植物生态学报 ›› 2024, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (2): 229-241.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2023.0148

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

氮添加对内蒙古温带草原土壤活性有机碳的影响

颜辰亦, 龚吉蕊*()(), 张斯琦, 张魏圆, 董学德, 胡宇霞, 杨贵森   

  1. 北京师范大学地表过程与资源生态国家重点实验室, 北京师范大学地理科学学部, 北京 100875
  • 收稿日期:2023-05-29 接受日期:2023-10-09 出版日期:2024-02-28 发布日期:2023-10-12
  • 通讯作者: * (jrgong@bnu.edu.cn)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(32230065);国家重点研发计划(2022YFF1303404)

Effects of nitrogen addition on soil active organic carbon in a temperate grassland of Nei Mongol, China

YAN Chen-Yi, GONG Ji-Rui*()(), ZHANG Si-Qi, ZHANG Wei-Yuan, DONG Xue-De, HU Yu-Xia, YANG Gui-Sen   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Received:2023-05-29 Accepted:2023-10-09 Online:2024-02-28 Published:2023-10-12
  • Contact: * (jrgong@bnu.edu.cn)
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(32230065);National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFF1303404)

摘要:

日益加剧的氮沉降不断影响着草地生态系统碳循环过程及碳汇功能, 活性有机碳能够指示土壤碳库变化, 探究氮添加对草地中土壤活性有机碳组分的影响对正确认识碳循环过程并制定合理有效的生态系统管理措施具有重要意义。该研究以内蒙古温带典型草原为研究对象, 设置5个不同氮添加处理, 探讨不同氮添加水平下温带典型草原土壤活性有机碳组分含量的变化特征及影响因子。结果表明: 氮添加减少了可溶性有机碳(DOC)、微生物生物量碳(MBC)和易氧化有机碳(EOC)含量, 且DOC、MBC、EOC含量均随着土壤深度的增加而减少。5 g·m-2·a-1氮添加处理显著促进了活性有机碳组分的分解。氮添加对土壤活性有机碳组分的影响受生物因子(微生物生物量、胞外酶活性等)和非生物因子(土壤理化性质、团聚体稳定性等)共同调控。氮添加降低了土壤密度, 提高了大团聚体平均质量直径和占比, 增大了有机质与底物的接触面积, 促进了活性有机碳分解, 减少了DOC和EOC含量。氮添加抑制多酚氧化酶和过氧化物酶活性, 减少了难分解有机质的分解, 降低了EOC和MBC含量。此外, 氮添加提高了β-葡萄糖苷酶和纤维素水解酶活性, 促进了微生物对DOC的利用, 降低了DOC含量。以上结果表明, 氮添加处理通过改变土壤理化性质和微生物胞外酶的分泌影响活性有机碳的分解过程, 促进温带典型草原土壤碳释放, 为今后进一步探究养分添加下草地土壤碳动态提供了理论依据。

关键词: 氮添加, 活性有机碳, 土壤团聚体, 生物因子, 理化性质

Abstract:

Aims Both the carbon cycle and the function of grassland ecosystem as a carbon sink are impacted by the rising nitrogen deposition. Active organic carbon content is an important measure that can reveal changes in soil carbon pool. For a thorough understanding of carbon cycling and the creation of sensible ecosystem management strategies, it is essential to investigate the impacts of nitrogen addition on the active organic carbon fractions of grassland soils.

Methods Five different nitrogen addition treatments were set up in a temperate typical steppe of Nei Mongol. Soil organic carbon fractions content, soil physical and chemical properties, aggregate stability, microbial activities and extracellular enzyme activities were measured. Pearson correlation and structural equation model (SEM) were used to examine the relationships.

Important findings Nitrogen addition reduced the contents of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and easily oxidizable organic carbon (EOC). The contents of DOC, MBC, and EOC all decreased with the increases of soil depth. The treatment of 5 g·m-2·a-1 nitrogen addition significantly promoted the decomposition of active organic carbon fractions. The effect of nitrogen addition on soil active organic carbon fractions content was regulated by biotic (microbial biomass, extracellular enzyme activity, etc.) and abiotic (soil physical and chemical properties, aggregate stability, etc.) factors. Nitrogen addition reduced soil density, increased mean mass diameter and the proportion of large aggregates, increased the contact between organic matter and substrate, promoted the decomposition of active organic carbon, and reduced the contents of DOC and EOC. Nitrogen addition inhibited the activities of polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase, reduced the decomposition of difficult-to-decompose organic matter and the contents of EOC and MBC. Nitrogen addition increased the activities of β-glucosidase and cellulose hydrolase, promoted the utilization of DOC by microorganisms, and reduced the content of DOC. Our results indicated that nitrogen addition treatment can affect the decomposition process of active organic carbon by changing soil physicochemical properties and the secretion of extracellular enzymes from microorganisms, promoting the release of carbon in grassland soils. This provided a theoretical basis for further exploration of grassland soil carbon dynamics under nutrient addition in the future.

Key words: nitrogen addition, active organic carbon, soil aggregates, biotic factor, physicochemical properties