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Heterotrophic and autotrophic nitrification in two acid pasture soils   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  
Laboratory incubation experiments, using 15N-labeling techniques and simple analytical models, were conducted to measure heterotrophic and autotrophic nitrification rates in two acid soils (pH 4.8-5.3; 1/5 in H2O) with high organic carbon contents (6.2-6.8% in top 5 cm soil). The soils were from pastures located near Maindample and Ruffy in the Northeast Victoria, Australia. Gross rates of N mineralization, nitrification and immobilization were measured. The gross rates of autotrophic nitrification were 0.157 and 0.119 μg N g−1 h−1 and heterotrophic nitrification rates were 0.036 and 0.009 μg N g−1 h−1 for the Maindample and Ruffy soils, respectively. Heterotrophic nitrification accounted for 19% and 7% of the total nitrification in the Maindample and Ruffy soils, respectively. The heterotrophic nitrifiers used organic N compounds and no as the substrate for nitrification.  相似文献   

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Agricultural soils contribute significantly to atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O). A considerable part of the annual N2O emission may occur during the cold season, possibly supported by high product ratios in denitrification (N2O/(N2+N2O)) and nitrification (N2O-N/(NO3−-N+NO2−-N)) at low temperatures and/or in response to freeze-thaw perturbation. Water-soluble organic materials released from frost-sensitive catch crops and green manure may further increase winter emissions. We conducted short-term laboratory incubations under standardized moisture and oxygen (O2) conditions, using nitrogen (N) tracers (15N) to determine process rates and sources of emitted N2O after freeze-thaw treatment of soil or after addition of freeze-thaw extract from clover. Soil respiration and N2O production was stimulated by freeze-thaw or addition of plant extract. The N2O emission response was inversely related to O2 concentration, indicating denitrification as the quantitatively prevailing process. Denitrification product ratios in the two studied soils (pH 4.5 and 7.0) remained largely unaltered by freeze-thaw or freeze-thaw-released plant material, refuting the hypothesis that high winter emissions are due to frost damage of N2O reductase activity. Nitrification rates estimated by nitrate (NO3−) pool enrichment were 1.5-1.8 μg NO3-N g−1 dw soil d−1 in freeze-thaw-treated soil when incubated at O2 concentrations above 2.3 vol% and one order of magnitude lower at 0.8 vol% O2. Thus, the experiments captured a situation with severely O2-limited nitrification. As expected, the O2 stress at 0.8 vol% resulted in a high nitrification product ratio (0.3 g g−1). Despite this high product ratio, only 4.4% of the measured N2O accumulation originated from nitrification, reaffirming that denitrification was the main N2O source at the various tested O2 concentrations in freeze-thaw-affected soil. N2O emission response to both freeze-thaw and plant extract addition appeared strongly linked to stimulation of carbon (C) respiration, suggesting that freeze-thaw-induced release of decomposable organic C was the major driving force for N2O emissions in our soils, both by fuelling denitrifiers and by depleting O2. The soluble C (applied as plant extract) necessary to induce a CO2 and N2O production rate comparable with that of freeze-thaw was 20-30 μg C g−1 soil dw. This is in the range of estimates for over-winter soluble C loss from catch crops and green manure plots reported in the literature. Thus, freeze-thaw-released organic C from plants may play a significant role in freeze-thaw-related N2O emissions.  相似文献   

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Changes of land-use type (LUT) can affect soil nutrient pools and cycling processes that relate long-term sustainability of ecosystem, and can also affect atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global warming through soil respiration. We conducted a comparative study to determine NH4+ and NO3− concentrations in soil profiles (0–200 cm) and examined the net nitrogen (N) mineralization and net nitrification in soil surface (0–20 cm) of adjacent naturally regenerated secondary forests (NSF), man-made forests (MMF), grasslands and cropland soils from the windy arid and semi-arid Hebei plateau, the sandstorm and water source area of Beijing, China. Cropland and grassland soils showed significantly higher inorganic N concentrations than forest soils. NO3−-N accounted for 50–90% of inorganic N in cropland and grassland soils, while NH4+-N was the main form of inorganic N in NSF and MMF soils. Average net N-mineralization rates (mg kg−1 d−1) were much higher in native ecosystems (1.51 for NSF soils and 1.24 for grassland soils) than in human disturbed LUT (0.15 for cropland soils and 0.85 for MMF soils). Net ammonification was low in all the LUT while net nitrification was the major process of net N mineralization. For more insight in urea transformation, the increase in NH4+ and, NO3− concentrations as well as C mineralization after urea addition was analyzed on whole soils. Urea application stimulated the net soil C mineralization and urea transformation pattern was consistent with net soil N mineralization, except that the rate was slightly slower. Land-use conversion from NSF to MMF, or from grassland to cropland decreased soil net N mineralization, but increased net nitrification after 40 years or 70 years, respectively. The observed higher rates of net nitrification suggested that land-use conversions in the Hebei plateau might lead to N losses in the form of nitrate.  相似文献   

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This paper reports the role of microbial biomass in the establishment of N pools in the substratum during primary succession (till 40-year age) in Blastfurnace Slag Dumps, an anthropogenically created land form in the tropics. Initially in the depressions in the slag dumps fine soil particles (silt+clay) accumulate, retaining moisture therein, and providing microsites for the accumulation of microbial biomass. In all sites microbial biomass showed distinct seasonality, with summer-peak and rainy season-low standing crops. During the summer season microbial biomass C ranged from 18.6 μg g−1 in the 1-year old site to ca. 235 μg g−1 in the 40-year old site; correspondingly, microbial biomass N ranged from 1.22 to 40 μg g−1. On sites 2.5-years of age and younger, the microbial biomass N content accounted for more than 50% of the organic N in the soil, whereas the proportion of microbial biomass N was ca. 7% of organic N in 40-year old site. The strong correlation between microbial biomass and total N in soil indicated a significant role of microbes in the build-up of nitrogen during the initial stages of succession in the slag dumps. Though the organic N pool in the soil was low (594 mg kg−1) even after 40 years of succession, the available N (NH4-N and NO3-N) contents in the soil were generally high through the entire age series (ca. 16-32 μg g−1) during the rainy season (which supports active growth of the herbaceous community). The high mineral-N status on the slag dump was related with high N-mineralization rates, particularly in the young sites (20.6 and 13.9 μg g−1 month−1 at 1 and 2.5-year age). We suggest that along with the abiotic factors having strong effect on ecosystem functioning, the microbial biomass, an important biotic factor, shows considerable influence on soil nutrient build-up during early stages of primary succession on the slag dumps. The microbial biomass dynamics initiates biotic control in developing slag dumps ecosystem through its effect on nitrogen pools and availability.  相似文献   

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Soil microbial biomass N is commonly determined through fumigation-extraction (FE), and a conversion factor (KEN) is necessary to convert extractable N to actual soil biomass N. Estimation of KEN has been constrained by various uncertainties including potential microbial immobilisation. We developed a mass-balance approach to quantify changes in microbial N storage during nutrient-amended incubation, in which microbial uptake is determined as the residual in a ‘mass-balance’ based on soil-water N before and after amended incubation. The approach was applied to three sandy soils of southwestern Australia, to determine microbial N immobilisation during 5-day incubation in response to supply of 2.323 mg C g−1, 100 μg N g−1 and 20 μg P g−1. The net N immobilisation was estimated to be 95-114 μg N g−1 in the three soils, equivalent to 82.7-85.1% of soil-water N following the amendment. Such estimation for microbial uptake does not depend on fumigation and KEN conversion, but for comparison purposes we estimated ‘nominal’ KEN values (0.11-0.14) for the three soils, which were comparable to previously reported KEN from soils receiving C and N amendment. The accuracy of our approach depends on the mass-balance equation and the integrated measurement errors of the multiple N pools, and was assessed practically through recoveries of added-N when microbial uptake can be minimised. Near-satisfactory recoveries were achieved under such conditions. Our mass-balance approach provides information not only about changes in the microbial biomass nitrogen storage, but also major N-pools and their fluxes in regulating soil N concentrations under substrate and nutrient amended conditions.  相似文献   

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We examined effects of wetting and then progressive drying on nitrogen (N) mineralization rates and microbial community composition, biomass and activity of soils from spinifex (Triodia R. Br.) grasslands of the semi-arid Pilbara region of northern Australia. We compared soils under and between spinifex hummocks and also examined impacts of fire history on soils over a 28 d laboratory incubation. Soil water potentials were initially adjusted to −100 kPa and monitored as soils dried. We estimated N mineralization by measuring changes in amounts of nitrate (NO3−-N) and ammonium (NH4+-N) over time and with change in soil water potential. Microbial activity was assessed by amounts of CO2 respired. Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analyses were used to characterize shifts in microbial community composition during soil drying. Net N mineralized under hummocks was twice that of open spaces between hummocks and mineralization rates followed first-order kinetics. An initial N mineralization flush following re-wetting accounted for more than 90% of the total amount of N mineralized during the incubation. Initial microbial biomass under hummocks was twice that of open areas between hummocks, but after 28 d microbial biomass was<2 μ g−1 ninhydrin N regardless of position. Respiration of CO2 from soils under hummocks was more than double that of soils from between hummocks. N mineralization, microbial biomass and microbial activity were negligible once soils had dried to −1000 kPa. Microbial community composition was also significantly different between 0 and 28 d of the incubation but was not influenced by burning treatment or position. Regression analysis showed that soil water potential, microbial biomass N, NO3−-N, % C and δ15N all explained significant proportions of the variance in microbial community composition when modelled individually. However, sequential multiple regression analysis determined only microbial biomass was significant in explaining variance of microbial community compositions. Nitrogen mineralization rates and microbial biomass did not differ between burned and unburned sites suggesting that any effects of fire are mostly short-lived. We conclude that the highly labile nature of much of soil organic N in these semi-arid grasslands provides a ready substrate for N mineralization. However, process rates are likely to be primarily limited by the amount of substrate available as well as water availability and less so by substrate quality or microbial community composition.  相似文献   

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Physiological groups of soil microorganisms, total C and N and available nutrients were investigated in four heated (350 °C, 1 h) soils (one Ortic Podsol over sandstone and three Humic Cambisol over granite, schist or limestone) inoculated (1.5 μg chlorophyll a g−1 soil or 3.0 μg chlorophyll a g−1 soil) with four cyanobacterial strains of the genus Oscillatoria, Nostoc or Scytonema and a mixture of them.Cyanobacterial inoculation promoted the formation of microbiotic crusts which contained a relatively high number of NH4+-producers (7.4×109 g−1 crust), starch-mineralizing microbes (1.7×108 g−1 crust), cellulose-mineralizing microbes (1.4×106 g−1 crust) and NO2− and NO3− producers (6.9×104 and 7.3×103 g−1 crust, respectively). These crusts showed a wide range of C and N contents with an average of 293 g C kg−1 crust and 50 g N kg−1 crust, respectively. In general, Ca was the most abundant available nutrient (804 mg kg−1 crust), followed by Mg (269 mg kg−1 crust), K (173 mg kg−1 crust), Na (164 mg kg−1 crust) and P (129 mg kg−1 crust). There were close positive correlations among all the biotic and abiotic components of the crusts.Biofertilization with cyanobacteria induced great microbial proliferation as well as high increases in organic matter and nutrients in the surface of the heated soils. In general, cellulolytics were increased by four logarithmic units, amylolytics and ammonifiers by three logarithmic units and nitrifiers by more than two logarithmic units. C and N contents rose an average of 275 g C kg−1 soil and 50 g N kg−1 soil while the C:N ratio decreased up to 7 units. Among the available nutrients the highest increase was for Ca (315 mg kg−1 soil) followed by Mg (189 mg kg−1 soil), K (111 mg kg−1 soil), Na (109 mg kg−1 soil) and P (89 mg kg−1 soil). Fluctuations of the microbial groups as well as those of organic matter and nutrients were positively correlated.The efficacy of inoculation depended on both the type of soil and the class of inoculum. The best treatment was the mixture of the four strains and, whatever the inoculum used, the soil over lime showed the most developed crust followed by the soils over schist, granite and sandstone. In the medium term there were not significant differences between the two inocula amounts tested.These results showed that inoculation of burned soils with alien N2-fixing cyanobacteria may be a biotechnological means of promoting microbiotic crust formation, enhancing C and N cycling microorganisms and increasing organic matter and nutrient contents in heated soils.  相似文献   

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Soil amendment with manures from intensive animal industries is nowadays a common practice that may favorably or adversely affect several soil properties, including soil microbial activity. In this work, the effect of consecutive annual additions of pig slurry (PS) at rates of 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 m3 ha−1 y−1 over a 4-year period on soil chemical properties and microbial activity was investigated and compared to that of an inorganic fertilization and a control (without amendment). Field plot experiment conducted under a continuous barley monoculture and semiarid conditions were used. Eight months after the fourth yearly PS and mineral fertilizer application (i.e. soon after the fourth barley harvest), surface soil samples (Ap horizon, 0-15 cm depth) from control and amended soils were collected and analysed for pH, electrical conductivity (EC), contents of total organic C, total N, available P and K, microbial biomass C, basal respiration and different enzymatic activities. The control soil had a slightly acidic pH (6.0), a small EC (0.07 dS m−1), adequate levels of total N (1.2 g kg−1) and available K (483 mg kg−1) for barley growth, and small contents of total organic C (13.2 g kg−1) and available P (52 mg kg−1). With respect to the control and mineral fertilized soils, the PS-amended soils had greater pH values (around neutrality or slightly alkaline), electrical conductivities (still low) and contents of available P and K, and slightly larger total N contents. A significant decrease of total organic C was observed in soils amended at high slurry rate (12.3 g kg−1). Compared with the control and mineral treatments, which produced almost similar results, the PS-amended soils were characterized by a higher microbial biomass C content (from 311 to 442 g kg−1), microbial biomass C/total organic C ratio (from 2.3 to 3.6%) and dehydrogenase (from 35 to 173 μg INTF g−1), catalase (from 5 to 24 μmol O2 g−1 min−1), BAA-protease (from 0.7 to 1.9 μmol  g−1 h−1) and β-glucosidase (from 117 to 269 μmol PNP g−1 h−1) activities, similar basal respirations (from 48 to 77 μg C-CO2 g−1 d−1) and urease activities (from 1.5 to 2.2 μmol  g−1 h−1), and smaller metabolic quotients (from 6.4 to 7.7 ng C-CO2 μg−1 biomass C h−1) and phosphatese activities (from 374 to 159 μmol PNP g−1 h−1). For example, statistical analysis of experimental data showed that, with the exception of metabolic quotient and total organic C content, these effects generally increased with increasing cumulative amount of PS. In conclusion, cumulative PS application to soil over time under semiarid conditions may produce not only beneficial effects but also adverse effects on soil properties, such us the partial mineralization of soil organic C through extended microbial oxidation. Thus, PS should not be considered as a mature organic amendment and should be treated appropriately before it is applied to soil, so as to enhance its potential as a soil organic fertilizer.  相似文献   

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Urine deposition by grazing livestock causes an immediate increase in nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, but the responsible mechanisms are not well understood. A nitrogen-15 (15N) labelling study was conducted in an organic grass-clover sward to examine the initial effect of urine on the rates and N2O loss ratio of nitrification (i.e. moles of N2O-N produced per moles of nitrate produced) and denitrification (i.e. moles of N2O produced per moles of N2O+N2 produced). The effect of artificial urine (52.9 g N m−2) and ammonium solution (52.9 g N m−2) was examined in separate experiments at 45% and 35% water-filled pore space (WFPS), respectively, and in each experiment a water control was included. The N2O loss derived from nitrification or denitrification was determined in the field immediately after application of 15N-labelled solutions. During the next 24 h, gross nitrification rates were measured in the field, whereas the denitrification rates were measured in soil cores in the laboratory. Compared with the water control, urine application increased the N2O emission from 3.9 to 42.3 μg N2O-N m−2 h−1, whereas application of ammonium increased the emission from 0.9 to 6.1 μg N2O-N m−2 h−1. In the urine-affected soil, nitrification and denitrification contributed equally to the N2O emission, and the increased N2O loss resulted from a combination of higher rates and higher N2O loss ratios of the processes. In the present study, an enhanced nitrification rate seemed to be the most important factor explaining the high initial N2O emission from urine patches deposited on well-aerated soils.  相似文献   

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Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a greenhouse gas produced during microbial transformation of soil N that has been implicated in global climate warming. Nitrous oxide efflux from N fertilized soils has been modeled using NO3− content with a limited success, but predicting N2O production in non-fertilized soils has proven to be much more complex. The present study investigates the contribution of soil amino acid (AA) mineralization to N2O flux from semi-arid soils. In laboratory incubations (−34 kPa moisture potential), soil mineralization of eleven AAs (100 μg AA-N g−1 soil) promoted a wide range in the production of N2O (156.0±79.3 ng N2O-N g−1 soil) during 12 d incubations. Comparison of the δ13C content (‰) of the individual AAs and the δ13C signature of the respired AA-CO2-C determined that, with the exception of TYR, all of the AAs were completely mineralized during incubations, allowing for the calculation of a N2O-N conversion rate from each AA. Next, soils from three different semi-arid vegetation ecosystems with a wide range in total N content were incubated and monitored for CO2 and N2O efflux. A model utilizing CO2 respired from the three soils as a measure of organic matter C mineralization, a preincubation soil AA composition of each soil, and the N2O-N conversion rate from the AA incubations effectively predicted the range of N2O production by all three soils. Nitrous oxide flux did not correspond to factors shown to influence anaerobic denitrification, including soil NO3− contents, soil moisture, oxygen consumption, and CO2 respiration, suggesting that nitrification and aerobic nitrifier denitrification could be contributing to N2O production in these soils. Results indicate that quantification of AA mineralization may be useful for predicting N2O production in soils.  相似文献   

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Soil microbial biomass P is usually determined through fumigation-extraction (FE), in which partially extractable P from lysed biomass is converted to biomass P using a conversion factor (Kp). Estimation of Kp has been usually based on cultured microorganisms, which may not adequately represent the soil microbial community in either nutrient-poor or in altered carbon and nutrient conditions following fertilisation. We report an alternative approach in which changes in microbial P storage are determined as the residual in a mass balance of extractable P before and after incubation. This approach was applied in three low-fertility sandy soils of southwestern Australia, to determine microbial P immobilisation during 5-day incubations in response to the amendment by 2.323 mg C g−1, 100 μg N g−1 and 20 μg P g−1. The net P immobilisation during the amended incubations determined to be 18.1, 14.1 and 16.3 μg P g−1 in the three soils, accounting for 70.6-90.5% of P added through amendment. Such estimates do not rely on fumigation and Kp values, but for comparison with the FE method we estimated ‘nominal’ Kp values to be 0.20-0.31 for the soils under the amended conditions. Our results showed that microbial P immobilisation was a dominant process regulating P concentration in soil water following the CNP amendment. The mass-balance approach provides information not only about changes in the microbial P compartment, but also about other major P-pools and their fluxes in regulating soil-water P concentrations under substrate- and nutrient-amended conditions.  相似文献   

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Temporal variations in δ15N of NH4+ and NO3− in water-saturated and unsaturated soils were examined in a laboratory incubation study. Ammonium sulfate (δ15N=−2.6‰) was added to 25 g samples of soil at concentrations of 160 mg N kg−1. Soils were then incubated under unsaturated (50% of water holding capacity at saturation, WHC) or saturated (100% of WHC) water conditions for 7 and 36 d, respectively. During 7 d incubation of unsaturated soil, the NH4+-N concentration decreased from 164.8 to 34.4 mg kg−1, and the δ15N of NH4+ increased from −0.4 to +57.2‰ through nitrification, as evidenced by corresponding increase in NO3−-N concentration and lower δ15N of NO3− (product) than that of NH4+ (substrate) at each sampling time. In saturated soil, the concentration of NH4+-N decreased gradually from 162.4 to 24.2 mg kg−1, and the δ15N values increased from +0.8 to +21.0‰ during 36 d incubation. However, increase in NO3− concentration was not observed due to loss of NO3− through concurrent denitrification in anaerobic sites. The apparent isotopic fractionation factors (αs/p) associated with decrease in NH4+ concentration were 1.04 and 1.01 in unsaturated and saturated soils, respectively. Since nitrification is likely to introduce greater isotope fractionation than microbial immobilization, the higher value for unsaturated soil probably reflected faster nitrification under aerobic conditions. The lower value for saturated soil suggests that immobilization and subsequent remineralization of NH4+ were relatively more dominant than nitrification under the anaerobic conditions.  相似文献   

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Overland flow systems are useful for treating landfill leachates, because they provide favourable conditions for nitrification and they are easy to maintain. However, little is known about the microbial communities in such systems or the nitrification capacity of those microorganisms. In this study, seasonal variations in potential nitrification and in community composition of nitrifying bacteria were investigated in two overland flow areas receiving leachate from landfills at Korslöt and Hagby, Sweden. Samples were collected in the settling ponds sediment and at two depths in the overland flow areas (the macrophyte litter layer and the rhizosphere) in May, August and November 2003. A short-term incubation method was used to measure potential oxidation of ammonia and nitrite (designated PAO and PNO). The ammonia-oxidising bacterial (AOB) community was investigated using a 16S rRNA gene approach that included PCR amplification and analysis of PCR products by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), followed by nucleotide sequencing and phylogenetic analysis.PAO was determined in the range 5-2700 (NO2−+NO3−)-N g−1 dw d−1 and PNO in the range 60-2000 μg NO2−-N g−1 dw d−1. At Korslöt, PAO and PNO showed similar temporal variation in the different ecosystems, whereas no such relationship was noticed at Hagby. Considering both sites, there was no obvious change in the composition of the AOB community over the growing season. However, the composition did differ between the ecosystems: Nitrosomonas-like sequences were more common in the ponds, and in the litter layers they were found as often as Nitrosospira-like sequences, whereas Nitrosospira-like sequences were more common in the rhizospheres. Altogether, we found nine different AOB sequences, five Nitrosomonas-like and four Nitrosospira-like, which belonged to clusters 0, 2, 3b, 6a, 6b and 7. There was no apparent relationship between the number of AOB populations and the PAO in different soil layers and sediments.  相似文献   

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We investigated the relationship between soil organic matter (SOM) content and N dynamics in three grassland soils (0-10 and 10-20 cm depth) of different age (6, 14 and 50 y-old) with sandy loam textures. To study the distribution of the total C and N content the SOM was fractionated into light, intermediate and heavy density fractions of particulate macro-organic matter (150-2000 μm) and the 50-150 μm and <50 μm size fractions. The potential gross N transformation rates (mineralisation, nitrification, NH4+ and NO3− immobilization) were determined by means of short-term, fully mirrored 15N isotope dilution experiments (7-d incubations). The long-term potential net N mineralisation and gross N immobilization rates were measured in 70-d incubations. The total C and N contents mainly tended to increase in the 0-10 cm layer with increasing age of the grassland soils. Significant differences in total SOM storage were detected for the long-term (50 y-old) conversion from arable land to permanent grassland. The largest relative increase in C and N contents had occurred in the heavy density fraction of the macro-organic matter, followed by the 50-150 and <50 μm fractions. Our results suggest that the heavy density fraction of the macro-organic matter could serve as a good indicator of early SOM accumulation, induced by converting arable land to permanent grassland. Gross N mineralisation, nitrification, and (long-term) gross N immobilization rates tended to increase with increasing age of the grasslands, and showed strong, positive correlations with the total C and N contents. The calculated gross N mineralisation rates (7-d incubations) and net N mineralisation rates (70-d incubations) corresponded with a gross N mineralisation of 643, 982 and 1876 kg N ha−1 y−1, and a net N mineralisation of 195, 208 and 274 kg N ha−1 y−1 in the upper 20 cm of the 6, 14 and 50 y-old grassland soils, respectively. Linear regression analysis showed that 93% of the variability of the gross N mineralisation rates could be explained by variation in the total N contents, whereas total N contents together with the C-to-N ratios of the <50 μm fraction explained 84% of the variability of the net N mineralisation rates. The relationship between long-term net N mineralisation rates and gross N mineralisation rates could be fitted by means of a logarithmic equation (net m=0.24Ln(gross m)+0.23, R2=0.69, P<0.05), which reflects that the ratio of gross N immobilization-to-gross N mineralisation tended to increase with increasing SOM contents. Microbial demand for N tended to increase with increasing SOM content in the grassland soils, indicating that potential N retention in soils through microbial N immobilization tends to be limited by C availability.  相似文献   

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This study was conducted to examine whether the applications of N-inputs (compost and fertilizer) having different N isotopic compositions (δ15N) produce isotopically different inorganic-N and to investigate the effect of soil moisture regimes on the temporal variations in the δ15N of inorganic-N in soils. To do so, the temporal variations in the concentrations and the δ15N of NH4+ and NO3− in soils treated with two levels (0 and 150 mg N kg−1) of ammonium sulfate (δ15N=−2.3‰) and compost (+13.9‰) during a 10-week incubation were compared by changing soil moisture regime after 6 weeks either from saturated to unsaturated conditions or vice versa. Another incubation study using 15N-labeled ammonium sulfate (3.05 15N atom%) was conducted to estimate the rates of nitrification and denitrification with a numerical model FLUAZ. The δ15N values of NH4+ and NO3− were greatly affected by the availability of substrate for each of the nitrification and denitrification processes and the soil moisture status that affects the relative predominance between the two processes. Under saturated conditions for 6 weeks, the δ15N of NH4+ in soils treated with fertilizer progressively increased from +2.9‰ at 0.5 week to +18.9‰ at 6 weeks due to nitrification. During the same period, NO3− concentrations were consistently low and the corresponding δ15N increased from +16.3 to +39.2‰ through denitrification. Under subsequent water-unsaturated conditions, the NO3− concentrations increased through nitrification, which resulted in the decrease in the δ15N of NO3−. In soils, which were unsaturated for the first 6-weeks incubation, the δ15N of NH4+ increased sharply at 0.5 week due to fast nitrification. On the other hand, the δ15N of NO3− showed the lowest value at 0.5 week due to incomplete nitrification, but after a subsequence increase, they remained stable while nitrification and denitrification were negligible between 1 and 6 weeks. Changing to saturated conditions after the initial 6-weeks incubation, however, increased the δ15N of NO3− progressively with a concurrent decrease in NO3− concentration through denitrification. The differences in δ15N of NO−3 between compost and fertilizer treatments were consistent throughout the incubation period. The δ15N of NO3− increased with the addition of compost (range: +13.0 to +35.4‰), but decreased with the addition of fertilizer (−10.8 to +11.4‰), thus resulting in intermediate values in soils receiving both fertilizer and compost (−3.5 to +20.3‰). Therefore, such differences in δ15N of NO3− observed in this study suggest a possibility that the δ15N of upland-grown plants receiving compost would be higher than those treated with fertilizer because NO3− is the most abundant N for plant uptake in upland soils.  相似文献   

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The importance of subsoil denitrification on the fate of agriculturally derived nitrate (NO3) leached to groundwater is crucial for budgeting N in an ecosystem and for identifying areas where the risk of excess NO3 is reduced. However, the high atmospheric background of di-nitrogen (N2) causes difficulties in assessing denitrification enzyme activity (DEA) and denitrification potential (DP) in soils directly. Here, we apply Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry (MIMS) technique to investigate indirectly DEA and DP in soils by measuring N2/Ar ratio changes in headspace water over soil. Soils were collected from 0-10, 15-25 and 60-70 cm depths of a grazed ryegrass and grass-clover. The samples were amended with helium-flushed deionized water containing ranges of NO3 and carbon (glucose-C) and were incubated for six hours in the dark at 21 °C. The peaks for N2/Ar ratio, declined with increasing soil depth, indicating a reduced substrate requirements to initiate DEA en-masse (15-30 mg NO3-N alone or with 60-120 mg glucose-C, kg−1 soil). The dissolved N2O concentrations were very small (0.004-0.269 μg N kg−1 soil) but responded well to the added N and C, showing a reduction in DEA with soil depth. In three separate studies, only subsoils were incubated for 3 days at 12 °C with 20-30 mg NO3-N ± 40-60 mg glucose-C, kg−1 soil. Denitrification capacity (DC, NO3 only treatment) was not statistically different to the control (no amendment) within a land use (0.03-0.05 vs. 0.07-0.22 mg N kg−1 soil d−1), the highest being in ryegrass subsoils receiving groundwater. The DP was significantly (P < 0.0001) higher in subsoils under ryegrass than under grass-clover (0.50-0.71 vs. 1.15 mg N kg−1 soil d−1). The rates of DP (NO3 + glucose-C) increased significantly (P < 0.0001) in unsaturated and saturated subsoils (0.92 and 2.19 mg N kg−1 soil d−1, respectively) of grass-clover, due to the higher reductive state resulting from the 10 day pre-incubation. Available C accelerated denitrification in soils and superseded the temporary elevation in oxidative state due to NO3 addition. The substrates load differences between the land uses regulated the degree of denitrification rates. Results suggest that both dissolved N2O measured by gas chromatography and N2/Ar ratio measured by MIMS to indirectly determine DEA, and the latter to quantify total DC/DP in soils can be used. However, interference of oxygen in the MIMS system should be considered if available C is added or is naturally elevated in soil or groundwater.  相似文献   

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Investigations of 23 northwestern German sandy Ap horizons (mean clay content 35 g kg−1), that had higher organic matter (OM) levels than expected for sands, showed that the bulk soil C to N ratio reliably indicated the release of N from stabilized OM. Soils were incubated at 35 °C for 200 days under aerobic conditions. Cumulative N release curves were split into N released from fresh materials (Nfast) and N released from the larger pool of stabilized, older OM (Nslow rates, 0.06-0.77 μg N g−1 soil d−1, or 0.7-49 μg N g−1 OM). Correlating the Nslow rates with total N contents of soils yielded no satisfactory relationships while their relationship with C to N ratios was very close (negative exponential, R2=0.88). Low rates of N release (Nslow) per unit of OM occurred if C to N exceeded 15. This was associated with historical factors like podzolization, calluna heathland, plaggen fertilization or a combination of these.  相似文献   

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The influence of charcoal on biotic processes in soils remains poorly understood. Charcoal is a natural product of wildfires that burned on a historic return interval of ∼100 years in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests of northern Sweden. Fire suppression and changes in forest stand management have resulted in a lack of charcoal production in these ecosystems. It is thought that charcoal may alter N mineralization and nitrification rates, however, previous studies have not been conclusive. Replicated field studies were conducted at three late-succession field sites in northern Sweden and supporting laboratory incubations were conducted using soil humus collected from these sites. We used activated carbon (AC), as a surrogate for natural-occurring fire-produced charcoal. Two rates of AC (0 and 2000 kg ha−1), and glycine (0 and 100 kg N as glycine ha−1) were applied in factorial combination to field microplots in a randomized complete block pattern. Net nitrification, N mineralization, and free phenol concentrations were measured using ionic and non-ionic resin capsules, respectively. These same treatments and also two rates of birch leaf litter (0 and 1000 kg ha−1) were applied in a laboratory incubation and soils from this incubation were extracted with KCl and analyzed for NH4+ and NO3−. Nitrification rates increased with AC amendments in laboratory incubations, but this was not supported by field studies. Ammonification rates, as measured by NH4+ accumulation on ionic resins, were increased considerably by glycine applications, but some NH4+ was apparently lost to surface sorption to the AC. Phenolic accumulation on non-ionic resin capsules was significantly reduced by AC amendments. We conclude that charcoal exhibits important characteristics that affect regulating steps in the transformation and cycling of N.  相似文献   

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A study was carried out in order to establish the relationship between the water extractable organic carbon (WEOC) content of soils and soil microbial activity, and to determine how variations in the extraction procedure might influence the quantity of WEOC recovered. Concentrations of WEOC were determined in soils taken from 12 different sites in the south east of Scotland, using a procedure in which samples were shaken with distilled water, centrifuged at 5000g and then filtered through 0.45 μm Millipore filters. Filtration resulted in between 30 and 400 μg C g−1 being extracted using this procedure and the concentration of WEOC in the resultant extracts correlated with soil microbial production of CO2 and dehydrogenase activity (P<0.001). Without filtration, although more WEOC was extracted (between 31 and 716 μg C g−1), there was no significant correlation with biological activity. There was also no correlation between WEOC and nitrous oxide release during the incubations. Centrifugation at 20,000g for at least 10 min prior to filtration was required to remove particulate organic materials. Storage of samples at 4 °C or for up to 1 week or freezing for up to 3 months was not found to have a large influence on the concentration of WEOC in extracts, although amounts increased with soil:extractant ratio and increasing extraction time (from 15 to 60 min).  相似文献   

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