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Soil aggregate size influences the impact of inorganic nitrogen deposition on soil nitrification in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | |
Li, Jingjing; Yang, Chao; Liu, Xiaoli; Ji, Hanzhong; Shao, Xinqing | |
2020 | |
发表期刊 | PEERJ
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卷号 | 8 |
摘要 | Background: Ammonium (NH4+) and nitrate (NO3-) are two inorganic forms of nitrogen (N) that are deposited from the atmosphere into soil systems. As the substrate and product of soil nitrification, these two forms of inorganic nitrogen will affect or be affected by the soil net nitrification rate (N-r). Our knowledge regarding soil nitrification is mainly derived from studies with bulk soil. However, soil is composed of different aggregate fractions, which may have an important impact on N-r. Methods: In 2017, we collected soil samples from an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and separated them into four soil aggregates (2-4, 1-2, 0.25-1, and <0.25 mm) using the dry sieving method. The four soil aggregate sizes amended with the 2 N deposition forms (NH4+-N and NO3--N) were then incubated at 25 degrees C for 28 days, and the soil aggregates for each treatment were collected on day 0, 7, 14, 21, and 28 to determine the NO3--N concentration. The soil N-r and contribution of soil aggregates to the nitrification rate in the bulk soil were calculated. Results: There were differences in the physicochemical properties of the soil aggregates. The addition of N and aggregate size had strong effects on soil N-r, which were significantly increased under high levels of NH4+ addition across all soil aggregates. The N-r during the 4 week incubation period differed among aggregate sizes. N-r in the 2-4 mm aggregates was higher than in the other aggregates, which was correlated with the maximum values of the soil porosity observed in the 2-4 mm aggregates. Furthermore, almost half of the soil was composed of aggregates of <0.25 mm, indicating that the <0.25 mm aggregates made a higher contribution to the nitrification rate in the bulk soil than the other aggregates, even though these aggregates had a lower nitrification ability. Overall, our study revealed that the soil nitrification rate was influenced by both the N addition and soil aggregates, and that the 2-4 mm aggregates had a dominant effect on the response of soil N transformation processes to future nitrogen deposition in the alpine meadow. |
关键词 | Soil aggregate Alpine meadow Soil nitrification Inorganic nitrogen deposition Soil porosity |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/60443 |
专题 | 中国科学院西北高原生物研究所 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Li, Jingjing,Yang, Chao,Liu, Xiaoli,et al. Soil aggregate size influences the impact of inorganic nitrogen deposition on soil nitrification in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau[J]. PEERJ,2020,8. |
APA | Li, Jingjing,Yang, Chao,Liu, Xiaoli,Ji, Hanzhong,&Shao, Xinqing.(2020).Soil aggregate size influences the impact of inorganic nitrogen deposition on soil nitrification in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.PEERJ,8. |
MLA | Li, Jingjing,et al."Soil aggregate size influences the impact of inorganic nitrogen deposition on soil nitrification in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau".PEERJ 8(2020). |
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