杉木与阔叶树叶凋落物混合分解对土壤活性有机质的影响

通过室内培养,研究了杉木叶凋落物及与桤木、刺楸和火力楠混合叶凋落物对土壤活性有机质的影响．结果表明：添加叶凋落物显著地增加了土壤微生物碳、氮及土壤呼吸强度和可溶性有机碳含量．其中,添加杉-阔混合叶凋落物对土壤活性有机质的增加效应大于纯杉木叶凋落物．在培养后期（第135天）,添加纯杉木叶凋落物和杉-阔混合叶凋落物处理土壤微生物碳含量分别比对照土壤高49％和63％,微生物氮高35％和75％,土壤呼吸强度高65％和100％,可溶性有机碳含量高66％和108％．添加叶凋落物对土壤微生物熵和微生物C／N的影响不显著（P〉0．05）．     

氮添加和升温对杉木林凋落物分解及碳氮磷化学计量特征的影响

通过研究氮(N)添加和升温对杉木林凋落物分解过程中碳(C)、N、磷(P)化学计量特征的影响,探索杉木林养分周转规律。利用江西千烟洲亚热带杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)人工林长期野外N添加(CK (0)、N1 (50 kg N·hm~(-2)·a~(-1))、N_2(100 kg N·hm~(-2)·a~(-1)))控制试验平台,采集不同年龄杉木凋落物(一年生叶和二年生叶),在不同温度(20、30℃)条件下进行凋落物分解培养试验。结果表明:凋落物分解过程中,N添加对杉木凋落物C含量没有影响; N添加显著提高了分解过程中不同年龄凋落物的N含量,降低了凋落物P含量。相同N添加水平下,凋落物N、P含量表现为一年生叶二年生叶。N添加对分解前期不同年龄凋落物的P含量表现为N2N1CK,分解后期凋落物P含量则与分解前期相反。N添加显著降低了凋落物C∶N,提高了凋落物C∶P、N∶P。在分解过程中,相同N水平下杉木凋落物C∶N、C∶P表现为二年生叶一年生叶,N∶P趋势相反。分解过程中,温度升高显著提高C∶N、C∶P。相同温度下,不同年龄凋落物的C∶N表现为一年生叶二年生叶。N∶P随温度升高而增大,不同年龄叶片的N∶P表现为一年生叶二年生叶。在杉木林经营管理中,应考虑不同年龄凋落物分解、N添加和温度作用对土壤碳氮循环的影响。     

鼎湖山亚热带常绿针阔叶混交林凋落物及矿质氮输入对土壤有机碳分解的影响

2010年7-12月,选取鼎湖山国家级自然保护区亚热带针阔叶混交林,采用全因子控制试验,研究不同类型的凋落物(针叶和阔叶凋落物)添加及氮处理(加氮模拟氮饱和、减氮模拟根吸收)对表层(0～10 cm)和下层(20～30 cm)土壤有机质分解(呼吸)的影响.结果表明： 2010年7-11月间,两种凋落物的添加使土壤-凋落物系统的呼吸速率显著增加,但这种影响在12月消失.减氮和加氮处理均显著增加了土壤-凋落物系统的呼吸.叶凋落物短期内完全分解,对土壤碳分解和积累的影响十分有限,可能不是该系统中土壤有机质的主要来源.通过减少土壤可利用氮模拟根系对氮的吸收能够明显促进土壤有机质的分解.     

森林土壤动物对凋落物早期分解及养分释放的影响

采用野外缩微实验方法,研究了会同林区常绿阔叶林和杉木人工林土壤动物对凋落物早期分解的影响。结果表明:孔径为2mm的网筒内试验土壤和凋落物中大型土壤动物的类群数和多度均明显少于孔径为4mm的网筒;排除大型土壤动物后,常绿阔叶林中凋落物C、K、Ca、Mg养分浓度显著增加,杉木林中凋落物Mg浓度显著增加,2个样地中的凋落物失重率以及凋落物C、P、Ca、Mg等养分元素的释放率均极显著降低(P0.01);大型土壤动物对不同元素释放率的影响不同,2个样地中对凋落物Ca、Mg元素释放率的影响均较大,杉木人工林中对N和K释放率的影响较小,常绿阔叶林中对P释放率的影响最小。     

增温对亚热带杉木枝和叶凋落物理化性质的影响

在区域尺度上,凋落物的底物性质是决定其分解速率的关键因素。本研究以亚热带杉木人工林为对象,通过埋设电缆进行土壤增温,分析气候变暖对杉木枝、叶凋落物理化性质的影响。结果表明: 经过5年的土壤增温试验(4 ℃),杉木枝凋落物的氮(N)、磷(P)含量和可萃取物含量分别增加35.2%、40.8%、7.6%,叶凋落物分别增加41.2%、45.9%、5.9%;枝凋落物的碳(C)含量、纤维素含量和C/N分别降低5.1%、11.6%、28.8%,叶凋落物分别降低5.3%、11.3%、33.3%。土壤增温导致杉木叶凋落物的比叶面积提高29.8%,抗拉强度减小40.7%,但增温对杉木枝和叶凋落物木质素含量和pH值无显著影响。¹³C NMR和红外光谱分析显示,增温后杉木凋落物中氨基酸、多糖、多酚和脂肪族化合物含量变化显著,而且在不同器官凋落物之间有所差别,表现为多糖类物质只在叶凋落物中显著增加,枝凋落物中氨基酸的增加量大于叶凋落物。土壤增温显著改变了杉木枝、叶凋落物的理化性质, N、P养分含量的提高以及抗拉强度减小等特征可能加速初期凋落物的分解速率,而由于复杂大分子化合物的增多,后期凋落物的分解速率可能较慢。     

水分状况与不同形态氮添加对亚热带森林土壤氮素净转化速率及N2O排放的影响

通过室内模拟试验,研究40%、70%和110%土壤饱和持水量(WHC)下,不同形态氮(硝态氮和铵态氮)添加对亚热带森林红壤氮素转化的影响.结果表明:70%WHC下土壤净矿化和氨化速率最高,40%WHC下最低;与对照相比,70%WHC下添加硝态氮使土壤净矿化和氨化速率分别降低56.1%和43.0%,110%WHC下分别降低68.2%和19.0%,但提高了氨化速率占矿化速率的比例,表明添加硝态氮抑制了硝化.110%WHC下,添加硝态氮后,土壤净硝化速率最低,但氧化亚氮(N2O)浓度最高,最大值出现在第3~7天,表明N2O产生自反硝化途径,硝态氮也在同时段降低;而40%WHC和70%WHC下,N2O浓度在培养初期最大,即使在铵态氮和硝态氮添加处理下,试验后期N2O浓度也没有显著变化,表明自氧硝化是试验前期N2O产生的主要途径.40%WHC下,土壤可溶性有机碳含量增加最多,且在铵态氮添加处理下增加最多,可见添加铵态氮促进土壤有机质矿化,增加可溶性有机碳,但是土壤水分含量增多不利于有机质矿化.在40%WHC和110%WHC下,铵态氮添加处理土壤可溶性有机氮(SON)变化速率分别显著高于对照73.6%和176.6%,而在硝态氮添加处理下,只有40%WHC下显著高于对照78.7%,表明高水分条件和添加铵态氮有利于SON的形成.     

氮添加和凋落物处理对油松-辽东栎混交林土壤氮的影响

本研究采用随机区组设计,通过改变森林地表凋落物及添加不同水平的外源氮,探讨凋落物与氮添加及其交互作用对油松-辽东栎(Pinus tabuliformis-Quercus wutaishanica)混交林土壤氮的影响。凋落物处理包括:剔除凋落物(Littnil)、枝果凋落物加倍(Littwoody)、叶凋落物加倍(Littleaf)和混合凋落物加倍(Littmix);氮添加量分别为0(N_0)、5(N_5)和10g N·m~(-2)·a~(-1)(N_(10))。在处理5年后的生长季8月,采集地表0~5 cm土壤样品,测定与氮循环相关的土壤性状和微生物性状指标,包括土壤含水量、土壤p H、土壤有机碳、土壤全氮、铵态氮、硝态氮、微生物生物量氮、N-乙酰-β葡萄糖苷酶、蛋白酶和脲酶。结果表明:土壤铵态氮是土壤氮素的主要存在形式,占土壤无机氮的64.53%~87.02%;氮添加和凋落物处理对土壤pH无影响,而土壤含水量、土壤全氮、土壤有机碳、土壤铵态氮、土壤无机氮、微生物生物量氮、N-乙酰-β葡萄糖苷酶均表现为在叶凋落物加倍和混合凋落物加倍处理中高于枝果凋落物加倍和剔除凋落物处理;蛋白酶和脲酶不受凋落物处理的影响;另一方面,土壤碳氮比、土壤硝态氮和脲酶受氮添加的影响显著,土壤碳氮比随着施氮水平的增加而降低,硝态氮在剔除凋落物和枝果凋落物加倍的处理中随着施氮水平的增加先增加后降低,而在叶凋落物加倍和混合凋落物加倍处理中则随着施氮水平的增加而增加;脲酶活性随施氮水平的增加先上升后下降;氮添加和凋落物处理对所测定的指标未表现出交互作用。本研究也表明,有叶凋落物输入的处理显著改善了土壤质量。     

氮添加和凋落物处理对华西雨屏区常绿阔叶林凋落叶分解的影响

为探究氮(N)沉降和凋落物输入量改变对凋落叶分解的影响,该研究于2014年6月至2019年6月,以华西雨屏区处于N饱和状态的常绿阔叶林为研究对象,设置N添加和凋落物处理双因素实验,其中N添加处理分别为对照(CK, 0 kg·hm^–2·a^–1)、低N(LN,50kg·hm^–2·a^–1)和高N(HN,150kg·hm^–2·a^–1),凋落物处理分别为凋落物输入量不变(L0,不改变凋落物输入),减少(L-,减少50%)以及增加(L+,增加50%)。结果表明:6年N添加处理对该森林生态系统地上凋落物产量影响不显著; N添加处理显著抑制凋落叶分解,且N添加量越高,凋落叶分解抑制作用越强;N添加显著降低分解后期凋落叶中锰(Mn)的残留率,促进Mn的释放;凋落物输入量的增减处理未显著改变凋落叶分解速率,而凋落物增减处理升高了凋落叶中Mn的残留率,减缓Mn的释放; N添加和凋落物处理交互作用不显著。该研究表明亚热带N饱和常绿阔叶林凋落叶分解受N沉降的直接影响显著,凋落物处理...     

凋落物与单宁酸对森林土壤无机氮的影响

采用室内培养试验,研究了不同凋落物和单宁酸对森林土壤硝态氮和铵态氮的影响.结果表明：凋落物和单宁酸加入均降低了土壤硝态氮和铵态氮含量.杉木凋落物使红壤硝态氮和铵态氮含量分别降低6.1%～25.9%和19.7%～68.6%.杉木凋落物中黄红壤无机氮含量的降幅大于毛竹,对铵态氮的影响极显著.与对照相比,单宁酸处理能显著降低黄红壤中铵态氮含量,单宁酸浓度越高,其降幅越大,至高浓度(HG)时,其降幅达31.9%～57.8%.随着培养时间的延长,低浓度单宁酸处理(HL)中硝态氮含量降幅逐渐增大,第84天达到4.5%;在HG处理下,第7～28天的硝态氮含量增加了10.3%～18.5%,而第56和85天分别降低 23.9%和42.3%.     

Litter age interacted with N and P addition to impact soil N2O emissions in Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations

凋落物年龄和氮、磷添加交互作用对杉木林土壤N₂O排放的影响 氧化亚氮(N₂O)是一种重要的温室气体，增温潜势较大，其浓度增加影响全球气候变化。由于凋落物分解影响碳和养分循环，土壤N₂O排放受凋落物分解作用，而凋落物年龄和氮、磷添加影响凋落物分解，潜在影响土壤N₂O的排放。然而，凋落物年龄和养分添加对土壤N₂O排放的交互作用及其机制目前还没有报道，这限制了凋落物分解对N₂O排放的影响评价。本研究以杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)不同年龄凋落物为研究对象，通过氮、磷添加处理，研究了养分和凋落物年龄对N₂O排放的影响及其机制。研究结果显示，幼龄凋落物主要通过调节碳氮比来影响N₂O排放。氮添加主要通过调节凋落物碳氮比、土壤pH以及与N₂O产生相关的微生物功能基因所编码的土壤酶活性来影响N₂O排放，整体上促进N₂O排放。磷添加显著降低凋落物碳氮比，进而作用于N₂O排放，该途径促进N₂O排放。同时，磷添加提高土壤有效磷水平，潜在降低N₂O排放，整体上降低土壤N₂O排放。凋落物年龄和养分添加交互作用于土壤N₂O排放。因此，在森林经营管理中，评价不同管理措施，尤其是间伐和选择性砍伐等导致不同凋落物输入的管理活动对土壤N₂O排放的影响时，应同时考虑养分输入和凋落物年龄的潜在影响。     

植物、土壤及土壤管理对土壤微生物群落结构的影响

土壤微生物是土壤生态系统的重要组成部分,对土壤微生物群落结构多样性的研究是近年来土壤生态学研究的热点。本文综述了有关植物、土壤类型以及土壤管理措施对土壤微生物群落结构影响的最新研究结果,指出植物的作用因植物群落结构多样性、植物种类、同种植物不同的基因型,甚至同一植物不同根的区域而异;而土壤的作用与土壤质地和有机质含量等因素有关;植物和土壤类型在对土壤微生物群落结构影响上的作用存在互作关系。不同的土壤管理措施对土壤微生物群落结构影响较大,长期连作、大量的外援化学物质的应用降低了土壤微生物的多样性;而施用有机肥、免耕可以增加土壤微生物群落结构多样性,有利于维持土壤生态系统的功能。     

Estimating respiration of roots in soil: Interactions with soil CO2, soil temperature and soil water content

Little information is available on the variability of the dynamics of the actual and observed root respiration rate in relation to abiotic factors. In this study, we describe I) interactions between soil CO₂ concentration, temperature, soil water content and root respiration, and II) the effect of short-term fluctuations of these three environmental factors on the relation between actual and observed root respiration rates. We designed an automated, open, gas-exchange system that allows continuous measurements on 12 chambers with intact roots in soil. By using three distinct chamber designs with each a different path for the air flow, we were able to measure root respiration over a 50-fold range of soil CO₂ concentrations (400 to 25000 ppm) and to separate the effect of irrigation on observed vs. actual root respiration rate. All respiration measurements were made on one-year-old citrus seedlings in sterilized sandy soil with minimal organic material.Root respiration was strongly affected by diurnal fluctuations in temperature (Q₁₀ = 2), which agrees well with the literature. In contrast to earlier findings for Douglas-fir (Qi et al., 1994), root respiration rates of citrus were not affected by soil CO₂ concentrations (400 to 25000 ppm CO₂; pH around 6). Soil CO₂ was strongly affected by soil water content but not by respiration measurements, unless the air flow for root respiration measurements was directed through the soil. The latter method of measuring root respiration reduced soil CO₂ concentration to that of incoming air. Irrigation caused a temporary reduction in CO₂ diffusion, decreasing the observed respiration rates obtained by techniques that depended on diffusion. This apparent drop in respiration rate did not occur if the air flow was directed through the soil. Our dynamic data are used to indicate the optimal method of measuring root respiration in soil, in relation to the objectives and limitations of the experimental conditions.     

The porosity of soil aggregates from bulk soil and from soil adhering to roots

Summary Total porosity and pore-size distribution (p.s.d.) were determined in soil aggregates taken in plots planted with maize and treated with farmyard manure and three rates of compost. Soil aggregates were collected from the soil adherent to the maize roots (root soil aggregates) and from bulk soil (bulk soil aggregates). Mercury intrusion porosimetry was used to evaluate the total porosity and the p.s.d. Treatments did not affect the total porosity of the bulk soil aggregates. The same was observed for the root soil aggregates. However the total porosity of the root soil aggregates was always lower than that of the bulk soil aggregates. The loss of total porosity was found to be due to a decrease in the percentage of larger pores with respect to the total.     

生物质炭对水稻土团聚体微生物多样性的影响

生物质炭施用对土壤微生物群落结构的影响已有报道,但土壤团聚体粒组中微生物群落对生物质炭施用的响应的研究还相对不足。以施用玉米秸秆生物质炭两年后的水稻土为对象,采用团聚体湿筛法,通过高通量测序对土壤团聚体的微生物群落结构与多样性进行分析,结果表明:(1)与对照相比,生物质炭施用显著促进了大团聚体(2000—250μm)的形成,并提高了团聚体的稳定性。(2)不同粒径团聚体间微生物相对丰度存在显著差异。在未施生物质炭的处理(C0)中,随着团聚体粒径增大,变形菌门、子囊菌门、β-变形杆菌目、格孢腔菌目的相对丰度逐渐降低,而酸杆菌门、担子菌门、粘球菌目、类球囊霉目的相对丰度逐渐升高。(3)生物质炭施用显著改变了团聚体间的微生物群落结构。与C0处理相比,生物质炭施用处理的大团聚体中变形菌门、鞭毛菌门和β-变形杆菌目的相对丰度分别显著提高了14.37%、33.28%和33.82%;微团聚体(250—53μm)中酸杆菌门、子囊菌门和粘球菌目的相对丰度分别显著降低了20.15%、19.93%和17.66%;粉、黏粒组分(53μm)中担子菌门的相对丰度升高90.25%,而子囊菌门和鞭毛菌门的相对丰度分别降低12.15%和12.58%。由此可见,生物质炭不仅改变土壤团聚体组成和分布,同时伴随着土壤微生物群落结构的改变。     

Available soil nitrogen in relation to fractions of soil nitrogen and other soil properties

The available N of 27 soils from England and Wales was assessed from the amounts of N taken up over a 6-month period by perennial ryegrass grown in pots under uniform environmental conditions. Relationships between availability and the distribution of soil N amongst various fractions were then examined using multiple regression. The relationship: available soil N (mg kg^–1 dry soil)=(N_min×0.672)+(N_inc×0.840)+(N_mom×0.227)–5.12 was found to account for 91% of the variance in available soil N, where N_min=mineral N, N_inc=N mineralized on incubation and N_mom=N in macro-organic matter. The N mineralized on incubation appeared to be derived largely from sources other than the macro-organic matter because these two fractions were poorly correlated. When availability was expressed in terms of available organic N as % of soil organic N (N_ao) the closest relationship with other soil characteristics was: N_ao=[N_inc×(1.395–0.0347×CN_mom]+[N_mom×0.1416], where CN_mom=CN ratio of the macro-organic matter. This relationship accounted for 81% of the variance in the availability of the soil organic N.The conclusion that the macro-organic matter may contribute substantially to the available N was confirmed by a subsidiary experiment in which the macro-organic fraction was separated from about 20 kg of a grassland soil. The uptake of N by ryegrass was then assessed on two subsamples of this soil, one without the macro-organic matter and the other with this fraction returned: uptake was appreciably increased by the macro-organic matter.     

Linking soil bacterial biodiversity and soil carbon stability

Native soil carbon (C) can be lost in response to fresh C inputs, a phenomenon observed for decades yet still not understood. Using dual-stable isotope probing, we show that changes in the diversity and composition of two functional bacterial groups occur with this ‘priming'' effect. A single-substrate pulse suppressed native soil C loss and reduced bacterial diversity, whereas repeated substrate pulses stimulated native soil C loss and increased diversity. Increased diversity after repeated C amendments contrasts with resource competition theory, and may be explained by increased predation as evidenced by a decrease in bacterial 16S rRNA gene copies. Our results suggest that biodiversity and composition of the soil microbial community change in concert with its functioning, with consequences for native soil C stability.Substrate inputs can stimulate decomposition of native soil organic carbon (SOC; Kuzyakov et al., 2000), a phenomenon known as the ‘priming effect'' (Kuzyakov, 2010), and is considered large enough to influence ecosystem C balance (Wieder et al., 2013). Two functionally distinct groups of microorganisms are postulated to mediate priming: one that grows rapidly utilizing labile C, and one that grows slowly, breaking down recalcitrant SOC (Fontaine et al., 2003; Blagodatskaya et al., 2007). However, distinguishing these groups is technically challenging. Here, we used dual-stable isotope probing with ¹³C-glucose and ¹⁸O-water to identify bacteria in these two groups growing in response to single and repeated pulses of glucose. Organisms that utilize labile C for growth assimilate both ¹³C-glucose and ¹⁸O-water into their DNA, whereas organisms that grow using SOC incorporate only ¹⁸O-water. Differential isotope incorporation leads to a range of DNA densities separable through isopycnic centrifugation, which can then be characterized by sequencing (Radajewski et al., 2000).We sequenced fragments of bacterial 16S rRNA genes following single and repeated glucose pulses. We hypothesized that the single pulse of labile C would stimulate growth of opportunistic organisms, thus immobilizing nutrients and suppressing growth and diversity of the SOC-utilizing community, decreasing SOC decomposition (negative priming), a response analogous to that observed in plant communities in response to chronic N additions (Tilman, 1987; Clark and Tilman, 2008). We hypothesized that multiple glucose additions would stimulate growth of a more diverse bacterial community, including more native SOC-utilizing organisms that possess enzymes to decompose recalcitrant compounds, causing positive priming (Fontaine et al., 2003; Kuzyakov, 2010).Soil from a ponderosa pine ecosystem was amended weekly for 7 weeks with 500 μg C-glucose per gram soil (2.65 atom % ¹³C) in 100 μl deionized water or with 100 μl deionized water (n=5). Measurements of δ¹³C–CO₂ and [CO₂] enabled the partitioning of CO₂ into that derived from added glucose or from native SOC (C_SOC):where C_total is CO₂–C from glucose-amended samples, δ_total is the δ¹³C–CO₂ from glucose-amended samples, δ_glucose is the δ¹³C of the added glucose and δ_SOC is the δ¹³C–CO₂ evolved from the non-amended samples. Priming was calculated as the difference between SOC oxidation of the amended and non-amended samples. With this approach, any evolved CO₂ carrying the ¹³C signature of the added glucose is considered respiration of glucose, including ¹³C-labeled biomass and metabolites derived from prior glucose additions. Thus, this approach quantifies priming as the oxidation of SOC present at the beginning of the experiment, consistent with many other studies of priming (Cheng et al., 2003; De Graaff et al., 2010).In a parallel incubation for dual-stable isotope probing, the repeated-pulse samples received unlabeled glucose (500 μg C-glucose per gram soil) for 6 weeks while the non-amended and single-pulse samples received sterile deionized water. In week 7, samples received one of four isotope treatments (n=3): 97 atom % H₂ ¹⁸O (non-amended soil), 99 atom % ¹³C-glucose and 97 atom % H₂ ¹⁸O (single- and repeated-pulse soil), ¹²C-glucose and 97 atom % H₂ ¹⁸O (repeated-pulse soil) or ¹²C-glucose and H₂ ¹⁶O (repeated-pulse soil). After incubating for 7 days, soil was frozen at −40 °C. DNA was extracted, separated through isopycnic centrifugation, and two density ranges were sequenced for the bacterial 16S rRNA gene (Supplementary Figure 1): 1.731–1.746 g ml⁻¹ (hereafter called the SOC-utilizing community) and 1.759–1.774 g ml⁻¹ (hereafter called the glucose-utilizing community).Amplicons of the V3–V6 16S rRNA region were bar coded with broad-coverage fusion PCR primers and pooled before sequencing on a Genome Sequencer FLX instrument. These sequence data have been submitted to the GenBank database under accession number SRP043371. Data were checked for chimeras (Edgar et al., 2011), demultiplexed and quality checked (Caporaso et al., 2010). Taxonomy was assigned to genus at the ⩾80% bootstrap confidence level (Cole et al., 2009).We used the Shannon''s diversity index (H′), commonly used in microbial systems (Fierer and Jackson, 2006), to assess changes in microbial diversity. Analysis of variance was used to compare the amount of DNA within densities between isotope treatments (Supplementary Figure 2) and to test the effects of the treatments on the Shannon''s diversity (Figure 2) and Pielou''s evenness (Supplementary Figure 3) of the active bacterial communities, with post hoc Student''s t-tests, α=0.05. PRIMER 6 and PERMANOVA were used to create the nonmetric multidimensional scaling ordination and to compare bacterial communities between glucose treatments and the two sequenced density ranges.The single pulse of glucose suppressed SOC oxidation, whereas repeated pulses increased SOC oxidation (Figure 1). Few experiments to date have examined priming in response to repeated substrate amendments (Hamer and Marschner, 2005; Qiao et al., 2014), even though in nature soil receives repeated substrate pulses from litterfall and rhizodeposition. Our results demonstrate the dynamic response of SOC decomposition to repeated labile C inputs.Open in a separate windowFigure 1Weekly priming rates calculated as the difference in SOC respired between glucose-amended and non-amended soil (n=5).Dual-stable isotope probing was able to separate the growing bacteria into two groups with distinct DNA densities (P<0.001, PERMANOVA; Figure 3a), indicating differential uptake of ¹³C-glucose and ¹⁸O-water. In response to the initial glucose addition, the diversity of the growing glucose- and SOC-utilizing bacterial communities declined compared with the non-amended community (P<0.001, t-tests; Figure 2), driven by a strong decrease in evenness (Supplementary Figure 3). In the SOC-utilizing community, where DNA was labeled with ¹⁸O only, the relative abundance of Bacillus increased 4.9-fold compared with the non-amended control to constitute 31.6% of the community (Figure 3b). Bacillus survives well under low-nutrient conditions (Panikov, 1995), and is able to synthesize a suite of extracellular enzymes capable of degrading complex substrates (Priest, 1977), traits that are conducive for using SOC for growth. In the glucose-utilizing community, where DNA was labeled with both ¹³C and ¹⁸O, Arthrobacter increased 67.7-fold relative to the non-amended control to constitute 75.5% of the growing bacteria (Figure 3b). In culture experiments, Arthrobacter can rapidly take up and store glucose for later use (Panikov, 1995) and here we find it dominating the high-density DNA fractions, signifying that it is using the labeled glucose to grow. The increased biomass of Arthrobacter may have resulted in greater resource competition, thus reducing the diversity of the growing community, as is frequently found in plant communities (Bakelaar and Odum, 1978; Clark and Tilman, 2008).Open in a separate windowFigure 2Shannon''s diversity index (H′) of the non-amended, single-pulse, and repeated-pulse treatments (n=3) in the SOC- (mid-density) and glucose-utilizing (high-density) communities. Treatments with the same letter are not significantly different from each other (Student''s t, α=0.05).Open in a separate windowFigure 3(a) Nonmetric multidimensional scaling ordination showing differences in growing bacterial communities at the genus taxonomic level in the SOC-utilizing (mid-density; open symbols) and glucose-utilizing (high-density; closed symbols) groups of non-amended (Δ), single-pulse (○) and repeated-pulse (□) treatments (n=3). (b) Pie charts of genera in the SOC- and glucose-utilizing communities of the single- and repeated-pulse treatments (n=3). Genera with relative abundances >5% are listed in the figure legend.After repeated glucose amendments, the diversity of the growing community recovered to non-amendment levels (Figure 2) without strongly dominant organisms (Figure 3b and Supplementary Figure 3). The higher diversity found after repeated glucose pulses may be explained by trophic interactions where predators graze on prey populations that have been enlarged by resource addition, suppressing competition between prey species and causing secondary mobilization of nutrients (Clarholm, 1985). The decrease in total bacterial 16S rRNA gene copies in the repeated-pulse—compared with the single-pulse—treatment (Supplementary Figure 4) supports predation as a potential mechanism explaining the observed diversity increase after repeated glucose pulses.The recovery of diversity after repeated glucose pulses contrasts with resource competition theory (Tilman, 1987). When chronic additions of a limiting resource are applied, species diversity and evenness typically decrease (Bakelaar and Odum, 1978; Clark and Tilman, 2008) because competitive organisms become dominant. We observed this after the single glucose pulse, but not after repeated pulses. This diversity response may be the result of community shifts facilitated by short bacterial life cycles and the tens to hundreds of generations expected during the 7-week incubation (Behera and Wagner, 1974). In contrast, systems on which most ecological theory is based (for example, plants) might achieve perhaps 20 generations in a multi-decadal field experiment (Bakelaar and Odum, 1978; Clark and Tilman, 2008). With more generations, more community dynamics can occur, including increased resource cascades in which extracellular enzymes, metabolites or lysed cells of one functional group increase substrates for another (Blagodatskaya and Kuzyakov, 2008). Our results highlight the opportunity to test ecological theories in microbial ecosystems (Prosser et al., 2007), particularly as the short life cycles of microbes makes them well suited for pursuing ecological questions in an evolutionary framework (Jessup et al., 2004).The priming effect is ubiquitous, yet its drivers remain elusive. Our results suggest that changes in the diversity and composition of the growing bacterial community contribute to priming, and thus that ecosystem properties such as soil C storage may be sensitive to soil microbial biodiversity.     

耕作方式对潮土土壤团聚体微生物群落结构的影响

为探究不同耕作方式对潮土土壤团聚体微生物群落结构和多样性的影响,采用磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)法测定了土壤团聚体中微生物群落。试验设置4个耕作处理,分别为旋耕+秸秆还田(RT)、深耕+秸秆还田(DP)、深松+秸秆还田(SS)和免耕+秸秆还田(NT)。结果表明:与RT相比,DP处理显著提高了原状土壤和>5 mm粒级土壤团聚体中真菌PLFAs量和真菌/细菌,为真菌的繁殖提供了有利条件,有助于土壤有机质的贮存,提高了土壤生态系统的缓冲能力;提高了5～2 mm粒级土壤团聚体中细菌PLFAs量,降低了土壤革兰氏阳性菌/革兰氏阴性菌,改善了土壤营养状况;提高了<0.25 mm粒级土壤团聚体中微生物丰富度指数。总的来说,深耕+秸秆还田(DP)对土壤团聚体细菌和真菌生物量有一定的提高作用,并且在一定程度上改善了土壤团聚体微生物群落结构,有利于增加土壤固碳能力和保持土壤微生物多样性。冗余分析结果表明,土壤团聚体总PLFAs量、细菌、革兰氏阴性菌和放线菌PLFAs量与土壤有机碳相关性较强,革兰氏阳性菌PLFAs量与总氮相关性较强。各处理较大粒级土壤团聚体微生物群落主要受碳氮比、含水量、pH值和团聚体质量分数的影响,较小粒级土壤团聚体微生物群落则主要受土壤有机碳和总氮的影响。     

酸性硫酸盐土水改旱后土壤化学性状的变异初报

探讨了酸性硫酸盐水稻土改为旱作后土壤化学性状的变异以及比较不同利用方式之间的经济效益．结果表明,酸性硫酸盐水稻土改种甜玉米和蔬菜后,土壤化学性状发生显著变化．耕层土壤酸度、水溶性硫酸根含量、土壤活性铝和活性铁含量均显著降低．经济效益得到显著提高．建议对水改旱后的环境效应进行深入研究以及进行定位观测,以便合理利用这一特殊的土壤资源     

Effect of soil moisture on bioremediation of chlorophenol-contaminated soil

A chlorophenol-contaminated soil was tested for the biodegradability in a semi-pilot scale microcosm using indigenous microorganisms. More than 90% of 4-chlorophenol and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, initially at 30 mg kg^–1, were removed within 60 days and 30 mg pentachlorophenol kg^–1 was completely degraded within 140 days. The chlorophenols were degraded more effectively under aerobic condition than under anaerobic condition. Soil moisture had a significant effect with the slowest degradation rate of chlorophenols at 25% in the range of 10–40% moisture content. At 25–40%, the rate of chlorophenol degradation was directly related to the soil moisture content, whereas at 10–25%, it was inversely related. Limited oxygen availability through soil agglomeration at 25% moisture content might decrease the degradation rate of chlorophenols.     

Harvester ant nests, soil biota and soil chemistry

Many ant species accumulate organic debris in the vicinity of their nests. These organic materials should provide a rich resource base for the soil biota. We examined the effect of harvester ant nests (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) on the soil community and soil chemistry. Ant nest soils supported 30-fold higher densities of microarthropods and 5-fold higher densities of protozoa than surrounding, control soils. The relative abundances of the major groups of protozoa differed as well: amoebae and ciliates were relatively overrepresented, and flagellates underrepresented, in ant nest versus control soils. Densities of bacteria and fungi were similar in the two soil types. Concentrations of nitrate, ammonium, phosphorus, and potassium were significantly higher in ant nest soils, while concentrations of magnesium, calcium, and water were similar in nest and control soils. Ant nest soils were marginally more acidic than controls. The results demonstrate that P. barbatus nests constitute a significant source of spatial heterogeneity in soil biota and soil chemistry in arid grasslands. Received: 17 March 1997 / Accepted: 10 June 1997