Twelve-year conversion of rice paddy to wetland does not alter SOC content but decreases C decomposition and N mineralization in Japan

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Land-use change worldwide has been driven by anthropogenic activities, which profoundly regulates terrestrial C and N cycles. However, it remains unclear how the dynamics and decomposition of soil organic C (SOC) and N respond to long-term conversion of rice paddy to wetland. Here, soil samples from five soil depths (0-25 cm, 5 cm/depth) were collected from a continuous rice paddy and an adjacent wetland (a rice paddy abandoned for 12 years) on Shonai Plain in northeastern Japan. A four-week anaerobic incubation experiment was conducted to investigate soil C decomposition and N mineralization. Our results showed that SOC in the wetland and rice paddy decreased with soil depth, from 31.02 to 19.66 g kg-1 and from 30.26 to 18.86 g kg-1, respectively. There was no significant difference in SOC content between wetland and rice paddy at any depth. Soil total nitrogen (TN) content in the wetland (2.61-1.49 g kg-1) and rice paddy (2.91-1.78 g kg-1) showed decreasing trend with depth; TN was significantly greater in the rice paddy than in the wetland at all depths except 20-25 cm. Paddy soil had significantly lower C/N ratios but significantly larger decomposed C (Dec-C, CO2 and CH4 production) and mineralized N (Min-N, net NH4+-N production) than wetland soil across all depths. Moreover, the Dec-C/Min-N ratio was significantly larger in wetland than in rice paddy across all depths. Rice paddy had higher exponential correlation between Dec-C and SOC, Min-N and TN than wetland. Although SOC did not change, TN decreased by 14.1% after the land-use conversion. The Dec-C and Min-N were decreased by 32.7% and 42.2%, respectively, after the12-year abandonment of rice paddy. Conclusively, long-term conversion of rice paddy to wetland did not distinctly alter SOC content but increased C/N ratio, and decreased C decomposition and N mineralization in 0-25 cm soil depth.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:354

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Journal of environmental management - 354(2024) vom: 01. März, Seite 120319

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tang, Shuirong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tian [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Ronggui [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xingkai [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yanzheng [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Hattori, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Tawaraya, Keitaro [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Weiguo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-44-0
Carbon
Journal Article
Land-use change
N mineralization
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Rice paddy abandonment
SOM decomposition
Soil
Soil depth
Wetland ecosystem

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120319

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NLM368773418