Dependence of Soil Respiration on Soil Temperature and Soil Moisture in Successional Forests in Southern China

The spatial and temporal variations in soil respiration and its relationship with biophysical factors In forests near the Tropic of Cancer remain highly uncertain. To contribute towards an Improvement of actual estimates, soil respiration rates, soil temperature, and soil moisture were measured In three successional subtropical forests at the Dlnghuahan Nature Reserve （DNR） In southern China from March 2003 to February 2005. The overall objective of the present study was to analyze the temporal variations of soil respiration and Its biophysical dependence in these forests. The relationships between biophysical factors and soil respiration rates were compared In successional forests to test the hypothesis that these forests responded similarly to biophysical factors. The seasonality of soil respiration coincided with the seasonal climate pattern, with high respiration rates in the hot humid season （April-September） and with low rates In the cool dry season （October-March）. Soil respiration measured at these forests showed a clear Increasing trend with the progressive succession. Annual mean （± SD） soil respiration rate In the DNR forests was （9.0 ± 4.6） Mg CO2-C/hm^2 per year, ranging from （6.1 ± 3.2） Mg CO2-C/hm^2 per year in early successional forests to （10.7 ± 4.9） Mg CO2-C/hm^2 per year in advanced successional forests. Soil respiration was correlated with both soil temperature and moisture. The T/M model, where the two biophysical variables are driving factors, accounted for 74%-82% of soil respiration variation In DNR forests. Temperature sensitivity decreased along progressive succession stages, suggesting that advanced-successional forests have a good ability to adjust to temperature. In contrast, moisture Increased with progressive succession processes. This increase is caused, in part, by abundant respirators In advanced-successional forest, where more soil moisture is needed to maintain their activities.     

Long-Term Explosive Contamination in Soil: Effects on Soil Microbial Community and Bioremediation

Explosive contamination in soil is a great concern for environmental health. Following 50 years of munitions manufacturing and loading, soils from two different sites contained ≥ 6,435 mg 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), 2,933 mg hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) and 2,135 mg octahydrol-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX) kg^{? 1} soil. Extractable nitrate-N was as high as 315 and ammonium-N reached 150 mg N kg^{? 1} soil. Water leachates in the highly contaminated soils showed near saturation levels of TNT and RDX, suggesting great risk to water quality. The long-term contamination resulted in undetectable fungal populations and as low as 180 bacterial colony forming units (CFU) g^–1 soil. In the most severely contaminated soil, dehydrogenase activity was undetectable and microbial biomass carbon was very low (< 3.4 mg C _mic kg^–1 soil). The diminished biological activity was a consequence of long-term contamination because short-term (14 d) contamination of TNT at up to 5000 mg TNT kg^–1 soil did not cause a decline in the culturable bacterial population. Natural attenuation may not be a feasible remediation strategy in soils with long-term contamination by high concentrations of explosives.     

Soil controls on carboxylate-driven processes and opportunities

Plant and Soil - Through their influence on microbial processes, carboxylates exuded by roots are key drivers of nutrient acquisition and organic carbon (C) storage in terrestrial ecosystems....     

Influence of Soil Moisture on Soil Solution Chemistry and Concentrations of Minerals in the Calcicoles Phleum phleoides and Veronica spicata Grown on a Limestone Soil

Veronica spicata and Phleum phleoides are calcicole plants,mainly occurring on neutral or alkaline soil. An experimentof 16 weeks duration was performed in a glasshouse with theobjective of elucidating the influence of soil moisture levelon soil solution chemistry, and biomass concentrations and uptakeof mineral nutrients by the plants. Seven levels of moisture,corresponding to 35–85% of the water holding capacity(WHC) of the soil, were tested. Soil solution HCO₃, P and Mnconcentrations, and pH, increased, whereas Ca, Mg and Zn concentrationsdecreased, with increasing soil moisture. Concentrations ofK were highest at 50–70% WHC. Concentrations and amountsof P, Zn and Mn in the two species were usually related to soilsolution concentrations; these are elements with low solubilityand availability in calcareous soils. Concentrations of nutrientsin biomass were more influenced by soil moisture in V. spicatathan inP. phleoides . This indicates that P. phleoides is morecapable of controlling its uptake of mineral nutrients, whereasV. spicata is sensitive to variations in soil moisture. It isconcluded that variation in soil moisture regime may greatlyinfluence concentrations of mineral nutrients in calcareoussoil solutions and their uptake by plants. Species able to utilizethese solubility fluctuations may have an advantage in competitionfor nutrients. Variation in soil moisture content might evenbe a prerequisite for adequate acquisition of mineral nutrientsand growth of plants on limestone soils, thereby influencingthe field distribution of native plants among habitats. Copyright1999 Annals of Botany Company Calcareous, calcicole, concentration, mineral, moisture, nutrient, Phleum phleoides, soil, soil solution, uptake, Veronica spicata, water.     

重茬种植西洋参对其根区土壤微生物与土壤理化性质影响

以北京产区西洋参根际土为研究对象,通过对不同重萑年限西洋参根际土与对照新土进行比较,研究重茬对西洋参根际土壤微生物及其土壤理化特性的影响。结果显示：西洋参种植第1a微生物及土壤各项理化性质指标与对照相比都戍较低水平,随着重茬年限的增加土壤理化性质与微生物都变化较大,其中重萑2a土的全钾含量较高,为对照新土的1．38倍。重茬3a土的细菌、真菌均达到高峰,分别为对照的11．26、5．94倍。放线菌含量在重茬4a土中达到高峰为对照的8．41倍。     

土壤酸化过程的土壤化学分析

要了解自然的抑或农业的土壤生态系统,认识和研究土壤酸化过程是必要的。土壤酸化过程在自然界是固然存在的,它们是地壳表面     

Negative Effects of Chelants on Soil Qualities of Five Soil Series

Due to the low phytoavailability of some heavy metals (HMs), a prolonged period is required when phytoextraction is used to remove these HMs from contaminated soils. The use of chelants and other chemical compounds are often used to increase the phytoavailability of the HMs for plant uptake. Negative effects of chemical agents on the soil and groundwater have rarely been reported during chemical-enhanced phytoextraction. This research applied chelants to various soil series with different characteristics to assess their impacts on soil quality. The experimental results showed that the application of 5 mmol kg^?1 of all chelants had a negative effect on the soil quality. This was especially true for electrical conductivity (EC) when diethylene trinitrilo pentaacetic acid (DTPA) was used as the chemical extracting agent.     

Influence of Soil Organic Matter on Copper Extraction from Contaminated Soil

Column experiments of copper extraction from four contaminated soils characterized by a content of Soil Organic Matter (SOM) ranging from 1% to 25% are presented and discussed. The extraction was performed by flushing the soil with an aqueous solution of a sodium salt of ethylene diamminotetraacetic acid (EDTA). Preliminary tests were performed on a soil containing 25% of organic matter, to investigate the influence of pH, concentration and volumes of EDTA on its chelant action and on the dissolution of SOM. Having selected the optimal conditions for the extraction process, a further series of tests was conducted on the four soils to evaluate the influence of organic content on copper extraction yields. EDTA solutions at 0.01 M, 0.05 M, 0.1 and 0.2 M were injected at 0.33 ml/s; copper and organic matter extraction yield were determined. At a pH of 5, 15 pore volume (PV) of a solution containing 0.05M EDTA, extracted about 99% of copper contained by the soil with the higher organic matter content. Under the same conditions, and for soil with > 6% SOM, extraction yields over 80% were achieved, while at lower organic content, copper extraction was dramatically reduced. This was attributed to the formation of highly stable copper-humate complexes and to their increasingly dissolution that occurred in the soils with higher organic matter level.

Experimental tests performed at different contamination levels (1200 mg/kg, 2400 mg/kg) showed that EDTA extraction effectiveness also depended upon initial soil Cu concentration.     

重度盐碱地营造杨树人工林土壤改良效果

为探讨重度盐碱地营造杨树人工林对土壤的改良效果,本实验以黑龙江省肇东市重度盐碱地作为研究对象,采用小穴改良"一字沟"觅食丘式原位修复、小穴改良"十字沟"觅食台式原位修复和小穴改良"井字沟"觅食坛式原位修复的方法对重度盐碱地进行改良。研究结果表明:实施不同改良措施后土壤特性发生了显著变化,土壤pH值、电导率含量显著下降;土壤碳酸根含量显著下降,交换性钙、镁含量显著提高;土壤胡敏酸和壳聚糖含量明显提高,土壤肥力增加。因此,本研究所采用的三种不同的改良措施具有良好的改良效果。     

The Impact of Invasive Earthworms on Soil Respiration and Soil Carbon Within Temperate Hardwood Forests

Improving current understanding of the factors that control soil carbon (C) dynamics in forest ecosystems remains an important topic of research as it plays an integral role in the fertility of forest soils and the global C cycle. Invasive earthworms have the potential to alter soil C dynamics, though mechanisms and effects remain poorly understood. To investigate potential effects of invasive earthworms on forest C, the forest floor, mineral soil, fine root biomass, litterfall and microbial litter decay rates, and total soil respiration (TSR) over a full year were measured at an invaded and uninvaded deciduous forest site in southern Ontario. The uninvaded site was approximately 300 m from the invaded site and a distinct invasion front between sites was present. Along the invasion front, the biomass of the forest floor was negatively correlated with earthworm abundance and biomass. There was no significant difference between litterfall, microbial litter decay, and TSR between the invaded and uninvaded sites, but fine root biomass was approximately 30% lower at the invaded site. There was no significant difference in total soil C pools (0–30 cm) between the invaded and uninvaded sites. Despite profound impacts on forest floor soil C pools, earthworm invasion does not significantly increase TSR, most likely because increased heterotrophic respiration associated with earthworms is largely offset by a decrease in autotrophic respiration caused by lower fine root biomass.     

The Influence of Liquid to Soil Ratios on Arsenic and Lead Bioaccessibility in Reference and Field Soil

In vitro bioaccessibility testing is gaining popularity as a tool to estimate the oral bioavailability of contaminants in soil for human health risk assessment (HHRA). Bioaccessibility tests are used to measure the bioaccessible fraction of a contaminant in soil, which can then be used to estimate the bioavailable fraction. Inherent uncertainties are associated with bioaccessibility tests. Various test parameters need to be carefully considered in their development, including the liquid to soil (L/S) ratio employed. We used L/S ratios (v:wt) ranging from 25 ml:1 g to 1,000 ml:1 g in a modified relative bioaccessibility extraction procedure to investigate the effects on bioaccessibility of lead and arsenic in field and reference soils. General trends of increased percent bioaccessibility of lead and arsenic with increasing L/S ratio were observed in the reference soil. A similar positive relationship was observed for lead in the field soil; soluble arsenic concentrations were below the detection limit and data were insufficient to observe a trend. Percent bioaccessibility was significantly affected at each extreme of the L/S ratios tested (p < .05). Biological relevance, technical feasibility, and mathematical relationships with in vivo results should be considered when selecting an appropriate L/S ratio for bioaccessibility testing.     

不同pH 值土壤及其浸提液对羊草种子萌发和幼苗生长的影响

研究了不同pH值土壤以及重度盐碱土和非盐碱土浸提液对羊草(Leymus chinensis)种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响。不同pH值土壤由配土和调酸两种方式取得, 前者由重度盐碱土(pH = 10.24)与非盐碱土(pH = 7.49)按不同比例配制, 后者是由重度苏打盐碱土经硫酸调酸处理得到。配土发芽的实验结果表明, 当pH值在7.49-9.14时, 种子的发芽率均在50%以上, 且幼苗能够正常生长; pH = 9.53时, 羊草种子的发芽率低于50%, 仅部分幼苗个体能够成活; 当pH > 9.86时, 幼苗在萌发后50天左右全部枯死。说明羊草种子个体萌发期最大耐受pH值在9.14-9.53之间。重度苏打盐碱土调酸发芽实验结果表明, 当调酸后 的土壤pH值降至7.0-10.0时, 均能显著促进羊草种子的萌发, 且幼苗生长正常。确定了羊草种子萌发的最适pH值为8.0-8.5。土/水比为1: 1的非盐碱土浸提液能够显著提高羊草种子发芽率, 而重度苏打盐碱土浸提液对羊草种子萌发没有产生显著抑制。     

Pyrene and Phenanthrene Influence on Soil Microbial Populations

Two studies were conducted to evaluate microbial populations in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Captina silt loam was freshly exposed to (1) 0 or 2000 mg pyrene/kg and sampled after 10- and 61-wk incubation and (2) 0 or 505 mg pyrene + 445 mg phenanthrene/kg and sampled after a 21-wk incubation. Microbial numbers were determined by plate-count techniques. Isolated bacteria, selected degraders, and wholesoil extracts were analyzed by fatty acid methyl ester analysis (FAME). In the pyrene experiment, pyrene did not affect total bacterial or fungal numbers, but pyrene degraders increased from undetectable levels to 7.09 log₁₀ degraders/g in the contaminated soil. The FAME analysis of bacterial isolates detected no pyrene effect, but wholesoil FAME indicated an increase in the contaminated soil of a fatty acid characteristic of protozoa and a major fatty acid detected in isolated degraders. In the pyrene + phenanthrene experiment, the contaminants had no impact on bacterial, fungal, or actinomycete numbers but increased degrader numbers. No effect of pyrene + phenanthrene was detected by isolate FAME, but whole-soil FAME indicated an effect similar to that in the pyrene experiment. The results indicate that pyrene, although not impacting microbial numbers, may have altered the soil microbial composition and that Captina silt loam can develop an effective degrader population under tested conditions.     

不同pH值土壤及其浸提液对羊草种子萌发和幼苗生长的影响

研究了不同pH值土壤以及重度盐碱土和非盐碱土浸提液对羊草(Leymus chinensis)种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响。不同pH值土壤由配土和调酸两种方式取得,前者由重度盐碱土(pH=10．24)与非盐碱土(pH=7．49)按不同比例配制,后者是由重度苏打盐碱土经硫酸调酸处理得到。配土发芽的实验结果表明,当pH值在7．49-9．14时,种子的发芽率均在50％以上,且幼苗能够正常生长;pH=9．53时,羊草种子的发芽率低于50％,仅部分幼苗个体能够成活;当pH>9．86时,幼苗在萌发后50天左右全部枯死。说明羊草种子个体萌发期最大耐受pH值在9．14-9．53之间。重度苏打盐碱土调酸发芽实验结果表明,当调酸后的土壤pH值降至7．0-10．0时,均能显著促进羊草种子的萌发,且幼苗生长正常。确定了羊草种子萌发的最适pH值为8．0-8．5。土／水比为1:1的非盐碱土浸提液能够显著提高羊草种子发芽率,而重度苏打盐碱土浸提液对羊草种子萌发没有产生显著抑制。     

Soil macrofauna and nitrogen on a sub-Antarctic island

Summary The densities, diets and habitat preferences of the soil macrofaunal species on sub-Antarctic Marion Island (47°S, 38°E) are described. Their role in N cycling on the island is assessed, using a mire-grassland community as an example. Primary production on the island is high and this leads to a substantial annual requirement of nutrients by the vegetation. This requirement must almost wholly be met by mineralization of nutrient reserves in the organic matter. Rates of peat nitrogen mineralization mediated by microorganisms alone are much too low to account for rates of N uptake by the vegetation. Although soil macroinvertebrates, and bacteria represent a very small fraction of the total N pool, their interaction accounts for most of the peat N mineralization, as indicated by the amounts of inorganic N released into solution in microcosms. Extrapolation of the microcosm results shows that the soil macrofauna (mainly earthworms) stimulate the release of enough N from the mire-grassland peat to account for maximum N mineralization rates calculated from temporal changes in peat inorganic N levels and plant uptake during the most active part of the growing season. Considering that large numbers of mesoand microinvertebrates occur and must also contribute to nutrient mineralization, the soil faunal component is clearly of crucial importance to nutrient cycling on Marion Island. This is probably true of all sub-Antarctic islands.     

土壤真菌研究进展

综述了土壤真菌的研究简史、研究方法的发展、多样性和现代真菌分类技术在土壤真菌研究中的应用和发展等。     

垄作稻田和垄作养鱼稻田土壤结构与肥力特征研究

水稻半旱式垄作栽培技术(又称水田自然免耕技术)的推广运用为稻田资源的综合开发利用,尤其是稻田高产养鱼奠定了物质和技术基础。它比较合理地解决了传统淹水平作水稻和传统稻田养鱼中存在的种稻与蓄水,种稻与养鱼,养鱼与晒田,养鱼与化肥、农药施用,水稻与杂草,水稻与病虫等方面的问题,水稻增产显著,成鱼产量大幅度提高,一般可达750—2250kg·ha~(-1),高者3750kg·ha~(-1)以上。物质循环和能量转化的成倍增加,势必对稻田生境和土壤肥力产生影响。因此,搞清楚传统淹水平作稻田起垄后的垄作稻田和垄作养鱼稻田的土壤结构和土壤肥力的变化规律,对指导开发稻田资源,实现稻鱼双丰收具有重要的意义。     

Soil and plant effects on microbial community structure

We investigated the effects of two different plant species (corn and soybean) and three different soil types on microbial community structure in the rhizosphere. Our working hypothesis was that the rhizosphere effect would be strongest on fast-growing aerobic heterotrophs, while there would be little or no rhizosphere effect on oligotrophic and other slow-growing microorganisms. Culturable bacteria and fungi had larger population densities in the rhizosphere than in bulk soil. Communities were characterized by soil fatty acid analysis and by substrate utilization assays for bacteria and fungi. Fatty acid analysis revealed a very strong soil effect but little plant effect on the microbial community, indicating that the overall microbial community structure was not affected by the rhizosphere. There was a strong rhizosphere effect detected by the substrate utilization assay for fast-growing aerobic heterotrophic bacterial community structure, with soil controls and rhizosphere samples clearly distinguished from each other. There was a much weaker rhizosphere effect on fungal communities than on bacterial communities as measured by the substrate utilization assays. At this coarse level of community analysis, the rhizosphere microbial community was impacted most by soil effects, and the rhizosphere only affected a small portion of the total bacteria.