Co-accumulation characters of soil organic carbon and nitrogen under broadleaved Korean pine and Betula platyphylla secondary forests in Changbai Mountain, China.

The retrogressive succession is an important driver for dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN). We studied the quantitative distribution and synergistic accumulation characteristics of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in the primary broadleaved Korean pine (KP) forest and Betula platyphylla (BP) secondary forest in Changbai Mountain through paired plot approach. Further, we analyzed the changes of carbon pool and carbon sink effect in temperate forest soil caused by secondary succession and their carbon-nitrogen coupling mechanism. The results showed that the BP forest accumulated more organic carbon and nitrogen in the surface and subsurface soil (0-20 cm) than the KP forest, with relatively low soil C/N. Compared with KP forest, soil organic carbon storage in BP forest (0-20 cm) was higher by 14.7 t·hm-2, equivalent to a soil carbon sink gain of 29.4 g·m-2·a-1. SOC and TN concentrations were positively correlated in each soil layer of all forest types, causing a co-accumulative relationship between SOC and TN. The coefficient of determination (R2) between SOC and TN in the upper soil layers of BP forest was significantly higher than that of the KP forest, indicating that SOC accumulation under the relatively N-rich BP forest was more dependent on the accumulation of organic nitrogen. In the upper soil layers (0-10 cm) where organic matter concentrated, there was no significant difference in light fraction organic carbon and nitrogen stock between the two forest types, whereas the content, stock, and allocation percentage of heavy fraction organic carbon and nitrogen of BP forest were all significantly higher than that of the KP forest, with an average increment of 8.5 t·hm-2 in heavy fraction organic carbon stock. Those results indicated that the increase of soil organic carbon and nitrogen during secondary succession was mainly due to the increases of soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools in mineral-bound stability. The carbon-nitrogen coupling mechanisms in litter decomposition and soil organic matter formation was an important driving mechanisms underlying the changes of soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools during secondary succession.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Ying yong sheng tai xue bao = The journal of applied ecology - 30(2019), 5 vom: 16. Mai, Seite 1615-1624

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Weiterer Titel:

长白山阔叶红松林和杨桦次生林土壤有机碳氮的协同积累特征

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Hua Chen [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Si Wen [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ming Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Xiao Yang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-44-0
Carbon
Carbon and nitrogen coupling
Forest soil
Journal Article
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Organic carbon
Secondary succession
Soil
Total nitrogen

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.07.2019

Date Revised 24.07.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.13287/j.1001-9332.201905.040

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29725510X