Authors: Wang Q, He NP, Yu GR, Gao Y, Wen XF, Wang RF, Koerner SE, Yu Q.
Abstract: Soil organic matter is one of the most important carbon (C) pools in terrestrial ecosystems, and future warming from climate change will likely alter soil C storage via temperature effects on microbial respiration. In this study, we collected forest soils from eight locations along a 3700km north-south transect in eastern China (NSTEC). For 8weeks these soils were incubated under a periodically changing temperature range of 6-30 degrees C while frequently measuring soil microbial respiration rate (Rs; each sample about every 20min). This experimental design allowed us to investigate Rs and the temperature sensitivity of Rs (Q(10)) along the NSTEC. Both Rs at 20 degrees C (R-20) and Q(10) significantly increased (logarithmically) with increasing latitude along the NSTEC suggesting that the sensitivity of soil microbial respiration to changing temperatures is higher in forest soils from locations with lower temperature. Our findings from an incubation experiment provide support for the hypothesis that temperature sensitivity of soil microbial respiration increases with biochemical recalcitrance (C quality-temperature hypothesis) across forest soils on a large spatial scale. Furthermore, microbial properties primarily controlled the observed patterns of R-20, whereas both substrate and microbial properties collectively controlled the observed patterns of Q(10). These findings advance our understanding of the driving factors (microbial versus substrate properties) of R-20 and Q(10) as well as the general relationships between temperature sensitivity of soil microbial respiration and environmental factors.
作者:He Nianpeng, Wang Ruomeng, Gao Yang, Dai Jingzhong, Wen Xuefa, Yu Guirui
摘要:了解土壤有机质(SOM)分解的温度敏感性(Q10)对于预测在变暖场景下的陆地生态系统中的土壤碳(C)封存是很重要的。Q10是否会随着生态系统的演替而变化,以及输入SOM影响Q10的化学计量方法在很大程度上仍不为人所知。我们以内蒙古草原的一个演替系列:从自由放牧到31年围栏封育草场为研究对象,设置6个温度(0、5、10、15、20、25°C)和四种基质:控制(CK)、葡萄糖(GLU)、混合牧草叶片(GRA)和苜蓿叶(MED)。结果表明,基底土壤呼吸(20°C)和微生物生物量C(MBC)随草场演替呈对数降低。Q10从自由放牧草地的1.43下降到31年围栏封育草场的1.22。随着底物的增加,Q10显著增加,而Q10的水平随着N的增加而增加。此外,C矿化的积累受新输入SOM和潜伏期温度的控制。随着草地生态系统的演替,Q10的变化受新输入SOM、MBC、SOM质量的化学计量控制,其综合作用可以部分解释中国内蒙古长期放牧草原的土壤碳封存机制。研究结果强调了底物化学计量对Q10的影响还需要进一步研究。