Nitrogen deposition caused higher increases in plant-derived organic carbon than microbial-derived organic carbon in forest soils

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Plant- and microbial-derived organic carbon, two components of the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool in terrestrial ecosystems, are regulated by increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition. However, the spatial patterns and driving factors of the responses of plant- and microbial-derived SOC to N deposition in forests are not clear, which hinders our understanding of SOC sequestration. In this study, we explored the spatial patterns of plant- and microbial-derived SOC, and their responses to N addition and elucidated their underlying mechanisms in forest soils receiving N addition at four sites with various soil and climate conditions. Plant- and microbial-derived SOC were quantified using lignin phenols and amino sugars, respectively. N addition increased the total microbial residues by 20.5% on average ranging from 9.4% to 34.0% in temperate forests but not in tropical forests, and the increase was mainly derived from fungal residues. Lignin phenols increased more in temperate forests (average of 63.8%) than in tropical forests (average of 15.7%) following N addition. The ratio of total amino sugars to lignin phenols was higher in temperate forests than in tropical forests and decreased with N addition in temperate forests. N addition mainly regulated soil microbial residues by affecting pH, SOC, exchangeable Ca2+, gram-negative bacteria biomass, and the C:N ratio, while it mainly had indirect effects on lignin phenols by altering SOC, soil C:N ratio, and gram-negative bacteria biomass. Overall, our findings suggested that N deposition caused a greater increase in plant-derived SOC than in microbial-derived SOC and that plant-derived SOC would have a more important role in sequestering SOC under increasing N deposition in forest ecosystems, particularly in temperate forests.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:925

Enthalten in:

The Science of the total environment - 925(2024) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 171752

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Xuechao [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qinggui [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qingkui [VerfasserIn]

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7440-44-0
9005-53-2
Amino Sugars
Amino sugar
Carbon
Forest ecosystem
Journal Article
Lignin
Lignin phenol
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Nitrogen deposition
Phenols
Soil
Soil organic carbon sequestration
Spatial pattern

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Date Completed 01.04.2024

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171752

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369837223