要的角色, 但是有关菌根呼吸在草原生态系统中的研究相对较少。该研究在内蒙古半干旱草原应用深浅环网孔法, 结合浅环、深环(排除根系)和一个带有40 μm孔径窗口的土壤环(排除根系但是有菌根菌丝体)将根和菌丝物理分离, 来区分不同的呼吸组分。结果表明: 异养呼吸对总呼吸的贡献比例为51%, 根呼吸的贡献比例为26%, 菌根呼吸的贡献比例为23%, 菌根呼吸的比例3年变化范围为21%-26%。与国内外研究相比, 此方法提供了一个相对稳定的菌根呼吸测量精度范围, 在草原生态系统中切实可行。对菌根呼吸的准确定量将有助于预测草原生态系统土壤碳释放过程对未来气候变化的响应。     

半干旱草原土壤呼吸组分区分与菌根呼吸的贡献

土壤呼吸组分的区分对于理解地下碳循环过程非常重要。而菌根真菌在地下碳循环过程中扮演着重要的角色, 但是有关菌根呼吸在草原生态系统中的研究相对较少。该研究在内蒙古半干旱草原应用深浅环网孔法, 结合浅环、深环(排除根系)和一个带有40 μm孔径窗口的土壤环(排除根系但是有菌根菌丝体)将根和菌丝物理分离, 来区分不同的呼吸组分。结果表明: 异养呼吸对总呼吸的贡献比例为51%, 根呼吸的贡献比例为26%, 菌根呼吸的贡献比例为23%, 菌根呼吸的比例3年变化范围为21%-26%。与国内外研究相比, 此方法提供了一个相对稳定的菌根呼吸测量精度范围, 在草原生态系统中切实可行。对菌根呼吸的准确定量将有助于预测草原生态系统土壤碳释放过程对未来气候变化的响应。     

长白山地区红松树干呼吸的研究

采用土壤呼吸气室于2003年5～10月测定了长白山阔叶红松林主要树种红松不同径阶不同方位的树干呼吸,同时监测了树干温度和林内温度.结果表明,树干呼吸速率具有明显的季节变化趋势,呈单峰曲线,8月出现最大值,2月呼吸速率最低.树干呼吸速率与树干温度具有显著幂指数关系,同时表现出大径阶树干呼吸速率与温度因子间曲线拟合效果好于小径阶红松.不同径阶树干呼吸速率均呈南面高于北面,并随树干径阶的减小南北面呼吸速率差异降低.不同径阶红松树干平均维持呼吸占总树干呼吸63.63%,红松树干径阶越大维持呼吸所占比例越大.依树干径阶大小顺序分别为66.76%、73.29%和50.84%.不同径阶红松树干呼吸Q₁₀值在2.56～3.32之间,利用呼吸Q₁₀值分别获得不同径阶树干R_t和R_m的季节变化趋势.因此,当估算生态系统呼吸时应考虑树干不同部位和不同径阶之间的差异.     

土壤各组分呼吸区分方法研究进展

土壤呼吸分为自养型呼吸(根呼吸)和异养型呼吸(微生物和动物呼吸),区分各组分呼吸可了解在全球变化条件下土壤碳循环和碳平衡的动态。本文综述了3种主要区分自养呼吸和异养呼吸的方法:①组分法;②根去除术;③同位素法。其中同位素法对根和土壤的影响最小,是最可靠的一种方法;综合各方面考虑,根去除法是最切实可行的方法。     

Control of mitochondrial respiration

The control theory of Kacser and Burns [in: Rate Control of Biological Processes (Davies, D.D. ed) pp. 65-104, Cambridge University Press, London, 1973] and Heinrich and Rapoport [Eur. J. Biochem. (1974) 42, 97-105] has been used to quantify the amount of control exerted by different steps on mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in rat-liver mitochondria. Inhibitors were used to manipulate the amount of active enzyme. The control strength of the adenine nucleotide translocator was measured by carrying out titrations with carboxyatractyloside. In state 4, the control strength of the translocator was found to be zero. As the rate of respiration was increased by adding hexokinase, the control strength of the translocator increased to a maximum value of approximately 30% at approximately 80% of state 3 respiration. In state 3, control of respiration is distributed between a number of steps, including the adenine nucleotide translocator, the dicarboxylate carrier and cytochrome c oxidase. The measured values for the distribution of control agree very well with those calculated with the aid of a model for mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation developed by Bohnensack et al. [Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1982) 680, 271-280].     

Plants at high altitude exhibit higher component of alternative respiration

Total respiration, capacities of cytochrome (CytR) and alternative respiration (AR) were studied in two varieties of barley (Horedum vulgare) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) each and one variety of pea (Pisum sativum) at low (Palampur; 1300 m) and high altitudes (Kibber; 4200 m). Similar studies were carried out in naturally growing Rumex nepalensis and Trifoilum repenses at Palampur, Palchan (2250 m) and Marhi (3250 m). All the plants species exhibited lower CytR but significantly higher AR capacity at high altitude (HA) (72-1117% higher) as compared to those at low altitude (LA). Glycolytic product, pyruvate and tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediate, citrate increased with increase in altitude. While the role of these metabolites in relation to HA biology is discussed, significantly higher AR at HA is proposed to be an adaptive mechanism against the metabolic perturbations wherein it might act to lower reactive oxygen species and also provides metabolic homeostasis to plants under the environment of HA.     

玉米农田土壤呼吸作用的空间异质性及其根系呼吸作用的贡献

基于4月底到9月底东北地区玉米农田土壤呼吸作用全生长季的观测,阐明了土壤呼吸作用的空间异质性特征,综合分析了水热因子、土壤性质、根系生物量及其测定位置对土壤呼吸作用空间异质性的影响,并对生长季中根系呼吸作用占土壤呼吸作用的比例进行了估算。结果表明,在植株尺度上,土壤呼吸作用存在着明显的空间异质性,较高的土壤呼吸速率通常出现在靠近玉米植株的地方。根系生物量的分布格局是影响土壤呼吸作用空间异质性的关键因素。在空间尺度上,土壤呼吸作用与根系生物量呈显著的线性关系,而土壤湿度、土壤有机质、全氮和碳氮比对土壤呼吸作用空间异质性的影响并不显著。通过建立土壤呼吸作用与玉米根系生物量的回归方程,对根系呼吸作用占土壤呼吸作用的比例进行了间接估算。玉米生长季中,根系呼吸作用占土壤呼吸作用的比例在43．1％～63．6％之间波动,均值为54．5％。     

Factors influencing respiration data in freshwater sediment

Sediment respiration (oxygen consumption and CO₂ evolution) was measured in freshwater sediment samples using both flask- and core-microcosms, and the estimates were compared. Oxygen consumption data were also compared in flask-microcosms constructed with sediment samples of different masses, sediment: water ratios, and storage times. Furthermore, sediment respiration was examined under different incubation conditions of temperature and agitation. O₂ consumption was markedly higher in flask-microcosms than in sediment core-microcosms, when compared on a per g dry weight basis. However, when the results were expressed as O₂ consumed per unit surface area, the values were more similar. CO₂ evolution was less dependent on surface area as evidenced by similar CO₂ values per g sediment in both microcosms. In addition, the effect of sediment mass on O₂ consumption and CO₂ evolution was examined. Both O₂ consumption and CO₂ evolution (expressed as µmole g^–1 dry weight sediment) decreased significantly with increasing sediment mass between 3 and 12 g dry weight. Maximum O₂ consumption per unit headspace was measured when a wet sediment mass between 10.0 and 20.0 g was used in the flask-microcosms. It was also shown that the sediment: water ratio, agitation, incubation temperature, and previous storage time of sediment all affected the respiration estimates. Initial O₂ consumption and CO₂ evolution in flasks were significantly higher in flasks with a decreased sediment: water ratio (1:1 versus 1:2), increased flask agitation, and increased incubation temperature (15 °C versus 5 °C). Also, respiration decreased significantly over the first 100 days of storage at 4 °C.     

施肥对油茶园土壤呼吸和异养呼吸及其温度敏感性的影响

油茶是中国南方重要的木本食用油料树种,研究施肥对油茶园土壤呼吸及其温度敏感性的影响,对于估算中国南方典型种植园林温室气体排放及其对气候变化的响应具有重要意义。设置对照(CK)、施肥(OF)、断根(CK-T)和断根施肥(OF-T)4个处理,采用静态箱-气相色谱法,通过多年观测,分析探讨施肥对油茶园土壤呼吸和异养呼吸及其温度敏感性的影响。结果表明:(1)施肥对油茶园土壤呼吸和异养呼吸无显著影响。研究期间,各处理(OF、CK、OF-T、CK-T)土壤CO_2通量依次为(77.91±2.59)、(73.71±0.97)、(66.82±1.02)mg C m~(-2)h~(-1)和(66.84±3.94)mg C m~(-2)h~(-1);(2)各处理土壤呼吸温度敏感性(Q_(10))表现为OF-T(1.96±0.01)CK-T(1.79±0.03)OF(1.77±0.01)CK(1.75±0.03),其中,OF-T处理下Q_(10)显著高于其他3个处理,即施肥显著增加了断根处理土壤呼吸Q_(10);(3)施肥显著增加了土壤表层NH_4~+-N和NO_3~--N含量,Q_(10)与土壤表层NH_4~+-N和NO_3~--N含量表现出显著的正相关关系。     

Partitioning soil respiration of temperate forest ecosystems in northeastern China

Quantifying soil respiration components and their relations to environmental controls are essential to estimate both local and regional carbon (C) budgets of forest ecosystems. In this study, we used the trenching-plot and infrared gas exchange analyzer approaches to determine heterotrophic (R_H) and autotrophic respiration (R_A) in the soil surface CO₂ flux for six major temperate forest ecosystems in northeastern China. The ecosystems were: Mongolian oak forest (dominated by Quercus mongolica), aspen-birch forest (dominated by Populous davidiana and Betula platyphylla), mixed wood forest (composed of P. davidiana, B. platyphylla, Fraxinus mandshurica, Tilia amurensis, Acer amono, etc.), hardwood forest (dominated by F. mandshurica, Juglans mandshurica, and Phellodendron amurense), Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis), and Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii) plantations, representing the typical secondary forest ecosystems in this region. Our specific objectives were to: (1) quantify R_H and its relationship with the environmental factors of the forest ecosystems, (2) characterize seasonal dynamics in the contribution of root respiration to total soil surface CO₂ flux (RC), and (3) compare annual CO₂ fluxes from R_H and R_A among the six forest ecosystems. Soil temperature, water content, and their interactions significantly affected R_H in the ecosystems and accounted for 46.5%–78.8% variations in R_H. However, the environmental controlling factors of R_H varied with ecosystem types: soil temperature in hardwood and Dahurian larch forest ecosystems, soil temperature, and water content in the others. The RC for hardwood, poplar-birch, mixed wood, Mongolian oak, Korean pine, and Dahurian larch forest ecosystems varied between 32.40%–51.44%, 39.72%–46.65%, 17.94%–47.74%, 34.31%–37.36%, 33.78%–37.02%, and 14.39%–35.75%, respectively. The annual CO₂ fluxes from R_H were significantly greater than those from R_A for all the ecosystems, ranging from 337–540 g Cm^-2a^-1 and 88‐331 gCm^-2a^-1 for R_H and R_A, respectively. The annual CO₂ fluxes from R_H and R_A differed significantly among the six forest ecosystems.     

东北东部森林生态系统土壤呼吸组分的分离量化

对森林生态系统的土壤呼吸组分进行分离和量化,确定不同组分CO2释放速率的控制因子,是估测局域和区域森林生态系统碳平衡研究中必不可少的内容。采用挖壕法和红外气体分析法测定无根和有根样地的土壤表面CO2通量(RS),确定东北东部6种典型森林生态系统RS中异养呼吸(RH)和根系自养呼吸(RA)的贡献量及其影响因子。具体研究目标包括:(1)量化各种生态系统的RH及其与主要环境影响因子的关系;(2)量化各种生态系统RS中根系呼吸贡献率(RC)的季节动态;(3)比较6种森林生态系统RH和RA的年通量。土壤温度、土壤含水量及其交互作用显著地影响森林生态系统的RH(R2=0.465~0.788),但其影响程度因森林生态系统类型而异。硬阔叶林和落叶松人工林的RH主要受土壤温度控制,其他生态系统RH受土壤温度和含水量的联合影响。各个森林生态系统类型的RC变化范围依次为:硬阔叶林32.40%~51.44%;杨桦林39.72%~46.65%;杂木林17.94%~47.74%;蒙古栎林34.31%~37.36%;红松人工林33.78%~37.02%;落叶松人工林14.39%~35.75%。每个生态系统类型RH年通量都显著高于RA年通量,其变化范围分别为337~540 gC.m-2.a-1和88~331 gC.m-2.a-1。不同生态系统间的RH和RA也存在着显著性差异。     

Seasonal changes in the contribution of root respiration to total soil respiration in a cool-temperate deciduous forest

A trenching method was used to determine the contribution of root respiration to soil respiration. Soil respiration rates in a trenched plot (R _trench) and in a control plot (R _control) were measured from May 2000 to September 2001 by using an open-flow gas exchange system with an infrared gas analyser. The decomposition rate of dead roots (R _D) was estimated by using a root-bag method to correct the soil respiration measured from the trenched plots for the additional decaying root biomass. The soil respiration rates in the control plot increased from May (240–320 mg CO₂ m^–2 h^–1) to August (840–1150 mg CO₂ m^–2 h^–1) and then decreased during autumn (200–650 mg CO₂ m^–2 h^–1). The soil respiration rates in the trenched plot showed a similar pattern of seasonal change, but the rates were lower than in the control plot except during the 2 months following the trenching. Root respiration rate (R _r) and heterotrophic respiration rate (R _h) were estimated from R _control, R _trench, and R _D. We estimated that the contribution of R _r to total soil respiration in the growing season ranged from 27 to 71%. There was a significant relationship between R _h and soil temperature, whereas R _r had no significant correlation with soil temperature. The results suggest that the factors controlling the seasonal change of respiration differ between the two components of soil respiration, R _r and R _h.     

南方型杨树人工林土壤呼吸及其组分分析

采用开沟隔离法,利用LI-8100型土壤呼吸测定系统,对15年生的南方型杨树(Populus deltoides)人工林土壤呼吸进行了研究,并试图区分根系呼吸和土壤微生物呼吸。结果表明,开沟隔离处理后的10个月内,由于土壤中被截断根系具有自养呼吸和分解作用,土壤呼吸中的根系呼吸与微生物呼吸尚难以区分。尽管如此,研究表明15年生杨树人工林的土壤总呼吸通量为9.74 tC.hm-.2a-1,其中,枯枝落叶等土壤表层凋落物分解所释放的碳通量是2.63 tC.hm-.2a-1,占总量的27.0%;林木根系呼吸与土壤微生物呼吸通量的和为7.11 tC.hm-.2a-1,占总量的73.0%。土壤各组分呼吸速率与10 cm深处的土壤温度之间存在着显著的指数函数关系。不同直径的杨树根系被截断后的活力变化有所不同,根系越粗,存活时间越长。     

Woody tissue maintenance respiration of four conifers in contrasting climates

We estimate maintenance respiration for boles of four temperate conifers (ponderosa pine, western hemlock, red pine, and slash pine) from CO₂ efflux measurements in autumn, when construction respiration is low or negligible. Maintenance respiration of stems was linearly related to sapwood volume for all species; at 10°C, respiration per unit sapwood volume ranged from 4.8 to 8.3 mol CO₂ m^–3 s^–1. For all sites combined, respiration increased exponentially with temperature (Q ₁₀ =1.7, r ²=0.78). We estimate that maintenance respiration of aboveground woody tissues of these conifers consumes 52–162 g C m^–2 y^–1, or 5–13% of net daytime carbon assimilation annually. The fraction of annual net daytime carbon fixation used for stem maintenance respiration increased linearly with the average annual temperature of the site.     

Rhizospheric and heterotrophic components of soil respiration in six Chinese temperate forests

Partitioning soil respiration (R_S) into heterotrophic (R_H) and rhizospheric (R_R) components is an important step for understanding and modeling carbon cycling in forest ecosystems, but few studies on R_R and R_H exist in Chinese temperate forests. In this study, we used a trenching plot approach to partition R_S in six temperate forests in northeastern China. Our specific objectives were to (1) examine seasonal patterns of soil surface CO₂ fluxes from trenched (R_T) and untrenched plots (R_UT) of these forests; (2) quantify annual fluxes of R_S components and their relative contributions in the forest ecosystems; and (3) examine effects of plot trenching on measurements of R_S and related environmental factors. The R_T maximized in early growing season, but the difference between R_UT and R_T peaked in later summer. The annual fluxes of R_H and R_R varied with forest types. The estimated values of R_H for the Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc.), Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii Rupr.), aspen‐birch (Populous davidiana Dode and Betula platyphylla Suk.), hardwood (Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr., Juglans mandshurica Maxim. and Phellodendron amurense Rupr.), Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica Fisch.) and mixed deciduous (no dominant tree species) forests averaged 89, 196, 187, 245, 261 and 301 g C m⁻² yr⁻¹, respectively; those of R_R averaged 424, 209, 628, 538, 524 and 483 g C m⁻² yr⁻¹, correspondingly; calculated contribution of R_R to R_S (RC) varied from 52% in the larch forest to 83% in the pine forest. The annual flux of R_R was strongly correlated to biomass of roots <0.5 cm in diameter, while that of R_H was weakly correlated to soil organic carbon concentration at A horizon. We concluded that vegetation type and associated carbon metabolisms of temperate forests should be considered in assessing and modeling R_S components. The significant impacts of changed soil physical environments and substrate availability by plot trenching should be appropriately tackled in analyzing and interpreting measurements of R_S components.     

Leaf respiration in Piper species native to a Mexican rainforest

We measured leaf respiration with a Clark-type oxygen-electrode in 6 species of the genus Piper (Piperaceae) growing naturally in wet evergreen rainforest, in microsites characterized by a broad range of light availabilities. Species normally found in large gaps and clearings ( Piper auritum and P. umbellatum ) had approximately twice the dark respiration per unit of leaf area or dry mass as species found predominantly in shaded understory sites ( P. aequale, P. lapathifolium and P. amalago ). within a species, dark respiration was lower in the individuals growing in low-light sites than in the individuals growing in high-light sites. Over all species, leaf respiration was positively correlated with the average daily photosynthetically active photon flux density (PFD) at each site, and negatively correlated with mean leaf longevity. Respiration was insensitive to leaf age in a shade species. ( P. lapathifolium ) and in a generalist ( P. hispidum ) but decreased with increasing leaf age in a gap specialist ( P. aurtium ).
In experiments on greenhouse-grown plants, we titrated respiration with potassium cyanide (KCN) and/or salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM) to determine the cytochrome and alternative pathway components to respiration in 4 Piper species. All 4 species, representing gap, generalist and shade species, exhibited alternative pathway respiration. Engagement of the cytochrome pathway (ϱ_cyt) varied from 0.69 in P. auritum to 1.04 in P. lapathifolium and engagement of the alternative pathway (ϱ_alt varied from 0.41 to 1.02. Although the shade species had lower respiration rates than the gap species, the capacities for cytochrome and alternative pathway respiration made up similar or greater fractions of total respiration in shade species.