武夷山植被带土壤微生物量沿海拔梯度的变化

土壤微生物量是陆地生态系统碳循环的重要组成部分,在森林生态系统物质循环和能量转化中占有特别重要的地位.以武夷山常绿阔叶林(EBF)、针叶林(CF)、亚高山矮林(DF)和高山草甸(AM)为试验对象,研究了土壤微生物量沿海拔梯度的变化特征.结果表明:在0～10cm土壤层,随着海拔高度的增加,年平均土壤微生物量增大,AM的年平均土壤微生物量为4.07 g·kg-1,分别为DF、CF和EBF的2.06、3.21倍和3.91倍;AM的年平均土壤微生物量显著大于DF、CF和AM(p<0.01),DF的年平均土壤微生物量显著大于EBF、CF(p<0.05),EBF和CF的年平均土壤微生物量无显著性差异(p>0.05),10～25cm土壤层的年平均土壤微生物量的变化规律与上层基本一致;在0～10cm土壤层,不同海拔年平均土壤微生物量分别与土壤有机碳、全氮、全硫含量以及土壤湿度呈显著正相关(p<0.05),在10～25cm土壤层,不同海拔年平均土壤微生物量分别与土壤有机碳、全氮含量呈显著正相关(p<0.05).研究表明,武夷山亚热带森林年平均土壤微生物量随海拔高度升高而增加,土壤有机碳、全氮、全硫和土壤湿度可能是调控土壤微生物量沿海拔梯度变化的主要因子.     

Concepts of sulfur,carbon, and nitrogen transformations in soil: evaluation by simulation modeling

The dynamics of sulfur immobilization and mineralization in soil were simulated to test hypotheses about their regulation by the availability of carbon and nitrogen. The concept of chemical bond classes was incorporated into the model to account for variation in composition of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur compounds. Microbial biomass was differentiated into bacteria and fungi, and the element ratios of both groups were assumed to vary. Organic residues were divided between dead microbes plus microbial products, and the more labile fraction of stabilized soil organic matter. Concepts and hypotheses in the model were tested by applying it to data on microbial biomass, sulfate, nitrate, and CO₂ evolution obtained in laboratory incubations of two soils amended with sulfate and cellulose. An important mechanism of regulation tested in the model was the stimulation of sulfohydrolase enzyme production depending on sulfur stress in microbial biomass. The hypothesis that excess sulfate is stored as ester sulfate was supported by model dynamics.     

戴云山黄山松林土壤碳组分的海拔变化特征及影响因素

海拔梯度可能通过多种环境因子影响土壤有机质,土壤有机碳库是土壤有机质的重要组成部分,其微小变化将会产生极其重要的影响。因此海拔差异可能导致海拔间土壤碳库差异。土壤有机碳是反映土壤肥力的重要指标,可能受土壤理化性质和微生物等多种因素的影响。黄山松是高山地绿化和用材的优良树种,近年来戴云山自然保护区内高海拔地区的黄山松群落呈现衰退趋势。研究戴云山黄山松林土壤有机碳组分沿海拔梯度的变化情况,不仅可以为该区域碳库估算提供科学依据,而且有助于揭示影响黄山松生长变化的机理。因此,选取戴云山不同海拔[1300 m (L)、1450 m (M)和1600 m (H)]梯度的黄山松林,对其土壤基本理化性质、有机碳组分及微生物特征进行测定和分析。研究发现,海拔梯度下土壤养分含量呈先升高后降低的变化趋势,土壤碳组分含量与其变化一致,且微生物生物量碳和微生物生物量氮均在M海拔处最高,海拔梯度对碳水解酶没有显著影响。冗余分析表明,总氮是影响土壤有机碳变化的最主要因素,其次是碳氮比。因此在海拔跨度不大的情况下,土壤有机碳动态可能主要受氮素而非温度的影响。高海拔地区土壤惰性碳占比高,未来可能会持续加剧该地区黄山松的生长困境,使该区域碳库受到影响。     

Soil Microbial Community Response to Drought and Precipitation Variability in the Chihuahuan Desert

Increases in the magnitude and variability of precipitation events have been predicted for the Chihuahuan Desert region of West Texas. As patterns of moisture inputs and amounts change, soil microbial communities will respond to these alterations in soil moisture windows. In this study, we examined the soil microbial community structure within three vegetation zones along the Pine Canyon Watershed, an elevation and vegetation gradient in Big Bend National Park, Chihuahuan Desert. Soil samples at each site were obtained in mid-winter (January) and in mid-summer (August) for 2 years to capture a component of the variability in soil temperature and moisture that can occur seasonally and between years along this watershed. Precipitation patterns and amounts differed substantially between years with a drought characterizing most of the second year. Soils were collected during the drought period and following a large rainfall event and compared to soil samples collected during a relatively average season. Structural changes within microbial community in response to site, season, and precipitation patterns were evaluated using fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) analyses. Fungal FAME amounts differed significantly across seasons and sites and greatly outweighed the quantity of bacterial and actinomycete FAME levels for all sites and seasons. The highest fungal FAME levels were obtained in the low desert scrub site and not from the high elevation oak–pine forests. Total bacterial and actinomycete FAME levels did not differ significantly across season and year within any of the three locations along the watershed. Total bacterial and actinomycete FAME levels in the low elevation desert-shrub and grassland sites were slightly higher in the winter than in the summer. Microbial community structure at the high elevation oak–pine forest site was strongly correlated with levels of NH₄ ⁺–N, % soil moisture, and amounts of soil organic matter irrespective of season. Microbial community structure at the low elevation desert scrub and sotol grasslands sites was most strongly related to soil pH with bacterial and actinobacterial FAME levels accounting for site differences along the gradient. DGGE band counts of amplified soil bacterial DNA were found to differ significantly across sites and season with the highest band counts found in the mid-elevation grassland site. The least number of bands was observed in the high elevation oak–pine forest following the large summer-rain event that occurred after a prolonged drought. Microbial responses to changes in precipitation frequency and amount due to climate change will differ among vegetation zones along this Chihuahuan Desert watershed gradient. Soil bacterial communities at the mid-elevation grasslands site are the most vulnerable to changes in precipitation frequency and timing, while fungal community structure is most vulnerable in the low desert scrub site. The differential susceptibility of the microbial communities to changes in precipitation amounts along the elevation gradient reflects the interactive effects of the soil moisture window duration following a precipitation event and differences in soil heat loads. Amounts and types of carbon inputs may not be as important in regulating microbial structure among vegetation zones within in an arid environment as is the seasonal pattern of soil moisture and the soil heat load profile that characterizes the location.     

有机物添加下太岳山油松林土壤微生物元素组成的稳态分析

在山西太岳山地区,向油松林土壤中分别添加生物炭、玉米秸秆、蒙古栎叶、油松叶、木屑等5种有机物,测定各处理的土壤养分、酶及微生物生物量等指标,研究外源有机物添加下土壤酶化学计量特征及微生物元素组成的内稳性。结果表明: 添加木屑显著增加了土壤N(17.1%)、P(37.6%)含量,显著增加了微生物生物量碳(118.0%)、氮(41.0%)、磷(176.6%)。C、N、P获取酶(β-1,4-葡萄糖苷酶、β-1,4-N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶、亮氨酸氨基肽酶、酸性磷酸酶)活性总体上随添加有机物C/N值(生物炭<蒙古栎叶<油松叶<玉米秸秆<木屑)的增加而增加,其化学计量变化受土壤养分状态及微生物生物量的调控。酶活性相对比例及矢量特性表明,研究区微生物生长受到P的限制,且添加有机物没有缓解P的制约作用。微生物生物量碳、氮及化学计量比C∶N、C:P、N∶P属于绝对稳态型,而微生物生物量磷处于非稳态。微生物通过改变酶的分配策略保持微生物体元素及比例的相对稳定,仅有微生物生物量磷对土壤养分变化表现出不稳定性,可能因为P是研究区微生物生长的限制性元素。     

Root Inputs Influence Soil Water Holding Capacity and Differentially Influence the Growth of Native versus Exotic Annual Species in an Arid Ecosystem

Invasion by exotic annual species is increasingly impacting Southern California arid lands, altering ecosystem processes and plant community composition. With climate change, the Southwestern United States is expected to experience increasingly variable rainfall. Larger rainfall events could facilitate invasion by exotic species that can capitalize on high resource conditions. Exotic annual species also have dense shallow root systems that could create positive feedbacks to further invasion by increasing soil organic matter and water holding capacity. Alternatively, fine root inputs could create negative feedbacks to exotic plant growth if they stimulate microbial nutrient immobilization. The dual influences of rainfall regime and fine root inputs on species performance were evaluated in an experiment where native and exotic species were grown individually and in combination under varying watering regimes (large infrequent or small frequent pulses, holding total rainfall constant) and root additions (with or without sterilized exotic roots). Mean soil moisture increased with larger infrequent watering events, and also with root addition. Plant growth (both native and exotic) increased with larger watering events, but declined with root addition. Exotic species growth declined more than native species growth with root additions. Mechanistically, root addition lowered inorganic nitrogen (N) availability, and microbial N immobilization increased with soil moisture content. Together these results show that increased fine root production promotes negative feedbacks to growth of exotic species via microbial N immobilization, especially under conditions of high soil moisture. Further, our results suggest that organic carbon additions are a potentially effective strategy for suppressing growth of problematic desert invaders.     

Climate Variation and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling Processes in a Northern Hardwood Forest

We exploited the natural climate gradient in the northern hardwood forest at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF) to evaluate the effects of climate variation similar to what is predicted to occur with global warming over the next 50–100 years for northeastern North America on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycle processes. Our objectives were to (1) characterize differences in soil temperature, moisture and frost associated with elevation at the HBEF and (2) evaluate variation in total soil (TSR) and microbial respiration, N mineralization, nitrification, denitrification, nitrous oxide (N₂O) flux, and methane (CH₄) uptake along this gradient. Low elevation sites were consistently warmer (1.5–2.5°C) and drier than high elevation sites. Despite higher temperatures, low elevation plots had less snow and more soil frost than high elevation plots. Net N mineralization and nitrification were slower in warmer, low elevation plots, in both summer and winter. In summer, this pattern was driven by lower soil moisture in warmer soils and in winter the pattern was linked to less snow and more soil freezing in warmer soils. These data suggest that N cycling and supply to plants in northern hardwood ecosystems will be reduced in a warmer climate due to changes in both winter and summer conditions. TSR was consistently faster in the warmer, low elevation plots. N cycling processes appeared to be more sensitive to variation in soil moisture induced by climate variation, whereas C cycling processes appeared to be more strongly influenced by temperature.     

呼伦贝尔典型退化草原土壤理化与微生物性状

以内蒙古克鲁伦河流域呼伦贝尔典型草原为对象,设置了轻度、中度和重度退化3种类型样地,研究不同程度退化草原的物种组成、地上生物量、土壤理化性状、土壤微生物数量和酶活性,以及微生物生物量的变化.结果表明: 中度退化样地的群落物种丰富度最大,轻度退化样地的地上生物量显著高于重度退化样地.退化样地的土壤水分、养分(有机质、全氮),微生物量碳、氮,以及微生物数量和酶活性显著下降,土壤容重显著增加.退化样地的土壤微生物生物量碳、氮在128～185和5.6～13.6 g·kg^-1,土壤脱氢酶和脲酶活性均与土壤容重呈显著负相关,与土壤全氮、有机质、微生物数量以及微生物生物量碳、氮呈显著正相关,地上生物量与土壤细菌和真菌数量呈不同程度的正相关.     

Microbial diversity of topographical gradient profiles in Fushan forest soils of Taiwan

To evaluate the microbial diversity of Fushan forest soils, the variation of soil properties, microbial populations, and soil DNA with soil depth in three sites of different altitude were analyzed. Microbial population, moisture content, total organic carbon (C_org), and total nitrogen (N_tot) decreased with increasing soil depth. The valley site had the lowest microbial populations among the three tested sites due to the low organic matter content. Bacterial population was the highest among the microbial populations. The ratios of cellulolytic microbes to the total bacteria in organic layers were high, implying their roles in the carbon cycle. The microbial biomass carbon (C_mic) and nitrogen (N_mic) contents ranged from 130.5 to 564.1 μg g⁻¹ and from 16.7 to 95.4 μg g⁻¹, respectively. The valley had the lowest C_mic and N_mic. The organic layer had the highest C_mic and N_mic and decreased with soil depth. Analysis using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplicons of 16S rDNA showed that the bacterial diversity of the three sites were very similar to each other in the major bands, and the variation was in the minor bands. However, the patterns in PCR-DGGE profile through gradient horizons were different, indicating the prevalence of specific microbes at different horizons. These results suggest that the microbial diversity in the deeper horizons is not simply the diluted analogs of the surface soils and that some microbes dominate only in the deeper horizons. Topography influenced the quantity and diversity of microbial populations.     

Responses of soil microorganisms to resource availability in urban, desert soils

Terrestrial desert ecosystems are strongly structured by the distribution of plants, which concentrate resources and create islands of fertility relative to interplant spaces. Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition resulting from urbanization has the potential to change those spatial patterns via resource inputs, resulting in more homogeneous soil resource availability. We sampled soils at 12 desert remnant sites around Phoenix, Arizona along a model-predicted gradient in N deposition to determine the degree to which deposition has altered spatial patterns in soil resource availability and microbial activity. Soil microbial biomass and abundance were not influenced by atmospheric N deposition. Instead, plant islands remained strong organizers of soil microbial processes. These islands of fertility exhibited elevated pools of resources, microbial abundance, and activity relative to interspaces. In both plant islands and interspaces, soil moisture and soil N concentrations predicted microbial biomass and abundance. Following experimental wetting, carbon dioxide (CO₂) flux from soil of interspaces was positively correlated with N deposition, whereas in plant islands, soil CO₂ flux was positively correlated with soil moisture content and soil organic matter. Soil CO₂ flux in both patch types showed rapid and short-lived responses to precipitation, demonstrating the brief time scales during which soil biota may process deposited materials. Although we observed patterns consistent with N limitation of microbes in interspaces, we conclude that atmospheric N deposition likely accumulates in soils because microbes are primarily limited by water and secondarily by carbon or nitrogen. Soil microbial uptake of atmospherically deposited N likely occurs only during sparse and infrequent rainfall.     

Factors Controlling Soil Microbial Biomass and Bacterial Diversity and Community Composition in a Cold Desert Ecosystem: Role of Geographic Scale

Understanding controls over the distribution of soil bacteria is a fundamental step toward describing soil ecosystems, understanding their functional capabilities, and predicting their responses to environmental change. This study investigated the controls on the biomass, species richness, and community structure and composition of soil bacterial communities in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, at local and regional scales. The goals of the study were to describe the relationships between abiotic characteristics and soil bacteria in this unique, microbially dominated environment, and to test the scale dependence of these relationships in a low complexity ecosystem. Samples were collected from dry mineral soils associated with snow patches, which are a significant source of water in this desert environment, at six sites located in the major basins of the Taylor and Wright Valleys. Samples were analyzed for a suite of characteristics including soil moisture, pH, electrical conductivity, soil organic matter, major nutrients and ions, microbial biomass, 16 S rRNA gene richness, and bacterial community structure and composition. Snow patches created local biogeochemical gradients while inter-basin comparisons encompassed landscape scale gradients enabling comparisons of microbial controls at two distinct spatial scales. At the organic carbon rich, mesic, low elevation sites Acidobacteria and Actinobacteria were prevalent, while Firmicutes and Proteobacteria were dominant at the high elevation, low moisture and biomass sites. Microbial parameters were significantly related with soil water content and edaphic characteristics including soil pH, organic matter, and sulfate. However, the magnitude and even the direction of these relationships varied across basins and the application of mixed effects models revealed evidence of significant contextual effects at local and regional scales. The results highlight the importance of the geographic scale of sampling when determining the controls on soil microbial community characteristics.     

Pattern of soil methanotrophs on the natural vertical zones of the North Tianshan Mountain

Methane is one of the most important greenhouse gases and plays an essential role in atmospheric chemistry. Knowledge about methanotrophs and their diversity is important to understand the microbial mediation of the greenhouse gas CH₄ under climate change. The methanotrophs is one of main functional microbial groups in soil mediating methane cycles of terrestrial ecosystem. The purpose of this study was to explore spatial distribution pattern of methanotrophs diversity and the major factors affecting soil methanotrophs diversity along an elevation gradient on vertical natural belt of the North Tianshan Mountains, soil samples were collected at six sites in 2010, which were desert grassland belt (H1), Mountain grassland belt (H2), Mountain forest belt (H3), sub-alpine cushion belt (H4), alpine cushion belt (H5), alpine tundra vegetation (H6). Methanotrophs diversity in six sites from the North Tianshan Mountain were assessed with terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP).The carbon–nitrogen ratio was significant difference under different vertical natural belt, ranged from 10.34 to 20.10, soil organic carbon were lowest in alpine tundra vegetation and highest in Mountain forest belt, those numbers of belts ranging from H1 to H3 were increased, with increasing elevation, then H3 to H6 were decreased. The total number of Terminal Restriction Fragments (T-RFs) derived from all those soil samples was 233, indicating high genetic diversity of methanotrophs on vertical natural belt of the North Tianshan Mountains. Microbial communities of T-RFs 55 bp, 242 bp, 376 bp represented the dominant species in sampling sites. However, some of the T-RFs were more sensitive to environment, such as 79 bp, 176 bp and 250 bp. Methanotrophs diversity index and T-RFs numbers were lowest in mountain forest belt and highest in subalpine cushion belt. Along the elevation gradient, the trendency of those numbers are as follows, H1>H2>H3<H4>H5>H6. Cluster analysis revealed that the samples could be separated into two groups, H4, H5 and H6 clustered into one group, while H2 and H3 clustered into other group.The community shifts were further investigated by Principle component analysis (PCA). The first PCA axis, which is related to the main compositional variation, separated the communities of the different sites. The main variation was mainly caused by changes in the relative abundance of the 58 bp, 87 bp, 137 bp, 243 bp and 248 bp T-RFs.Based on canonical correspondence analysis (CCA), Shannon index(H) of methanotrophs was positively correlated with soil pH and C/N ratio and negatively correlated with elevation, content of total nitrogen and total phosphorus; and Simpson index (D) and Evenness (E) were positively correlated with soils’ C/N ratio, soil surface temperature, pH and organic carbon, and negatively with elevation, total nitrogen and total phosphorus; indicating that plant communities and soil nutrients influence the soil microbial structure.Our research showed that soil methanotrophs was high genetic diversity along the elevation gradient on vertical natural belt in the North Tianshan Mountain. Soil microorganisms were positively correlated with vegetation, soils pH, C/N ratio, and soil moisture, total nitrogen, these parameters might be the main factors controlling soil methanotrophs diversity.     

Cellulose and lignin degradation in forest soils: Response to moisture,temperature, and acidity

The concentration of lignin in plant tissue is a major factor controlling organic matter degradation rates in forest ecosystems. Microbial biomass and lignin and cellulose decomposition were measured for six weeks in forest soil microcosms in order to determine the influence of pH, moisture, and temperature on organic matter decomposition. Microbial biomass was determined by chloroform fumigation; lignin and cellulose decomposition were measured radiometrically. The experiment was designed as a Latin square with soils of pH of 4.5, 5.5, and 6.5 adjusted to 20, 40, or 60% moisture content, and incubated at temperatures of 4, 12, or 24°C. Microbial biomass and lignin and cellulose decomposition were not significantly affected by soil acidity. Microbial biomass was greater at higher soil moisture contents. Lignin and cellulose decomposition significantly increased at higher soil temperatures and moisture contents. Soil moisture was more important in affecting microbial biomass than either soil temperature or soil pH.     

三江源地区主要草地类型土壤碳氮沿海拔变化特征及其影响因素

以三江源地区主要草地类型为研究对象,分析了不同草地类型土壤有机碳和全氮的变化特征及其与环境因子、土壤特征等的相互关系。结果表明:沿着海拔的逐渐升高,土壤有机碳和全氮含量均呈现出 “V"字形变化规律,即土壤有机碳氮含量在海拔最高处(5 120 m)和最低处(4 176 m)比较高,而在中间海拔梯度较低,土壤有机碳与全氮含量极显著相关( r=0.905)且高寒草甸土壤碳、氮含量高于高山草原土壤碳、氮含量;土壤中有机碳含量和全氮含量均随着土壤含水量的增加而增加,偏相关分析结果表明:对0~30 cm土层中土壤有机碳和土壤全氮影响最大的是土壤含水量,偏相关系数为0.946 5、0.905 9(p<0.01);土壤有机碳含量和全氮含量与植被盖度和草地生产力存在正相关趋势;土壤有机碳含量和全氮含量与土壤pH值和全盐量存在负相关趋势。     

海拔对辽东栎林地土壤微生物群落的影响

以北京东灵山辽东栎林地土壤为对象,运用氯仿熏蒸-浸提法及磷脂脂肪酸分析(PLFA)法,研究林木生长季节土壤微生物群落随海拔梯度的变化特征.结果表明:随着海拔升高,辽东栎林土壤微生物生物量碳、氮,以及微生物各类群含量均有差异但不显著;土壤细菌/真菌升高,而革兰氏阳性菌(G+)/革兰氏阴性菌(G-)降低.土壤微生物生物量碳、氮以及细菌、真菌、G+细菌、G-细菌的含量与土壤含水量、有机碳、全氮呈显著正相关,土壤真菌含量与土壤碳氮比值呈正相关.土壤微生物群落组成结构(细菌/真菌和G+细菌/G-细菌)的变化主要受土壤温度和土壤含水量的显著影响,说明土壤微生物群落结构对环境条件的变化敏感.随着全球变暖的加剧,暖温带辽东栎林地土壤真菌和G+细菌的比例有升高的趋势.     

Effects of Long-Term Nitrogen Addition on Microbial Enzyme Activity in Eight Forested and Grassland Sites: Implications for Litter and Soil Organic Matter Decomposition

Long-term nitrogen (N) addition experiments have found positive, negative, and neutral effects of added N on rates of decomposition. A leading explanation for this variation is differential effects of N on the activity of microbially produced extracellular enzymes involved in decomposition. Specifically, it is hypothesized that adding N to N-limited ecosystems increases activity of cellulose degrading enzymes and decreases that of lignin degrading enzymes, and that shifts in enzyme activity in response to added N explain the decomposition response to N fertilization. We measured litter and soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition and microbial enzyme activity in a long-term N fertilization experiment at eight forested and grassland sites in central Minnesota, USA, to determine (1) variation among sites in enzyme activity, (2) variation in the response of enzymes, litter decomposition, and soil respiration to added N, and (3) whether changes in enzyme activity in response to added N explained variability among sites in the effect of N on litter and SOM decomposition. Site differences in pH, moisture, soil carbon, and microbial biomass explained much of the among-site variation in enzyme activity. Added N generally stimulated activities of cellulose degrading and N- and phosphorus-acquiring enzymes in litter and soil, but had no effect on lignin degrading enzyme activity. In contrast, added N generally had negative or neutral effects on litter and SOM decomposition in the same sites, with no correspondence between effects of N on enzyme activity and decomposition across sites. B.L.K. and S.E.H. conceived of study; B.L.K., S.E.H., and L.E.K. designed study and performed research; B.L.K. analyzed data and wrote the paper.     

青藏高原高寒草甸不同海拔梯度下土壤微生物群落碳代谢多样性

土壤微生物群落功能多样性对维持生态系统功能和稳定性具有非常重要的意义。为探究青藏高原高寒草甸不同海拔梯度下土壤微生物碳源利用差异以及影响机制,运用Biolog微平板技术,研究了西藏当雄县草原站4300—5100 m的6个不同海拔梯度下土壤微生物群落碳源代谢多样性。研究结果表明:(1)不同海拔下高寒草甸土壤微生物碳源的利用程度均随培养时间的延长而升高;微生物代谢活性和群落多样性指数均随海拔升高呈现先上升后下降的单峰变化趋势,整体表现4800 m4950 m4400 m4650 m5100 m4300 m;(2)主成分分析表明不同海拔显著影响了土壤微生物群落碳源代谢多样性,其中碳水化合物类、氨基酸类和胺类碳源是各海拔土壤微生物的偏好碳源;碳水化合物类、羧酸类、氨基酸类和胺类碳源的利用强度受海拔影响较大;(3)分类变异分析表明,土壤、植物和气候因素是影响不同海拔碳源利用变异的主要影响因子,可解释不同海拔的碳源利用差异的79.0%;排除环境因子之间的多重及交互作用,偏曼特尔检验表明土壤含水量、植被丰富度和年均降水量是影响不同海拔微生物碳源利用多样性的最重要的环境因子。综上,研究表明青藏高寒草甸不同海拔土壤微生物碳源代谢多样性呈现显著的海拔差异趋势,其海拔差异主要受到土壤含水量、植被丰富度和年均降水量的影响。     

Nitrogen limitation and microbial diversity at the treeline

Tree growth limitation at treeline has mainly been studied in terms of carbon limitation while effects and mechanisms of potential nitrogen (N) limitation are barely known, especially in the southern hemisphere. We investigated how soil abiotic properties and microbial community structure and composition change from lower to upper sites within three vegetation belts (Nothofagus betuloides and N. pumilio forests, and alpine vegetation) across an elevation gradient (from 0 to 650 m a.s.l.) in Cordillera Darwin, southern Patagonia. Increasing elevation was associated with a decrease in soil N‐NH₄⁺ availability within the N. pumilio and the alpine vegetation belt. Within the alpine vegetation belt, a concurrent increase in the soil C:N ratio was associated with a shift from bacterial‐dominated in lower alpine sites to fungal‐dominated microbial communities in upper alpine sites. Lower forested belts (N. betuloides, N. pumilio) exhibited more complex patterns both in terms of soil properties and microbial communities. Overall, our results concur with recent findings from high‐latitude and altitude ecosystems showing decreased nutrient availability with elevation, leading to fungal‐dominated microbial communities. We suggest that growth limitation at treeline may result, in addition to proximal climatic parameters, from a competition between trees and soil microbial communities for limited soil inorganic N. At higher elevation, soil microbial communities could have comparably greater capacities to uptake soil N than trees, and the shift towards a fungal‐dominated community would favour N immobilization over N mineralization. Though evidences of altered nutrient dynamics in tree and alpine plant tissue with increasing altitude remain needed, we contend that the measured residual low amount of inorganic N available for trees in the soil could participate to the establishment limitation. Finally, our results suggest that responses of soil microbial communities to elevation could be influenced by functional properties of forest communities for instance through variations in litter quality.     

青稞根腐病对根际土壤微生物及酶活性的影响

选取甘肃省卓尼县青稞种植区为研究地点,调查青稞根腐病的发病情况,并分别采集其健康植株和发病株根际的土壤,对比分析其土壤微生物生物量(碳、氮、磷)、微生物数量(细菌、真菌、放线菌)以及过氧化氢酶、蔗糖酶、脲酶、碱性磷酸酶、纤维素酶5种酶活性。结果发现,研究区10个采样点均有青稞根腐病的发生,发病率在5%—20%之间,不同地点发病率不同。根腐病的发生,会显著影响青稞根际微生物生物量,导致微生物生物量碳、氮、磷的含量发生变化,其中微生物生物量氮和磷含量整体降低,且不同采样点微生物量不同。土壤微生物数量总体呈现细菌放线菌真菌的趋势,但不同微生物对根腐病发病的响应不同,细菌和放线菌数量因根腐病的发生而减少,真菌的数量则增多;不同采样点土壤微生物数量不相同,细菌和真菌呈现区域性特征,放线菌的数量不呈现地域性。根腐病的发生还造成土壤酶活性的改变,其中蔗糖酶、脲酶、磷酸酶的含量因根腐病的发生而降低,而纤维素酶则升高,过氧化氢酶的变化没有规律。总而言之,根腐病的发生会使青稞根际土壤微生物组成发生改变,碳、氮、磷等物质代谢受到抑制,而能量代谢发生紊乱。因此,研究和防治青稞根腐病就必须重视土壤微生物及土壤酶的作用。     

Immobilization,mineralization and the availability of the fertilizer nitrogen during the decomposition of the organic matters applied to the soil

Summary Immobilization and mineralization of the tracer nitrogen (K¹⁵NO₃) applied to the soil together with several organic matters during their decomposition was investigated in incubation experiments.After incubation for three months at 30°C, the decomposition rates of rice straw, hardwood bark, sawdust, softwood bark and peat moss were 41, 15, 7, 5, and 5%, respectively. After incubation for three months at 30°C, 100 and 80% of the fertilizer nitrogen were immobilized in the treatment with 2.0% of rice straw and sawdust carbon, respectively. These resulted in the lowered uptake of the fertilizer nitrogen by plants. In case of peat moss and barks, the amount of fertilizer nitrogen which transformed to the organic nitrogen fractions was quite small and the plant uptake of the nitrogen was hardly affected. Remineralization of the immobilized nitrogen was clearly observed after 2 months' incubation in case where rice straw carbon was added to the extent of 0.5 and 1.0%, but it was not observed in case where other organic matter carbon was added.The data showed that peat moss and barks were highly resistant to the action of microorganisms. As a results the immobilization process of the fertilizer nitrogen incubated with these organic matter was quite slow.