植物生态学报 ›› 2026, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (1): 34-44.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2024.0350

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微生物碳氮不平衡影响罗浮栲林土壤微生物氮利用效率对氮富集的响应

皮惠之1, 张秋芳1,*(), 孙浩1, 曾泉鑫1, 彭园珍1, 元晓春2, 徐建国3, 陈岳民1   

  1. 1 福建师范大学地理科学学院, 福建省亚热带资源与环境重点实验室, 福州 350117
    2 武夷学院旅游学院, 福建武夷山 354300
    3 福建戴云山国家级自然保护区管理局, 福建泉州 362500
  • 收稿日期:2024-10-08 接受日期:2025-01-14 出版日期:2026-01-20 发布日期:2026-02-13
  • 通讯作者: *张秋芳(qiufangzh@fjnu.edu.cn)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(32471684);国家自然科学基金(32371846);福建省自然科学基金(2024J01130937);福建省自然科学基金(2023R1002002)

Microbial carbon-nitrogen imbalance affects the response of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to nitrogen enrichment in Castanopsis faberi forest soils

PI Hui-Zhi1, ZHANG Qiu-Fang1,*(), SUN Hao1, ZENG Quan-Xin1, PENG Yuan-Zhen1, YUAN Xiao-Chun2, XU Jian-Guo3, CHEN Yue-Min1   

  1. 1 School of Geographical Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Subtropical Resources and Environment, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
    2 College of Tourism, Wuyi University, Wuyishan, Fujian 354300, China
    3 Daiyun Mountain National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau, Quanzhou, Fujian 362500, China
  • Received:2024-10-08 Accepted:2025-01-14 Online:2026-01-20 Published:2026-02-13
  • Contact: *ZHANG Qiu-Fang (qiufangzh@fjnu.edu.cn)
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(32471684);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32371846);Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2024J01130937);Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2023R1002002)

摘要:

微生物氮利用效率(NUE)描述了微生物用于生长的氮相对于吸收的总有机氮的比例, 是调节土壤氮循环的重要参数。18O-H2O法和生态酶化学计量模型广泛应用于评估微生物NUE。然而, 目前关于氮富集对森林土壤微生物NUE影响的研究仍不充分, 这会影响对土壤氮供应的准确预测。该研究以亚热带罗浮栲(Castanopsis faberi)林土壤为研究对象, 通过施加尿素模拟大气氮沉降, 设置对照(CK, 0 kg N·hm-2·a-1)、低氮(LN, 40 kg N·hm-2·a-1)和高氮(HN, 80 kg N·hm-2·a-1) 3个处理, 使用18O-H2O法和生态酶化学计量模型, 比较不同氮富集水平下土壤微生物NUE的差异。同时还测定了土壤理化性质、微生物生物量、胞外酶活性、化学计量不平衡等, 以期探究调控微生物NUE对氮富集响应的因子。结果表明, 不同方法得到的微生物NUE均随着氮富集速率的增加而降低。不同氮处理的矢量角度值均大于55°, 这表明该研究区土壤微生物整体上受到磷限制, 但氮富集并没有加剧该样地土壤微生物受到的磷限制。相反, 氮富集对微生物碳氮不平衡具有显著的负效应, 且微生物NUE与微生物碳氮不平衡呈显著的正相关关系。综上, 氮富集可能不利于亚热带森林土壤氮储存。为改善这一现状, 建议进一步调控土壤生态化学计量平衡。

关键词: 微生物氮利用效率, 氮添加, 生态化学计量, 同位素示踪, 森林

Abstract:

Aims Microbial nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) refers to the ratio of nitrogen used by microorganisms for growth to total organic nitrogen absorbed, which is a key regulator of the soil nitrogen cycle. The 18O-H2O method and eco-enzyme stoichiometric model are the most common techniques employed to estimate microbial NUE. However, the impact of nitrogen enrichment on microbial NUE in forest soils remains to be elucidated, which would significantly impede the accurate prediction of soil nitrogen supply.

Methods In this study, we sampled the soils from subtropical Castanopsis faberi forests and used urea to simulate atmospheric nitrogen deposition. In total, three levels of nitrogen additions were set up, including control (CK, 0 kg N·hm-2·a-1), low nitrogen (LN, 40 kg N·hm-2·a-1), and high nitrogen (HN, 80 kg N·hm-2·a-1) treatments. The 18O-H2O method and eco-enzyme stoichiometric model were used to compare the differences in soil microbial NUE under different nitrogen enrichment levels. Furthermore, soil physicochemical properties, microbial biomass, extracellular enzyme activity, and stoichiometric imbalance were also measured to explore the factors that influence the response of microbial NUE to nitrogen enrichment.

Important findings The results showed that the microbial NUE, as determined by two different methods, exhibited a decline with the increase of nitrogen enrichment. The vector angle values of different nitrogen treatments were all greater than 55°, indicating that soil microorganisms in this study area were generally phosphorus limited, but nitrogen enrichment did not exacerbate the phosphorus limitation. On the contrary, nitrogen enrichment has a significant negative effect on microbial carbon and nitrogen imbalance, and a positive correlation was observed between microbial NUE and microbial carbon and nitrogen imbalance. In summary, the nitrogen enrichment may have a detrimental effect on soil nitrogen storage in subtropical forests, highlighting the necessity to enhance soil nitrogen storage by means of regulating the soil stoichiometric balance in these forests.

Key words: microbial nitrogen use efficiency, nitrogen addition, ecological stoichiometry, isotope labeling, forest