Effects of nitrogen addition on soil respiration of Rhododendron simsii shrubland in the subtropical mountainous areas of China

Aims As the second largest C flux between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems, soil respiration plays a vital role in regulating atmosphere CO₂ concentration. Therefore, understanding the response of soil respiration to the increasing nitrogen deposition is urgently needed for prediction of future climate change. However, it is still unclear how nitrogen deposition influences soil respiration of shrubland in subtropical China. Our objectives were to explore the effects of different levels of nitrogen fertilization on soil respiration, root biomass increment, and litter biomass, and to analyze the relationships between soil respiration and soil temperature and moisture.
Methods From January 2013 to September 2014, we conducted a short-term simulated nitrogen deposition experiment in the Rhododendron simsii shrubland of Dawei Mountain, located in Hunan Province, southern China. Four levels of nitrogen addition treatments (each level with three replicates) were established: control (CK, no nitrogen addition), low nitrogen addition (LN, 2 g·m^-2·a^-1), medium nitrogen addition (MN, 5 g·m^-2·a^-1) and high nitrogen addition (HN, 10 g·m^-2·a^-1). Soil respiration was measured by LI-8100 soil CO₂ efflux system. At the same time, we measured root biomass increment and litter biomass in each plot.
Important findings Soil respiration exhibited a strong seasonal pattern, with the highest rates found in summer and the lowest rates in winter. Annual accumulative soil respiration rate in the CK, LN, MN and HN was (2.37 ± 0.39), (2.79 ± 0.42), (2.26 ± 0.38) and (2.30 ± 0.36) kg CO₂·m^-2, respectively. Annual mean soil respiration rate in the CK, LN, MN and HN was (1.71 ± 0.28), (2.01 ± 0.30), (1.63 ± 0.27) and (1.66 ± 0.26) μmol CO₂·m^-2·s^-1, respectively, and it was 17.25% higher in the LN treatment compared with CK (p = 0.06). The root biomass increment was increased by LN, MN, and HN treatments by 18.36%, 36.49% and 61.63%, respectively, compared to CK. The litter biomass was increased by LN, MN, and HN treatments by 35.87%, 22.17% and 15.35%, respectively, compared with CK. Soil respiration exhibited a significant exponential relationship with soil temperature (p < 0.01, R² is 0.77 to 0.82) and a significant linear relationship with soil moisture at the depth of 5 cm (p < 0.05, R² is 0.10 to 0.15). The temperature sensitivity (Q₁₀) value of CK, LN, MN and HN plots was 3.96, 3.60, 3.71 and 3.51, respectively. These results suggested that nitrogen addition promoted plant growth and decreased the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration. The increase of root biomass under N addition may be an important reason for the change of soil respiration in the study area.     

不同土地利用对土壤有机碳储量及土壤呼吸的影响

为了探讨土地利用方式对土壤碳储及土壤呼吸的影响,对安徽沿淮洼地杞柳纯林、杞柳-杨树混交林及杨树纯林3种不同土地利用方式下土壤有机碳储量及土壤呼吸特点进行了比较。结果表明:杞柳纯林、杞柳-杨树混交林、杨树纯林0～30cm土壤有机碳含量分别为6.80、8.50和7.71g·kg-1,土壤有机碳密度分别为2.88、3.26和2.95kg·m-2,土壤有机碳含量和土壤碳密度随土层深度的增加而降低。不同土地利用类型土壤呼吸年平均值分别为1.68μmol·m-2·s-1(杞柳纯林)、2.33μmol·m-2·s-1(杞柳-杨树混交林)、1.61μmol·m-2·s-1(杨树纯林),土壤呼吸日均值最高出现在夏季(6.64μmol·m-2·s-1),最低为冬季(0.13μmol·m-2·s-1)。相关分析表明,土壤呼吸速率与地表气温之间呈显著的指数关系,杞柳纯林、杞柳-杨树混交林、杨树纯林的相关系数R2分别为0.71、0.62、0.54。杞柳-杨树混交林较杞柳纯林有利于土壤有机碳的固定,杞柳纯林土壤有机碳储量偏低,与其粗放经营有关。在今后的栽植管理中,应采取合理的耕作施肥措施,在提高土壤肥力的同时增强土壤的碳固定。     

中亚热带常绿阔叶林不同演替阶段土壤呼吸及其温度敏感性的变化

为探明中亚热带地区常绿阔叶林演替序列土壤呼吸(R_s)的变化趋势及其影响机制, 在福建省建瓯市万木林自然保护区选取演替时间分别为15年(演替初期)、47年(演替中期)和110年(演替后期)三个不同演替阶段, 进行了为期1年的野外原位观测。结果发现: 演替初期、中期和后期的R_s分别为2.38、3.32和3.91 µmol·m ^-2·s ^-1, 温度敏感性(Q₁₀值)分别为2.64、1.97和1.79; 与演替初期相比, 演替后期的R_s显著增加64.29%, Q₁₀值显著降低32.30%; 不同演替阶段R_s的季节变化模式相似, 温度和含水量可分别解释季节变化的69.5% (初期)、81.9% (中期)和61.3% (后期); 回归分析发现, R_s与凋落物年归还量、细根生物量和土壤全氮和土壤有机质碳含量显著正相关。表明本研究区内植被演替促进了土壤碳排放, 降低了土壤呼吸的温度敏感性; 土壤碳输入增加、养分含量的提高和细根生物量增大是中亚热带常绿阔叶林R_s随演替进程逐渐增大的主要原因。     

东北地区4种林分土壤呼吸及温、湿度敏感性对氮添加的短期响应

全球变化中氮沉降日益严重,已对森林生态系统的各个过程产生了重要影响。因此,通过研究氮添加对森林生态系统土壤碳输出的影响,对分析全球变化背景下土壤碳吸存具有重要意义。对黑龙江省帽儿山实验林场白桦(Betula platyphylla)次生林,以及水曲柳(Fraxinus mandschurica)、红松(Pinus koraiensis)、长白落叶松(Larix olgensis)人工林通过2年氮添加(对照(0 kg N hm~(-2) a~(-1)),低氮(50 kg N hm~(-2) a~(-1)),中氮(100 kg N hm~(-2) a~(-1))和高氮(150 kg N hm~(-2) a~(-1)))试验,测定根生物量密度、土壤微生物量碳浓度、土壤呼吸速率及温、湿度敏感性等指标,旨在探讨森林生态系统土壤呼吸对氮添加的短期响应。结果表明:(1)低氮处理对白桦和水曲柳林土壤呼吸速率影响不显著,但显著提高了红松和长白落叶松林土壤呼吸速率;水曲柳林分中高氮处理土壤呼吸速率显著降低于低氮和中氮处理,而其他林分高氮处理土壤呼吸速率仅显著低于低氮处理。(2)氮添加处理下,4种林分中林分土壤呼吸速率与根生物量密度呈极显著正相关,Pearson相关系数为0.81。(3)低氮处理下5 cm和10 cm处土壤呼吸温度敏感性系数Q_(10)值较CK处理分别提高了2.65%和3.12%,高氮处理较CK处理分别降低了6.29%和5.46%。但氮添加处理对土壤呼吸和土壤湿度间的相关性无影响。综上所述,阔叶林与针叶林土壤呼吸速率对氮添加的响应存在差异。根生物量密度是影响不同林分土壤呼吸对短期氮添加响应的主要因素,同时氮添加处理显著改变了土壤温度敏感性系数。     

中亚热带杉木人工林和米槠次生林凋落物添加与去除对土壤呼吸的影响

在未来大气CO₂浓度升高的背景下, 植被净初级生产力的增加将促使森林土壤碳输入增多。凋落物是土壤碳库的重要来源, 对土壤呼吸会产生重要影响。为了模拟植物净初级生产力提高、凋落物产量增加情景下凋落物对土壤呼吸和土壤碳库的影响, 2013年1月到2014年12月, 在福建省三明市陈大镇国有林场, 在杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)人工林和米槠(Castanopsis carlesii)次生林, 通过设置去除凋落物、添加凋落物和对照(保留凋落物, 不做任何处理)处理, 研究了土壤呼吸和土壤碳库的动态变化。研究发现: 土壤含水量在10%-25%范围内, 土壤呼吸温度敏感性指数(Q₁₀)随着土壤含水量的增加呈递增趋势, 当含水量<10%时, 由于干旱胁迫打破了土壤呼吸与温度之间的耦合, 改变了Q₁₀值, 使得Q₁₀值小于1。土壤呼吸与凋落物输入量呈显著的线性正相关关系, 杉木人工林对照和添加凋落物处理及米槠次生林对照处理, 土壤呼吸与2个月前的凋落物输入量相关性最好。而米槠次生林添加凋落物处理, 土壤呼吸与当月的凋落物输入量相关性最好, 不同林分凋落物呼吸对土壤呼吸的贡献率不同, 米槠次生林凋落物层呼吸年通量明显大于杉木人工林, 分别占各林分土壤总呼吸的34.4%和15.1%, 添加凋落物后, 杉木人工林和米槠次生林的土壤呼吸速率增加, 但添加凋落物处理的土壤呼吸年通量与对照的差值小于年凋落物输入量。因此, 在未来全球CO₂升高背景下, 植被碳储量的增加、凋落物增加并没有引起土壤呼吸成倍增加, 更有利于中亚热带地区土壤碳吸存。     

不同培养温度下严重侵蚀红壤的有机碳矿化特征

研究侵蚀土壤有机质矿化及其温度敏感性(Q₁₀)对深入认识水土流失地区土壤有机碳动态变化具有重要意义。该文以福建省长汀县河田镇严重侵蚀区的裸露红壤为研究对象, 通过测定不同培养温度(10 ℃、20 ℃和30 ℃)下的土壤有机碳矿化速率、培养过程中微生物生物量碳(MBC)和可溶性有机碳(DOC)含量的变化, 探讨了温度对严重侵蚀红壤有机碳矿化特征的影响及其Q₁₀。结果表明: 温度对严重侵蚀红壤有机碳矿化具有显著影响, 温度越高土壤有机碳矿化速率和矿化率越高; 培养过程中土壤有机碳累积矿化量与MBC显著正相关, 与DOC极显著负相关, 说明微生物生物量和可利用碳含量显著影响土壤有机碳的矿化。尽管严重侵蚀红壤有机碳含量仅为1.54 g·kg^-1, 但培养180天的土壤有机碳的累积矿化率高达22.2%-33.3%, 表明侵蚀红壤有机碳容易被矿化。严重侵蚀红壤在10-20 ℃时的Q₁₀值为1.41, 20-30 ℃时Q₁₀值下降到1.06, 土壤有机碳质量低是导致Q₁₀值较低的重要原因, 而严重侵蚀区的红壤长期裸露使微生物对高温产生适应性是高温时Q₁₀值接近1的重要原因。因此, 在未来气候变暖的趋势下, 恢复植被覆盖对减少严重侵蚀红壤有机碳矿化损失具有重要意义。     

Spatial patterns in temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in China: Estimation with inverse modeling

Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration (Q₁₀) is an important parameter in modeling the effects of global warming on ecosystem carbon release. Experimental studies of soil respiration have ubiquitously indicated that Q₁₀ has high spatial heterogeneity. However, most biogeochemical models still use a constant Q₁₀ in projecting future climate change and no spatial pattern of Q₁₀ values at large scales has been derived. In this study, we conducted an inverse modeling analysis to retrieve the spatial pattern of Q₁₀ in China at 8 km spatial resolution by assimilating data of soil organic carbon into a process-based terrestrial carbon model (CASA model). The results indicate that the optimized Q₁₀ values are spatially heterogeneous and consistent to the values derived from soil respiration observations. The mean Q10 values of different soil types range from 1.09 to 2.38, with the highest value in volcanic soil, and the lowest value in cold brown calcic soil. The spatial pattern of Q₁₀ is related to environmental factors, especially precipitation and top soil organic carbon content. This study demonstrates that inverse modeling is a useful tool in deriving the spatial pattern of Q₁₀ at large scales, with which being incorporated into biogeochemical models, uncertainty in the projection of future carbon dynamics could be potentially reduced.     

Soil C mineralization and temperature sensitivity in alpine grasslands of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

青藏高原具有独特的海拔、气候和生态系统类型, 弄清其土壤有机质分解及其温度敏感性对于揭示青藏高原土壤碳储量变化及其碳汇功能具有重要意义。该文利用青藏高原西北部草地的11个封育-自由放牧成对草地, 通过测定不同温度(5、10、15、20和25 ℃)培养下的土壤碳矿化速率, 探讨了土地利用方式对该地区土壤碳矿化及其温度敏感性的影响。实验结果表明: 温度对青藏高原高寒草地的土壤碳矿化具有显著影响, 温度越高土壤碳矿化量越大。从东至西, 土壤碳矿化量逐渐降低。草地土壤碳矿化量与土壤有机碳和土壤全氮含量显著正相关; 即土壤有机碳和土壤全氮含量越高, 土壤碳矿化量就越高。土地利用方式对土壤碳矿化的温度敏感性(Q₁₀)无显著影响, Q₁₀值变化范围为1.4-2.4; 其中, 放牧草地Q₁₀的平均值为1.83, 封育草地Q₁₀的平均值为1.86。此外, Q₁₀与土壤有机碳和土壤全氮含量无显著的相关关系, 也无明显的空间格局。放牧和封育对青藏高原高寒草地土壤碳矿化的温度敏感性无显著影响, 为深入分析青藏高原土壤碳汇功能及其对未来气温升高的响应提供了重要的理论依据。     

Decadally cycling soil carbon is more sensitive to warming than faster‐cycling soil carbon

The response of soil organic carbon (SOC) pools to globally rising surface temperature crucially determines the feedback between climate change and the global carbon cycle. However, there is a lack of studies investigating the temperature sensitivity of decomposition for decadally cycling SOC which is the main component of total soil carbon stock and the most relevant to global change. We tackled this issue using two decadally ¹³C‐labeled soils and a much improved measuring system in a long‐term incubation experiment. Results indicated that the temperature sensitivity of decomposition for decadally cycling SOC (>23 years in one soil and >55 years in the other soil) was significantly greater than that for faster‐cycling SOC (<23 or 55 years) or for the entire SOC stock. Moreover, decadally cycling SOC contributed substantially (35–59%) to the total CO₂ loss during the 360‐day incubation. Overall, these results indicate that the decomposition of decadally cycling SOC is highly sensitive to temperature change, which will likely make this large SOC stock vulnerable to loss by global warming in the 21st century and beyond.     

土壤呼吸温度敏感性的影响因素和不确定性

土壤呼吸是陆地生态系统碳循环的重要环节之一, 其对温度升高的敏感程度在很大程度上决定着全球气候变化与碳循环之间的反馈关系。为了深刻理解地下生态过程对气候变化的响应和适应,本文综述了土壤呼吸温度敏感性（Q10）的影响因子及其内在机制,并分析了当前研究存在的不确定性。土壤生物、底物质量和底物供应显著调控着土壤呼吸的Q10值,但研究结论仍然有很大差异。温度和水分等环境因子则通过对土壤生物和底物的影响而作用于土壤呼吸的温度敏感性,一般情况下,随着温度的升高,土壤呼吸的Q10值下降;水分过高或过低时Q10值降低。另外本文从土壤温度测定深度、时空尺度、土壤呼吸不同组分温度敏感性差异、激发效应以及采用方法的不同等几方面分析了温度敏感性研究存在的不确定性。并在此基础上, 指出了未来拟重点加强的研究方向:（1）土壤呼吸不同组分温度敏感性差异的机理;（2）底物质量和底物供应对温度敏感性的交互影响;（3）生物因子对土壤呼吸温度敏感性的影响。     

Microbial soil respiration and its dependency on carbon inputs, soil temperature and moisture

This experiment was designed to study three determinant factors in decomposition patterns of soil organic matter (SOM): temperature, water and carbon (C) inputs. The study combined field measurements with soil lab incubations and ends with a modelling framework based on the results obtained. Soil respiration was periodically measured at an oak savanna woodland and a ponderosa pine plantation. Intact soils cores were collected at both ecosystems, including soils with most labile C burnt off, soils with some labile C gone and soils with fresh inputs of labile C. Two treatments, dry‐field condition and field capacity, were applied to an incubation that lasted 111 days. Short‐term temperature changes were applied to the soils periodically to quantify temperature responses. This was done to prevent confounding results associated with different pools of C that would result by exposing treatments chronically to different temperature regimes. This paper discusses the role of the above‐defined environmental factors on the variability of soil C dynamics. At the seasonal scale, temperature and water were, respectively, the main limiting factors controlling soil CO₂ efflux for the ponderosa pine and the oak savanna ecosystems. Spatial and seasonal variations in plant activity (root respiration and exudates production) exerted a strong influence over the seasonal and spatial variation of soil metabolic activity. Mean residence times of bulk SOM were significantly lower at the Nitrogen (N)‐rich deciduous savanna than at the N‐limited evergreen dominated pine ecosystem. At shorter time scales (daily), SOM decomposition was controlled primarily by temperature during wet periods and by the combined effect of water and temperature during dry periods. Secondary control was provided by the presence/absence of plant derived C inputs (exudation). Further analyses of SOM decomposition suggest that factors such as changes in the decomposer community, stress‐induced changes in the metabolic activity of decomposers or SOM stabilization patterns remain unresolved, but should also be considered in future SOM decomposition studies. Observations and confounding factors associated with SOM decomposition patterns and its temperature sensitivity are summarized in the modeling framework.     

土地利用对崇明岛围垦区土壤有机碳库和土壤呼吸的影响

土地利用方式是影响农业土壤碳固持和温室气体减排的关键因子之一,而准确地评价土地利用变化的影响往往因土壤本底的不均一和土地利用历史多变而复杂化。为此,在崇明东滩湿地围垦区选取了本底均匀、利用历史简单的几种土地利用类型(水-旱轮作农田、人工林、鱼塘撂荒地),研究其土壤有机碳库和土壤呼吸的变化及其与土壤环境间的关系,以期评价其各自的固碳和温室气体减排潜力。农田土壤的表层(20cm)有机碳和微生物生物量碳含量最高,分别为12.62g/kg和225.34mg/kg,包括苗圃栾树林、水杉林带以及桔园在内的人工林地次之,鱼塘撂荒地最低;但撂荒地深层土壤(40—100cm)的有机碳含量高于其它类型,反映了围垦前湿地土壤有机碳累积的残留影响。土壤呼吸强度的顺序则为鱼塘撂荒地农田桔园苗圃栾树林水杉林带。农耕地在前作小麦收割种植水稻后,土壤CO2通量显著下降,不及旱作时的10%。除农田和撂荒地以外,土壤表层5 cm深处温度可以很好地解释土壤呼吸速率的变化,但在高温高湿季节呼吸速率较为离散。研究表明:在有机质含量较低的土壤中,水-旱轮作可增加土壤有机碳的储量;受人类活动干扰较小的林地土壤,有机碳含量反而有可能低于农田土壤。在中国南方湿润亚热带地区,水旱轮作可较好地协调农业土壤的碳固持和释放过程的矛盾,可能具有相当大的农业减排潜力。     

温度对温带和亚热带森林土壤有机碳矿化速率及酶动力学参数的影响

研究了温度对长白山阔叶红松林、鼎湖山常绿阔叶林2个不同纬度的森林土壤有机碳矿化速率和酶动力学参数的影响.结果表明:土壤有机碳矿化速率(C_min)随着温度的增加而增加,长白山土壤C_min及其温度敏感性(Q_10(Cmin))显著高于鼎湖山土壤.长白山土壤β-1,4-葡萄糖苷酶(βG)和β-1,4-N-乙酰葡糖氨糖苷酶(NAG)的酶动力学参数潜在最大反应速率(V_max)和半饱和常数(K_m)高于鼎湖山土壤,但鼎湖山土壤的催化效率(V_max/K_m)高于长白山土壤,表明随着温度的升高,土壤βG和NAG的V_max和V_max/K_m增加,K_m降低,即酶与底物的结合程度增加.鼎湖山土壤βG的Q_10(Vmax)、Q_10(Km)高于长白山土壤,这与土壤Q_10(Cmin)结果不一致.增温对长白山和鼎湖山森林土壤有机碳矿化及酶动力学参数的影响机制不同,在土壤生物化学过程对增温响应的模型中应区别考虑.     

Carbon losses due to soil warming: Do autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration respond equally?

Global warming has the potential to increase soil respiration (R_S), one of the major fluxes in the global carbon (C) cycle. R_S consists of an autotrophic (R_A) and a heterotrophic (R_H) component. We combined a soil warming experiment with a trenching experiment to assess how R_S, R_A, and R_H are affected. The experiment was conducted in a mature forest dominated by Norway spruce. The site is located in the Austrian Alps on dolomitic bedrock. We warmed the soil of undisturbed and trenched plots by means of heating cables 4 °C above ambient during the snow‐free seasons of 2005 and 2006. Soil warming increased the CO₂ efflux from control plots (R_S) by ∼45% during 2005 and ∼47% during 2006. The CO₂ efflux from trenched plots (R_H) increased by ∼39% during 2005 and ∼45% during 2006. Similar responses of R_S and R_H indicated that the autotrophic and heterotrophic components of R_S responded equally to the temperature increase. Thirty‐five to forty percent or 1 t C ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ of the overall annual increase in R_S (2.8 t C ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹) was autotrophic. The remaining, heterotrophic part of soil respiration (1.8 t C ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹), represented the warming‐induced C loss from the soil. The autotrophic component showed a distinct seasonal pattern. Contribution of R_A to R_S was highest during summer. Seasonally derived Q₁₀ values reflected this pattern and were correspondingly high (5.3–9.3). The autotrophic CO₂ efflux increase due to the 4 °C warming implied a Q₁₀ of 2.9. Hence, seasonally derived Q₁₀ of R_A did not solely reflect the seasonal soil temperature development.     

枫香(Liquidambar formosana)和樟树(Cinnamomum camphora)人工林土壤呼吸及其影响因子的比较

2007年1月至12月,采用LI-COR-6400-09气室连接到LI-COR-6400便携式CO2/H2O分析系统测定枫香(Liquidambar formosana)和樟树(Cinnamomum camphora)人工林的土壤呼吸,并分析了土壤水热因子及其根生物量对土壤呼吸的影响.研究结果表明:枫香和樟树人工林中土壤呼吸的季节动态存在明显的季节性变化,都呈现不规则的曲线格局.全年土壤呼吸速率平均值分别为1.501 ìmol 和2.800 ìmol s-1.枫香和樟树林土壤呼吸的季节变化与土壤温度呈显著的指数相关,土壤温度可以分别解释土壤呼吸变化的92.7%和77.4%,与土壤含水量呈二次方程关系,土壤含水量可以解释土壤呼吸变化的10.6%和18%.在P＝0.05水平上多元回归分析,分别得出枫香和樟树土壤呼吸与土壤温度和含水量方程:y=0.4728e0.122tw0.002;y=0.061e0.235tw0.086,土壤温度和含水量共同可以解释土壤呼吸变化的94.5%和88.5%.枫香和樟树林中全年土壤呼吸的Q10值分别为2.62和3.26,Q10值在随着季节温度升高,而逐渐减小.两种人工林群落土壤呼吸季节变化表现出受非生物因子温度和水分变化的调控,同时也受森林植被的根生物量、凋落物量的影响.     

Effects of experimental drought on soil respiration and radiocarbon efflux from a temperate forest soil

Soil moisture affects microbial decay of SOM and rhizosphere respiration (RR) in temperate forest soils, but isolating the response of soil respiration (SR) to summer drought and subsequent wetting is difficult because moisture changes are often confounded with temperature variation. We distinguished between temperature and moisture effects by simulation of prolonged soil droughts in a mixed deciduous forest at the Harvard Forest, Massachusetts. Roofs constructed over triplicate 5 × 5 m² plots excluded throughfall water during the summers of 2001 (168 mm) and 2002 (344 mm), while adjacent control plots received ambient throughfall and the same natural temperature regime. In 2003, throughfall was not excluded to assess the response of SR under natural weather conditions after two prolonged summer droughts. Throughfall exclusion significantly decreased mean SR rate by 53 mg C m^?2 h^?1 over 84 days in 2001, and by 68 mg C m^?2 h^?1 over 126 days in 2002, representing 10–30% of annual SR in this forest and 35–75% of annual net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of C. The differences in SR were best explained by differences in gravimetric water content in the Oi horizon (r²=0.69) and the Oe/Oa horizon (r²=0.60). Volumetric water content of the A horizon was not significantly affected by throughfall exclusion. The radiocarbon signature of soil CO₂ efflux and of CO₂ respired during incubations of O horizon, A horizon and living roots allowed partitioning of SR into contributions from young C substrate (including RR) and from decomposition of older SOM. RR (root respiration and microbial respiration of young substrates in the rhizosphere) made up 43–71% of the total C respired in the control plots and 41–80% in the exclusion plots, and tended to increase with drought. An exception to this trend was an interesting increase in CO₂ efflux of radiocarbon‐rich substrates during a period of abundant growth of mushrooms. Our results suggest that prolonged summer droughts decrease primarily heterotrophic respiration in the O horizon, which could cause increases in the storage of soil organic carbon in this forest. However, the C stored during two summers of simulated drought was only partly released as increased respiration during the following summer of natural throughfall. We do not know if this soil C sink during drought is transient or long lasting. In any case, differential decomposition of the O horizon caused by interannual variation of precipitation probably contributes significantly to observed interannual variation of NEE in temperate forests.     

改变C源输入对油松人工林土壤呼吸的影响

2010年生长季,采用不同处理（去凋切根、去除凋落物、对照、切除根系、加倍凋落物）研究土壤C源输入方式对油松人工林土壤呼吸速率及5 cm土壤温湿度的影响。结果表明：改变C源输入对土壤温度产生的差异不显著（P>0.05）,而对土壤湿度和土壤呼吸速率产生的差异显著（P<0.05）。整个观测期去凋切根、去凋、对照、切根及加倍凋落物处理的土壤呼吸速率平均值分别为1.54,1.71,2.71,2.47和3.39 ?mol m-2 s-1。相比对照样方土壤呼吸,去凋切根处理使油松人工林整个观测期土壤呼吸速率平均降低（44.27 2.31）%;去除凋落物使土壤呼吸速率平均降低（36.03 2.64）%;切除根系使土壤呼吸速率平均降低（10.76 3.26）%,但试验初期切除根系表现为增加土壤呼吸,6月下旬和7月中旬分别使土壤呼吸增加25.91%和0.29%,此后,切除根系使土壤呼吸速率显著降低。如果排除6月和7月的数据,则切除根系使土壤呼吸速率平均降低21.90%;加倍凋落物使土壤呼吸速率平均增加（21.01 3.21）%。去凋切根、去凋、切根和加倍凋落物处理土壤呼吸的温度敏感系数Q10值分别为1.75,1.65,2.32和3.10,四者之间差异均显著（P<0.05）,对照样方土壤呼吸的Q10值为2.23。不同处理土壤呼吸速率与土壤温度均呈显著指数相关（P<0.001）,而与土壤湿度的相关性并不显著（P>0.05）。土壤温度和水分的双变量模型均可以很好地解释土壤呼吸的季节变化,拟合方程的R2值范围为0.49—0.83。     

滩涂围垦和土地利用对土壤微生物群落的影响

土壤微生物在生态系统营养物质循环过程,特别是碳、氮循环过程中扮演着重要的角色。上海市崇明岛位于长江入海口,因其土壤发育时间较短、土地利用历史背景清晰、土壤本底均一,不同土壤围垦年代的土壤,代表了土壤发育年代的不同时期。以空间变化代替时间变化,对崇明岛稻田和旱地6个不同围垦年代土壤的磷酸脂肪酸(PLFA)指纹图谱研究表明,湿地滩涂围垦16a后土壤微生物总PLFA、细菌PLFA、革兰氏阳性菌(G+)PLFA和革兰氏阴性菌(G-)PLFA含量显著降低。随着围垦时间的逐步增加,PLFA含量逐步上升。经过长时间的农业种植,G+PLFA在围垦120a和300a稻田和旱地土壤中没有显著性差异;而总PLFA、细菌和G-PLFA在围垦75、120a和300a的土壤中含量趋于稳定且没有显著性差异。围垦16a和40a稻田土壤中总PLFA和G+PLFA显著高于旱地土壤;围垦40a稻田土壤中细菌和G-PLFA显著高于旱地土壤。不同围垦年代土壤总PLFA、细菌PLFA与土壤总氮、粘土含量成显著的正相关关系。河口湿地围垦后微生物数量的变化与土壤营养含量存在强烈相关关系,提示土壤围垦及演替过程中微生物与土壤肥力之间的紧密关系,对探讨土壤演替过程中微生物群落的变化具有重要意义。     

中国北亚热带天然次生林与杉木人工林土壤活性有机碳库的比较

为了了解北亚热带东部地区天然次生林转变成杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)人工林对土壤活性有机碳库的影响, 以浙江省富阳市庙山坞森林生态系统定位研究站杉木人工林和天然次生林为研究对象, 对达到成熟林状态的两种林分类型0-60 cm内各土层土壤活性有机碳含量进行了比较研究。结果表明: 1)天然次生林土壤总有机碳、易氧化有机碳、水溶性有机碳和轻组有机质含量均高于杉木人工林, 与人工杉木林相比, 增幅分别为19.0%-32.6%、0.8%-30.3%、3.8%-54.1%和6.3%-38.6%, 且在0-10和10-20 cm土层差异显著(p < 0.05) (水溶性有机碳仅在0-10 cm土层差异显著); 2)杉木人工林土壤水溶性有机碳与易氧化碳占总有机碳的比率均高于天然次生林; 3)两个林分土壤水溶性有机碳、易氧化碳和轻组有机质与总有机碳含量均呈现极显著相关, 且天然次生林土壤易氧化碳、轻组有机质与总有机碳的相关系数均大于杉木人工林; 4)土壤有机碳、水溶性有机碳、易氧化碳和轻组有机质与土壤养分(全氮、水解氮、速效磷、速效钾、速效钙和速效镁)的相关性均达到显著(p < 0.05)或极显著(p < 0.01)水平。     

Effect of different fertilization modes on soil organic carbon sequestration in paddy fields in South China: A meta-analysis

Evidences have shown that fertilizer application could affect soil organic carbon (SOC) content in cropland. South China is the main production region of rice, in which many different fertilization practices have been widely used during the last several decades, but the effect of different fertilization modes on SOC sequestration in paddy fields in this region was scarcely studied. Based on 274 samples taken from 44 paddy field experimental sites in South China, a meta-analysis was performed to quantify the relative annual change of SOC content (RAC) and SOC sequestration duration in paddy fields under five fertilization modes (inorganic nitrogen fertilization, N; inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization, NP; inorganic nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilization, NPK; organic fertilization, O; and inorganic combined with organic fertilization, OF). The results showed that the RAC under the five fertilization modes was 0–0.4 g kg⁻¹ yr⁻¹, with increments of 0.19 and 0.23 g kg⁻¹ yr⁻¹ in double cropping systems and triple cropping systems, respectively. The RAC under the O and OF treatments was higher than that under the N, NP and NPK treatments and was the highest (0.32 g kg⁻¹ yr⁻¹) under OF among the five treatments. The SOC accumulation rate decreased with time, and the SOC sequestration duration under N, NP, NPK, O and OF was approximately 23, 28, 46, 64 and 55 years, respectively. The accumulation enhancement rate of SOC over the whole SOC sequestration period under the N, NP, NPK, O and OF treatments was approximately 12.9%, 23.4%, 29.3%, 47.2% and 55.1%, respectively. The OF treatment performed the largest potential for SOC sequestration in paddy fields in South China under long-term conditions.