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Enzyme activities and microbial biomass in coastal soils of India   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  
Soil salinity is a serious problem for agriculture in coastal regions, wherein salinity is temporal in nature. We studied the effect of salinity, in summer, monsoon and winter seasons, on microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and enzyme activities (EAs) of the salt-affected soils of the coastal region of the Bay of Bengal, Sundarbans, India. The average pH of soils collected from different sites, during different seasons varied from 4.8 to 7.8. The average organic C (OC) and total N (TN) content of the soils ranged between 5.2-14.1 and 0.6-1.4 g kg−1, respectively. The electrical conductivity of the saturation extract (ECe) of soils, averaged over season, varied from 2.2 to 16.3 dSm−1. The ECe of the soils increased five fold during the summer season (13.8 dSm−1) than the monsoon season (2.7 dSm−1). The major cation and anion detected were Na+ and Cl−, respectively. Seasonality exerted considerable effects on MBC and soil EAs, with the lowest values recorded during the summer season. The activities of β-glucosidase, urease, acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase were similar during the winter and monsoon season. The dehydrogenase activity of soils was higher in monsoon than in winter. Average MBC, dehydrogenase, β-glucosidase, urease, acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase activities of the saline soils ranged from 125 to 346 mg kg−1 oven dry soil, 6-9.9 mg triphenyl formazan (TPF) kg−1 oven dry soil h−1, 18-53 mg p-nitro phenol (PNP) kg−1 oven dry soil h−1, 38-86 mg urea hydrolyzed kg−1 oven dry soil h−1, 213-584 mg PNP kg−1 oven dry soil h−1 and 176-362 mg PNP g−1 oven dry soil h−1, respectively. The same for the non-saline soils were 274-446 mg kg−1 oven dry soil, 8.8-14.4 mg TPF kg−1 oven dry soil h−1, 41-80 mg PNP kg−1 oven dry soil h−1, 89-134 mg urea hydrolyzed kg−1 oven dry soil h−1, 219-287 mg PNP kg−1 oven dry soil h−1 and 407-417 mg PNP kg−1 oven dry soil h−1, respectively. About 48%, 82%, 48%, 63%, 40% and 48% variation in MBC, dehydrogenase activity, β-glucosidase activity, urease activity, acid phosphatase activity and alkaline phosphatase activity, respectively, could be explained by the variation in ECe of saline soils. Suppression of EAs of the coastal soils during summer due to salinity rise is of immense agronomic significance and needs suitable interventions for sustainable crop production.  相似文献   

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Emissions of N2O were measured following addition of 15N-labelled (2.6-4.7 atom% excess 15N) agroforestry residues (Sesbania sesban, mixed Sesbania/Macroptilium atropurpureum, Crotalaria grahamiana and Calliandra calothyrsus) to a Kenyan oxisol at a rate of 100 mg N kg soil−1 under controlled environment conditions. Emissions were increased following addition of residues, with 22.6 mg N m−2 (124.4 mg N m−2 kg biomass−1; 1.1 mg 15N m−2; 1.03% of 15N applied) emitted as N2O over 29 d after addition of both Sesbania and Macroptilium residues in the mixed treatment. Fluxes of N2O were positively correlated with CO2 fluxes, and N2O emissions and available soil N were negatively correlated with residue lignin content (r=−0.49;P<0.05), polyphenol content (r=−0.94;P<0.05), protein binding capacity (r=−0.92;P<0.05) and with (lignin+polyphenol)-to-N ratio (r=−0.55;P<0.05). Lower emission (13.6 mg N m−2 over 29 d; 94.5 mg N m−2 kg biomass−1; 0.6 mg 15N m−2; 0.29% of 15N applied) after addition of Calliandra residue was attributed to the high polyphenol content (7.4%) and high polyphenol protein binding capacity (383 μg BSA mg plant−1) of this residue binding to plant protein and reducing its availability for microbial attack, despite the residue having a N content of 2.9%. Our results indicate that residue chemical composition, or quality, needs to be considered when proposing mitigation strategies to reduce N2O emissions from systems relying on incorporation of plant biomass, e.g. improved-fallow agroforestry systems, and that this consideration should extend beyond the C-to-N ratio of the residue to include polyphenol content and their protein binding capacity.  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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A phenanthrene-degrading bacterial strain Pseudomonas sp. GF3 was examined for plant-growth promoting effects and phenanthrene removal in soil artificially contaminated with low and high levels of phenanthrene (0, 100 and 200 mg kg−1) in pot experiments. Low and high phenanthrene treatments significantly decreased the growth of wheat. Inoculation with bacterial strain Pseudomonas sp. GF3 was found to increase root and shoot growth of wheat. Strain GF3 was able to degrade phenanthrene effectively in the unplanted and planted soils. Over a period of 80 days the concentration of phenanthrene in soil in which wheat was grown was significantly lower than in unplanted soil (p<0.05). At the end of the 80-d experiments, 62.2% and 42.3% of phenanthrene had disappeared from planted soils without Pseudomonas sp. GF3 when the phenanthrene was added at 100 and 200 mg kg−1 soil, respectively, but 84.8% and 70.2% of phenanthrene had disappeared from planted soils with the bacterial inoculation. The presence of vegetation significantly enhances the dissipation of phenanthrene in the soil. There was no significant difference in soil polyphenol oxidase activities among the applications of 0, 100 and 200 mg kg−1 of phenanthrene. However, the enzyme activities in planted and unplanted soils inoculated with the strain Pseudomonas sp. GF3 were significantly higher than those of non-inoculation controls. The bacterial isolate was also able to colonize and develop in the rhizosphere soil of wheat after inoculation.  相似文献   

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Nanoparticles (NPs) of TiO2 and ZnO are receiving increasing attention due to their widespread applications. To evaluate their toxicities to the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) in soil, artificial soil systems containing distilled water, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 or 5.0 g kg−1 of NPs were prepared and earthworms were exposed for 7 days. Contents of Zn and Ti in earthworm, activities of antioxidant enzymes, DNA damage to earthworm, activity of cellulase and damage to mitochondria of gut cells were investigated after acute toxicity test. The results from response of the antioxidant system combined with DNA damage endpoint (comet assay) indicated that TiO2 and ZnO NPs could induce significant damage to earthworms when doses were greater than 1.0 g kg−1. We found that Ti and Zn, especially Zn, were bioaccumulated, and that mitochondria were damaged at the highest dose in soil (5.0 g kg−1). The activity of cellulase was significantly inhibited when organisms were exposed to 5.0 g kg−1 of ZnO NPs. Our study demonstrates that both TiO2 and ZnO NPs exert harmful effects to E. fetida when their levels are higher than 1.0 g kg−1 in soil and that toxicity of ZnO NPs was higher than TiO2.  相似文献   

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The isotopic dilution method developed by Oehl et al. [2001b. Organic phosphorus mineralisation studies using isotopic dilution techniques. Soil Science Society of America Journal 65, 780-787] to measure gross mineralisation of soil organic phosphorus (P) was tested on a range of low-P sorbing soils. This isotopic dilution method relies on accurate prediction of radiolabel behaviour due to soil physicochemical processes. Based on experimental validation of the extrapolation for isotopic dilution due to physicochemical processes using autoclaved soils, a simple power function was used for extrapolation rather than the more complex equation used in the original method. For several soils, however, a potential overestimation of gross mineralisation by 0.1-2.0 mg P kg−1 d−1 was revealed. In addition, the detection limit of P mineralisation ranged between 0.6 and 2.6 mg P kg−1 d−1. The method is likely to be at the detection limit for soils that are high in available P and low in biological activity. The method was modified with respect to the extrapolation and successfully applied to a soil with relatively high microbial P (18 mg P kg−1) and soil respiration rates (29 mg C kg−1 d−1), revealing gross mineralisation rates of organic P of 0.9-1.2 mg P kg−1 d−1. Measurement of uptake of 32P by the microbial biomass allowed derivation of a net organic P mineralisation rate of 0.5-0.9 mg P kg−1 d−1.  相似文献   

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A 28 d N transformation test was developed according to the OECD guideline 216. In the laboratory-based test, a suitable soil was amended with powdered plant meal as an organic N source. Soil samples of 1 kg treated with five concentrations of nitrapyrin (2-chloro-6-(trichloromethyl)-pyridine), in the range 1.0-100 mg kg−1 dry weight were incubated for 28 d at 20±2 °C. A dose response was produced and the N mineralisation EC50 (95% C.I.) for nitrapyrin was 3.1 (1.9-4.3) mg kg−1 dry soil. The determined EC50 was compared with literature figures for similar end points but using different methodology.  相似文献   

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Stable 15N isotope dilution and tracer techniques were used in cultivated (C) and uncultivated (U) ephemeral wetlands in central Saskatchewan, Canada to: (1) quantify gross mineralization and nitrification rates and (2) estimate the relative proportion of N2O emissions from these wetlands that could be attributed to denitrification versus nitrification-related processes. In-field incubation experiments were repeated in early May, mid-June and late July. Mean gross mineralization and nitrification rates (10.3 and 3.1 mg kg−1 d−1, respectively) did not differ between C and U wetlands on any given date. Despite these similarities, the mean NH4+ pool size in the U wetlands (17.2 mg kg−1) was two to three times that of the C wetlands (6.7 mg kg−1) whereas the mean NO3− pool size in U wetlands (2.2 mg kg−1) was less than half that of C wetlands (5.8 mg kg−1). Mean N2O emissions from the C wetlands decreased from 112.8 to 17.0 ng N2O m2 s−1 from May to July, whereas mean U-wetland N2O emissions ranged only from 31.8 to 51.1 ng N2O m2 s−1 over the same period. This trend is correlated to water-filled pore space in C wetlands, demonstrating a soil moisture influence on emissions. Denitrification is generally considered the dominant emitter of N2O under anaerobic conditions, but in the C wetlands, only 49% of the May emissions could be directly attributed to denitrification, decreasing to 29% in July. In contrast, more than 75% of the N2O emissions from the U wetlands arose from denitrification of the soil NO3− pool throughout the season. These land use differences in emission sources and rates should be taken into consideration when planning management strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation.  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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Denitrification assays in soils spiked with zinc salt have shown inhibition of the N2O reduction resulting in increased soil N2O fluxes with increasing soil Zn concentration. It is unclear if the same is true for environmentally contaminated soils. Net production of N2O and N2 was monitored during anaerobic incubations (25 °C, He atmosphere) of soils freshly spiked with ZnCl2 and of corresponding soils that were gradually enriched with metals (mainly Zn) in the field by previous sludge amendments or by corrosion of galvanized structures. Total denitrification activity (i.e. the sum of N2O+N2 production rate) was not inhibited by freshly added Zn salts up to 1600 mg Zn kg−1, whereas N2O reduction decreased by 50% (EC50) at total Zn concentrations of 231 mg Zn kg−1 (ZEV soil) and 368 mg Zn kg−1 (TM soil). In contrast, N2O reduction was not reduced by soil Zn in any of the field contaminated soils, even at total soil Zn or soil solution Zn concentrations exceeding more than 5 times corresponding EC50's of the freshly spiked soil. The absence of adverse effects in the field contaminated soils was unrelated to soil NO3 or organic matter concentration. Ageing (2-8 weeks) and soil leaching after spiking reduced the toxicity of Zn on N2O reduction, either expressed as total Zn or soil solution Zn, suggesting adaptation reactions. However, no full recovery after spiking was identified at the largest incubation period in one soil. In addition, the denitrification assay performed with sewage sludge showed elevated N2O release in Zn contaminated sludges (>6000 mg Zn kg−1 dry matter) whereas this was not observed in low Zn sludge (<1000 mg Zn kg−1 dry matter) suggesting limits to adaptation reactions in the sludge particles. It is concluded that the use of soils spiked with Zn salts overestimates effects on N2O reduction. Field data on N2O fluxes in sludge amended soils are required to identify if metals indeed promote N2O emissions in sludge amended soils.  相似文献   

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Global warming potential (GWP) of sandy paddy soils may be reduced by trade-offs between N2O, CH4 and CO2 emissions. Laboratory experiments using either rice straw (1% or 0.5%) or together with urea-N (25 or 50 mg N kg−1 soil) at various levels of soil water were carried out for 30 days each, to test this assumption. Waterlogging combined with urea-N increased total N2O emissions, with greater release upon rewaterlogging (7.4 mg N kg−1 soil) than experienced by removing waterlogging only. Rice straw±urea-N either emitted small amounts of N2O or resulted in negative values at all water levels, including saturated and aerobic. Total CH4 fluxes declined with the decreased water levels and amount of rice straw (<193 mg C kg−1 soil), and also for CO2 with the latter (<1340 mg C kg−1 soil), and rewaterlogging had little influence on both. N2O under rewaterlogged and waterlogged±urea-N, CH4 under waterlogged with rice straw, and CO2 for the remainder were the major contributors to GWP. Results show that waterlogging following aerobic decomposition of rice straw (1%) with urea-N, applied either at the beginning or at the end of the aerobic conditions, could decrease GWP by 56-64% and 32-42% over the sole addition of rice straw (1% and 0.5%) under waterlogged and saturated conditions, respectively.  相似文献   

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The concentrations of Zn, Cd, Pb and Cu in earthworm tissues were compared with the total and DTPA-extractable contents of these heavy metals in contaminated soils. Samples were taken from a pasture polluted by waste from a metallurgic industry over 70 y ago. Three individuals of Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus rubellus and soil samples were collected at six points along a gradient of increasing pollution. Total metal contents of earthworms, soil, and metals extracted by DTPA from the soil were measured. Total heavy metal contents of the soils ranged from 165.7 to 1231.7 mg Zn kg−1, 2.7 to 5.2 mg Cd kg−1, 45.8 to 465.5 mg Pb kg−1 and 30.0 to 107.5 mg Cu kg−1. Their correlations with metals extracted by DTPA were highly significant. Contents of the metals in earthworm tissues were higher in A. caliginosa than in L. rubellus, with values ranging from 556 to 3381 mg Zn kg−1, 11.6 to 102.9 mg Cd kg−1, 1.9 to 182.8 mg Pb kg−1 and 17.9 to 35.9 mg Cu kg−1 in A. caliginosa, and from 667.9 to 2645 mg Zn kg−1, 7.7 to 26.3 mg Cd kg−1, 0.5 to 37.9 mg Pb kg−1 and 16.0 to 37.6 mg Cu kg−1 in L. rubellus, respectively. Correlations between body loads in earthworms with either total or DTPA-extractable contents of soil metals were significant, except for Cd in L. rubellus and Cu in A. caliginosa. Considering its simple analytical procedure, DTPA-extractable fraction may be preferable to total metal content as a predictor of bio-concentrations of heavy metals in earthworms. Biota-to-Soil Accumulation Factor (BSAF) of these four metals are Cd>Zn>Cu>Pb, with range of mean values between: Cd (6.18-17.02), Zn (1.95-7.91), Cu (0.27-0.89) and Pb (0.08-0.38) in A. caliginosa, and Cd (3.64-6.34), Zn (1.5-6.35), Cu (0.29-0.87) and Pb (0.04-0.13) in L. rubellus. The BSAF of Ca, Fe and Mn are Ca>Mn>Fe, with mean values of: Ca (0.46-1.31), Mn (0.041-0.111), Fe (0.017-0.07) in A. caliginosa and Ca (0.98-2.13), Mn (0.14-0.23), Fe (0.019-0.048) in L. rubellus, respectively. Results of principal component analysis showed that the two earthworm species differ in the pattern of metal bioaccumulation which is related to their ecological roles in contaminated soils.  相似文献   

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Hippuric acid (HA) in cattle urine acts as a natural inhibitor of soil N2O emissions. As HA concentration varies with diet, we determined critical HA levels. We also tested the hypothesis that the inhibition occurs because the HA breakdown product benzoic acid (BA) inhibits denitrification rates. During a 64-day incubation, we quantified emissions from artificial urine varying in HA, BA and glycine (Gly) concentrations, added to a sandy pasture soil. Increasing HA concentration from 0.4 to 5.6 mmol kg−1 soil significantly decreased the average N2O flux by 54%. At 3.9 mmol kg−1 soil, denitrification levels were 50% reduced for BA as compared to Gly. We conclude that HA inhibits both denitrification and N2O emission, at least partly through a BA mechanism.  相似文献   

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Soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), their ratio (MBC/SOC) which is also known as microbial quotient, soil respiration, dehydrogenase and phosphatase activities were evaluated in a long-term (31 years) field experiment involving fertility treatments (manure and inorganic fertilizers) and a maize (Zea mays L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)-cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) rotation at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute near New Delhi, India. Applying farmyard manure (FYM) plus NPK fertilizer significantly increased SOC (4.5-7.5 g kg−1), microbial biomass (124-291 mg kg−1) and microbial quotient from 2.88 to 3.87. Soil respiration, dehydrogenase and phosphatase activities were also increased by FYM applications. The MBC response to FYM+100% NPK compared to 100% NPK (193 vs. 291 mg kg−1) was much greater than that for soil respiration (6.24 vs. 6.93 μl O2 g−1 h−1) indicating a considerable portion of MBC in FYM plots was inactive. Dehydrogenase activity increased slightly as NPK rates were increased from 50% to 100%, but excessive fertilization (150% NPK) decreased it. Acid phosphatase activity (31.1 vs. 51.8 μg PNP g−1 h−1) was much lower than alkali phosphatase activity (289 vs. 366 μg PNP g−1 h−1) in all treatments. Phosphatase activity was influenced more by season or crop (e.g. tilling wheat residue) than fertilizer treatment, although both MBC and phosphatase activity were increased with optimum or balanced fertilization. SOC, MBC, soil respiration and acid phosphatase activity in control (no NPK, no manure) treatment was lower than uncultivated reference soil, and soil respiration was limiting at N alone or NP alone treatments.  相似文献   

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Long-term diversity-disturbance responses of soil bacterial communities to copper were determined from field-soils (Spalding; South Australia) exposed to Cu in doses ranging from 0 through to 4012 mg Cu kg−1 soil. Nearly 6 years after application of Cu, the structure of the total bacterial community showed change over the Cu gradient (PCR-DGGE profiling). 16S rRNA clone libraries, generated from unexposed and exposed (1003 mg Cu added kg−1 soil) treatments, had significantly different taxa composition. In particular, Acidobacteria were abundant in unexposed soil but were nearly absent from the Cu-exposed sample (P<0.05), which was dominated by Firmicute bacteria (P<0.05). Analysis of community profiles of Acidobacteria, Bacillus, Pseudomonas and Sphingomonas showed significant changes in structural composition with increasing soil Cu. The diversity (Simpsons index) of the Acidobacteria community was more sensitive to increasing concentrations of CaCl-extractable soil Cu (CuExt) than other groups, with decline in diversity occurring at 0.13 CuExt mg kg−1 soil. In contrast, diversity in the Bacillus community increased until 10.4 CuExt mg kg−1 soil, showing that this group was 2 orders of magnitude more resistant to Cu than Acidobacteria. Sphingomonas was the most resistant to Cu; however, this group along with Pseudomonas represented only a small percentage of total soil bacteria. Changes in bacterial community structure, but not diversity, were concomitant with a decrease in catabolic function (BioLog). Reduction in function followed a dose-response pattern with CuExt levels (R2=0.86). The EC50 for functional loss was 0.21 CuExt mg kg−1 soil, which coincided with loss of Acidobacteria diversity. The microbial responses were confirmed as being due to Cu and not shifts in soil pH (from use of CuSO4) as parallel Zn-based field plots (ZnSO4) were dissimilar. Changes in the diversity of most bacterial groups with soil Cu followed a unimodal response - i.e. diversity initially increased with Cu addition until a critical value was reached, whereupon it sharply decreased. These responses are indicative of the intermediate-disturbance-hypothesis, a macroecological theory that has not been widely tested in environmental microbial ecosystems.  相似文献   

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We established a field trial to assess the impacts on soil biological properties of application of heavy metal-spiked sewage sludge, with the aim of determining toxicity threshold concentrations of heavy metals in soil. Plots were treated with sludges containing increasing concentrations of Cu, Ni and Zn in order to raise the metal concentrations in the soil by 0-200 mg Cu kg−1, 0-60 mg Ni kg−1 and 0-400 mg Zn kg−1, and were then cultivated and sown in ryegrass-clover pasture and monitored annually for 6 years. All biological properties measured (soil basal respiration, microbial biomass C, and sulphatase enzyme activities), except phosphatase activity, increased in all plots over the duration of the experiment. Consequently, it was only possible to assess effects of heavy metals across time if, each year, all data for each metal were normalised by expressing them as percentages of the activities measured in an un-sludged control plot. When this was done, no significant effects of increasing heavy-metal concentrations on basal respiration, microbial biomass C or respiratory quotient (qCO2) were observed, although total Cu and soil solution Cu were significantly negatively related to microbial biomass C when it was expressed as a proportion of soil total C. None of the properties measured were affected by increasing Ni concentrations. Phosphatase and sulphatase activities were significantly negatively related to increasing Zn concentrations, but not usually to increasing Cu unless they were expressed as a proportion of total C. A sigmoidal dose-response model was used to calculate EC20 and EC50 values using the normalised data, but generally, the model parameters had very large 95% confidence intervals and/or the fits to the model had small R2 values. The factors primarily responsible for confounding these results were site and sample variations not accounted for by the normalisation process and the absence of any data points at metal concentrations beyond the calculated EC50 values. In the few instances where reasonable EC20 values could be calculated, they were relatively consistent across properties, e.g., EC20 for total Zn and phosphatase (330 mg kg−1), total Zn and sulphatase (310 mg kg−1), and EC20 for total Cu and sulphatase (140 mg kg−1) and total Cu and microbial biomass C (140 mg kg−1), when both sulphatase and microbial biomass C were expressed as a proportion of total C. Our results suggest that Cu and Zn at the upper concentrations used in this experiment were possibly having adverse effects on some soil biological properties. However, much higher metal concentrations will be needed to accurately calculate EC20 and EC50 and this may not be easily achievable without many applications of sewage sludge, even if the sludge is spiked with heavy metals.  相似文献   

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The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of adding different rates of diethylenetriamine pentaacetate (DTPA) at different concentrations (0, 0.5, 1, and 5 mmol kg−1) and ethylenediamine disuccinate (EDDS) at 0, 5, 7.5, and 10 mmol kg−1 on the capacity of Brussels sprouts plants to take up Se from soils contaminated with 0, 5, 10, and 15 mg kg−1 NaSeO4, under a greenhouse conditions. Results indicated that the application of DTPA and EDDS to Se-contaminated soils significantly affect plant Se concentration, Se uptake, and dry matter yield of plants. Se concentration in the plant leaves, stems, and roots increased with increase in DTPA and EDDS application doses, but total Se uptake increased from 0 to 1.0 and 7.5 mmol kg−1 DTPA and EDDS application doses, respectively, and decreased after those levels due to toxic Se concentration for plant. Most plant available fractions and the carbonate, metal oxide, and organic matter-bound fractions increased linearly with Se application. At all DTPA and EDDS application rates, the Se concentrations in the leaves were about two to three times higher than those in the roots and about three to four times higher than those in the stems. This study suggests that the above-ground organs like leaf and shoots of Brussels sprouts can effectively be used in the removal of Se from soils contaminated with Se. Under the conditions in this experiment, Brussels sprouts were capable of removing 0.9–1.8 mg Se pot−1 when harvested at maturity without any chelating agent take into consideration one growing season per year. Based on the data of present experiment, it would be necessary to approximately 57–67 growing seasons without EDDS and EDTA to remove all total Se from polluted soil. Selenium removal can be further increased 12- to 20-fold with 7.5 mmol kg−1 EDDS and 1.0 mmol kg−1 DTPA application, respectively.  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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Phosphorus losses by surface runoff from agricultural lands have been of public concern due to increasing P contamination to surface waters. Five representative commercial citrus groves (C1-C5) located in South Florida were studied to evaluate the relationships between P fractions in soils, surface runoff P, and soil phosphatase activity. A modified Hedley P sequential fractionation procedure was employed to fractionate soil P. Soil P consisted of mainly organically- and Ca/Mg-bound P fractions. The organically-bound P (biological P, sum of organic P in the water, NaHCO3 and NaOH extracts) was dominant in the acidic sandy soils from the C2 and C3 sites (18% and 24% of total soil P), whereas the Ca/Mg-bound P (HCl-extractable P) accounted for 45-60% of soil total P in the neutral and alkaline soils (C1, C4 and C5 soils). Plant-available P (sum of water and NaHCO3 extractable P fractions) ranged from 27 to 61 mg P kg−1 and decreased in the order of C3>C4>C1>C2>C5. The mean total P concentrations (TP) in surface runoff water samples ranged from 0.51 to 2.64 mg L−1. Total P, total dissolved P (TDP), and PO43−-P in surface runoff were significantly correlated with soil biological P and plant-available P forms (p<0.01), suggesting that surface runoff P was directly derived from soil available P pools, including H2O- and NaHCO3- extractable inorganic P, water-soluble organic P, and NaHCO3- and NaOH-extractable organic P fractions, which are readily mineralized by soil microorganisms and/or enzyme mediated processes. Soil neutral (55-190 mg phenol kg−1 3 h−1) and natural (measured at soil pH) phosphatase activities (77-295 mg phenol kg−1 3 h−1) were related to TP, TDP, and PO43−-P in surface runoff, and plant-available P and biological P forms in soils. These results indicate that there is a potential relationship between soil P availability and phosphatase activities, relating to P loss by surface runoff. Therefore, the neutral and natural phosphatase activities, especially the natural phosphatase activity, may serve as an index of surface runoff P loss potential and soil P availability.  相似文献   

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There is conflicting evidence about toxic effects of heavy metals in soil on symbiotic nitrogen fixation. This study was set-up to assess the general occurrence of such effects. Soils with metal concentration gradients were sampled from six established field trials, where sewage sludge or metal salts have been applied, or from a transect in a sludge treated soil. Additional contaminated soils were sampled near metal smelters, in floodplains, in sludge amended arable land and in a metalliferous area. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation was measured with 15N isotope dilution in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) grown in potted soil that was not re-inoculated, and using ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) as reference crop. The fraction nitrogen in clover derived from fixation (Ndff) varied from 0 to 88% depending on soil. Pronounced metal toxicity on Ndff was only confirmed in a sludge treated soil where nitrogen fixation was halved from the control value at soil total metal concentration of 737 mg Zn kg−1, 428 mg Cu kg−1 and 10 mg Cd kg−1. The Ndff was significantly reduced by increasing metal concentration in soils from two other sites where Ndff was low throughout and where these effects might be attributed to confounding factors. No significant effects of metals on Ndff were identified in all other gradients even up to elevated total metal concentration (e.g. 55 mg Cd kg−1). The variation of Ndff among all soils (n=48), is mainly explained by the number of rhizobia in the soil (log MPN, log (cells g−1 soil)), whereas correlations with total or soil solution metal concentrations were weak (R2<0.25). The is significantly affected by the presence or absence of the host plant at the sampling site. No effects of metals were identified at even at total Zn concentrations of about 2000 mg Zn kg−1, whereas metal toxicity could be identified at lower most probable number (MPN) values. This survey shows that the metal toxicity on symbiotic nitrogen fixation cannot be generalized and that survival of a healthy population of the microsymbiont is probably the critical factor.  相似文献   

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