薄层黑土区流域尺度土壤养分对侵蚀-沉积的响应

分析薄层黑土区流域尺度土壤养分与土壤侵蚀速率之间的空间分布关系,可为土壤侵蚀退化评价提供重要的科学依据。基于土壤样品采集与分析测定,结合~(137)Cs示踪技术,对比了典型薄层黑土区流域侵蚀区和沉积区的土壤养分含量,明确了流域尺度土壤养分含量及其空间分布对侵蚀—沉积速率的响应。结果表明:(1)在流域尺度土壤侵蚀对土壤养分含量有重要影响,侵蚀部位土壤有机碳(SOC)、全氮(TN)、硝态氮(NO_3—N)和速效磷(AP)含量较之沉积部位分别降低27.4%,21.1%,29.2%和54.1%,SOC和TN含量在侵蚀部位和沉积部位存在极显著差异,AP含量在侵蚀部位和沉积部位存在显著差异,而NO_3—N含量在侵蚀部位和沉积部位无显著差异。(2)土壤SOC、TN和AP含量与土壤侵蚀速率呈极显著负相关关系。(3)流域尺度土壤SOC和TN含量空间分布与土壤侵蚀—沉积速率的空间分布呈相反的变化趋势,表明在研究流域土壤侵蚀是造成土壤质量退化的关键驱动因子。     

三江平原湿地不同土地利用方式对土壤养分及酶活性的影响

以中国科学院三江平原湿地生态试验站为对象,研究了不同利用方式（湿地草甸、旱田系统、退耕成草、退耕成林）对土壤酶活性分布特征及相关因子的影响。结果表明:土壤利用方式不同,土壤酶活性（转化酶、脲酶、磷酸酶和过氧化氢酶）、有机碳含量和土壤养分含量有较大差异。土壤有机碳、全氮、全钾、速效磷、碱解氮、微生物量碳和氮均呈现出一致的变化规律,依次表现为湿地草甸 > 退耕草地 > 退耕林地 > 旱田系统,也即由湿地草甸退化过程中,土壤养分含量逐渐降低,其中不同土地利用方式下土壤全磷含量差异不显著（p>0.05）,在湿地的退化过程中,土壤全磷并没有发生显著的变化。与湿地草甸相比,土壤蔗糖酶、脱氢酶、脲酶和酸性磷酸酶活性均显著降低,其活性分别降低了32.69%,36.71%,50.00%,44.28%,由旱田系统恢复为湿地草甸系统后,土壤各种酶活性均显著增加,其中土壤蔗糖酶、脱氢酶、脲酶和酸性磷酸酶活性分别比旱田系统增加了26.68%,31.51%,48.19%,43.84%;表明由湿地草甸开垦为耕地和由耕地恢复为湿地草甸和林地,发生着两种不同的生物学过程,前者为微生物降解过程,而后者则为微生物累积过程。相关性分析表明SOC,TN和SMBC对土壤蔗糖酶、脱氢酶、脲酶和酸性磷酸酶活性的贡献为正,对土壤酶活性起到主导作用。主成分分析表明影响土壤酶活性最主要的因子为SOC,TN和SMBC。     

高寒草地2种固沙灌木根际土壤碳氮特征

为研究不同固沙植物对高寒草地土壤碳氮的影响,通过野外调查选取川西北高寒沙化草地人工种植的2种固沙灌木(红柳,沙棘)根际与非根际土壤为研究对象,研究根际与非根际土壤总有机碳(SOC)、全氮(TN)、碱解氮(AN)、微生物量碳(MBC)、微生物量氮(MBN)及纤维素酶、蔗糖酶、脲酶的差异特征。结果表明,2种固沙植物根际土壤SOC、MBC、TN、AN、MBN含量及酶活性均显著高于非根际土壤(P0.05)。其中红柳根际土壤SOC、MBC、TN、AN、MBN含量分别增加了124.24%,6.20%,116.67%,111.60%,264.21%;沙棘根际土壤SOC、MBC、TN、AN、MBN含量比非根际土壤分别增加71.23%,33.01%,152.63%,172.79%,83.42%。红柳根际土壤脲酶、蔗糖酶、纤维素含量比非根际土壤分别增加61.62%,97.73%,56.52%;沙棘根际土壤脲酶、蔗糖酶、纤维素酶含量比非根际土壤分别增加150.23%,177.17%,80.00%。土壤碳氮养分和酶活性间关系紧密,其中土壤SOC,TN与土壤脲酶、蔗糖酶、纤维素酶活性均呈极显著正相关(P0.01);AN与纤维素酶呈显著正相关(P0.05),与蔗糖酶、脲酶呈极显著正相关(P0.01);MBC、MBN与纤维素酶、脲酶呈显著正相关(P0.05),与蔗糖酶呈极显著正相关(P0.01)。研究发现,川西北常见的2种固沙灌木中沙棘对土壤养分、微生物生物量及酶活性具有较大的积累和转化作用,但沙棘对沙化土壤养分积累效果更显著。因此,在沙化草地修复过程中应以种植沙棘为主。     

典型黑土区农业流域土壤侵蚀-沉积对土壤养分和酶活性的影响

研究农业流域土壤侵蚀—沉积对土壤养分和酶活性的影响可为土壤侵蚀退化评价提供重要科学依据。选择典型薄层黑土区的宾州河流域为研究区,在流域上游、中游和下游各选取2个代表性坡面,基于¹³⁷Cs示踪技术估算土壤侵蚀—沉积速率,分析流域和坡面尺度土壤侵蚀—沉积对土壤养分(有机质、全氮和速效磷)和土壤酶活性(转化酶、脲酶和碱性磷酸酶)的影响。结果表明:(1)土壤侵蚀速率在流域上游最大,分别是流域中游和下游的1.9,11.2倍;坡面尺度上土壤侵蚀速率在坡中部最大,分别是坡上部和坡下部的1.3~2.6,2.8~12.2倍。(2)在流域尺度上,土壤有机质空间分布与土壤侵蚀速率空间分布呈相反的变化趋势,土壤全氮和速效磷含量在流域下游皆大于流域中游;坡面尺度上土壤有机质、速效磷含量、转化酶、脲酶和碱性磷酸酶活性均表现为坡下部>坡中部,说明农地土壤侵蚀降低土壤养分含量和酶活性。(3)流域沉积区土壤沉积速率对土壤有机质、速效磷含量、脲酶和碱性磷酸酶活性有显著影响。(4)土壤有机质和速效磷含量对土壤脲酶和碱性磷酸酶活性有显著影响,表明土壤侵蚀—沉积引起的土壤养分再分布是造成土壤酶活性空间分异的重要原因。     

根区局部灌溉和有机无机氮比例对种植玉米土壤酶活性的影响

本文通过盆栽试验,研究了根区局部灌溉(PRI)和有机无机氮(N)比例对玉米拔节期、大喇叭口期和灌浆期土壤过氧化氢酶、脲酶、酸性磷酸酶和转化酶活性的影响。试验设3种灌溉方式,即常规灌溉(CI)、分根区交替灌溉(APRI)、固定部分根区灌溉(FPRI)和3种有机无机氮比例,即100%无机氮(F1)、70%无机氮+30%有机氮(F2)、40%无机氮+60%有机氮(F3)。结果表明,3个玉米生长时期土壤过氧化氢酶、脲酶和酸性磷酸酶最大值均出现在土壤含水量较高的PRI湿润区域,但转化酶较大值出现在土壤含水量较低的PRI干燥区域。有机氮比例较高的F3处理,玉米拔节期在APRI干、湿区域的土壤过氧化氢酶、脲酶、转化酶活性均高于CI区;从拔节期到灌浆期,根区局部灌溉的土壤酸性磷酸酶活性低于常规灌溉。土壤过氧化氢酶、脲酶及转化酶活性均随着有机氮肥比例的增加而增加,酸性磷酸酶活性则在F2较大。研究表明,APRI处理在其湿润区能提高土壤过氧化氢酶、脲酶及转化酶活性,且有机氮肥在提高土壤酶活性上起着重要的作用。     

不同树龄茶树根际土壤酶活性的变化分析

以不同种植年限黄金桂茶树根际土壤为研究对象,分析茶树树龄对土壤酶活性的影响。结果表明,茶树根际土壤中与养分循环相关的酸性磷酸酶、脲酶、蔗糖酶活性随着茶树树龄的增加而上升,且与茶树树龄呈显著正相关,中性磷酸酶、碱性磷酸酶则相反;茶树根际土壤中与抗性相关的多酚氧化酶活性随着茶树树龄的增加而上升且与茶树树龄呈显著正相关,而过氧化物酶、过氧化氢酶、脱氢酶活性则呈下降趋势,与茶树树龄呈显著负相关。土壤酶对茶树树龄的敏感性分析结果表明,不同土壤酶响应茶树树龄变化的趋势为过氧化氢酶脲酶脱氢酶蔗糖酶过氧化物酶多酚氧化酶酸性磷酸酶中性磷酸酶碱性磷酸酶。可见,在茶树生产管理过程中应适当提高磷肥的施用量,老茶树应当加强土壤松耕,以提高土壤中抗性酶活性。     

施肥对文冠果生长及土壤酶活性的影响

针对山东省棕壤丘陵区土壤养分的特点,研究了无机肥、有机肥及有机无机配施对文冠果生长和土壤酶活性的影响。结果表明:施肥能明显提高文冠果叶绿素含量,而对文冠果树高影响不显著,有机无机配施能显著增加文冠果地径。施用有机肥、有机无机配施均能够显著提高土壤过氧化氢酶、蔗糖酶、脲酶、酸性磷酸酶的活性;单施无机肥抑制土壤过氧化氢酶和脲酶的活性,增强土壤蔗糖酶活性,但对酸性磷酸酶活性影响不明显。     

翻压不同绿肥品种对植烟土壤肥力及酶活性的影响

为了明确不同绿肥品种与土壤肥力及酶活性的关系,通过田间试验及简单相关分析、典型相关分析和主成分分析,研究种植翻压不同品种绿肥对植烟土壤酶活性及土壤肥力的影响。结果表明,不同品种绿肥种植翻压均可显著改善土壤的物理性状,提高土壤养分含量和土壤酶活性,在效应上具有相似的特点,主要影响土壤脲酶、过氧化氢酶与酸性磷酸酶活性及碱解氮和有效磷的含量,主要差异是土壤体积质量、孔隙度、pH、有机质、全氮、速效钾、过氧化氢酶的变化;脲酶、酸性磷酸酶、蔗糖酶、过氧化氢酶4种土壤酶不仅两两之间均呈极显著正相关,而且与土壤肥力指标均呈极显著相关;土壤肥力与土壤酶活性存在极显著的典型相关关系;此结果对当前的烤烟生产和土壤改良具有较大的意义。     

三江平原不同类型湿地土壤酶活性及其与营养环境的关系

对三江平原3种典型湿地(毛苔草湿地、小叶章湿地、岛状林湿地)的土壤酶活性、土壤养分进行了研究,探讨了不同湿地土壤酶与土壤养分及酶活性间的相关性。结果表明:不同湿地土壤酶活性和土壤养分含量有较大差异。土壤蔗糖酶、脲酶、过氧化氢酶、淀粉酶活性与土壤有机质、全氮、碱解氮含量变化趋势一致,表现为毛苔草湿地>小叶章湿地>岛状林湿地。酸性磷酸酶活性表现为岛状林湿地>毛苔草湿地>小叶章湿地;纤维素酶活性则表现为毛苔草湿地>岛状林湿地>小叶章湿地。经分析,土壤酶活性和养分密切相关,且酶活性间存在一定的相关关系,其中脲酶、过氧化氢酶、淀粉酶活性与土壤养分相关性最好,呈显著或极显著正相关。并且这3种酶活性之间也呈显著或极显著正相关,因此脲酶、过氧化氢酶、淀粉酶活性可以作为该地区较为理想的湿地营养状况的表征指标。     

~(137)Cs示踪采煤沉陷坡土壤侵蚀及其对土壤养分的影响

为更好地理解矿区土壤退化机理,该文利用137Cs技术研究了焦作矿区具有15a沉陷历史的采煤沉陷坡土壤侵蚀特征及其对土壤养分的影响。沉陷坡137Cs含量从坡顶到下坡逐渐降低,及至坡脚急剧增大且表现出最高的值。基于137Cs本底(1 645 Bq/m2),沉陷坡坡顶至下坡表现为土壤侵蚀,而坡脚为土壤沉积。沉陷坡土壤侵蚀高达3.75 kg/(m2·a),属于中度侵蚀。沉陷坡土壤黏粒含量沿下坡方向增加,表明水蚀的分选性搬运。与对照区相比,沉陷坡侵蚀区土壤总有机碳(total organic carbon,TOC)、水溶性有机碳(water-soluble organic carbon,WSOC)、全氮、碱解氮、全磷、有效磷含量均出现了显著降低(P0.05);沉积区除WSOC显著降低(P0.05)外,其他养分含量变化不明显(P0.05)。在沉陷坡的侵蚀区,TOC与WSOC含量沿下坡方向逐渐减小,表现出与137Cs一致的分布格局;其他养分含量的坡面变化与137Cs分布不一致。相较于对照区,WSOC/TOC与碳氮比、碳磷比在沉陷坡侵蚀强烈的坡位分别出现了显著增大与降低(P0.05)。研究结果表明:1)焦作矿区自采煤沉陷坡形成以来发生了较严重的水蚀;2)侵蚀引起的土壤再分配影响沉陷坡土壤碳、氮、磷动态,其中,土壤再分配对土壤碳动态的影响最强;3)在土壤侵蚀作用下,采煤沉陷坡侵蚀强烈的坡位土壤有效态碳、氮、磷养分潜在的侵蚀风险大。采煤沉陷坡土壤侵蚀及其对土壤养分的不利影响应引起矿粮复合区土地整治的关注。     

黑土区典型坡耕地土壤酶活性空间分布特征研究

基于对松花江流域东山沟小流域坡耕地表层0-20 cm土壤酶活性和养分含量分析,研究了东北黑土区典型坡耕地土壤酶活性空间分布特征及其影响因素.结果表明,小流域下游的土壤转化酶、脲酶、碱性磷酸酶活性均高于流域上游和中游;坡面侵蚀区3种土壤酶活性均低于坡面沉积区;土壤酶活性沿坡长分布呈现坡顶较高—坡中低—坡下高的变化趋势,与坡面土壤侵蚀强度相对应.3种土壤酶活性之间呈极显著相关关系.土壤酶活性空间分布特点与土壤侵蚀强度空间分布趋势呈现相一致的规律,表明土壤侵蚀降低了土壤酶活性.     

Soil organic carbon and fly-ash distributions in eroded phases of soils in Illinois and Russia

Soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics are affected by tillage, soil erosion and depositional processes. The objectives of this paper are to evaluate soil organic carbon and fly-ash distribution methods for identifying eroded phases of soils in Illinois and Russia and quantifying the extent of soil loss from erosion. The effect of accelerated erosion on soils is recorded on National Cooperative Soil Survey maps as phases of soil series that reflect the percentage of the original A horizon materials remaining. Identification depends on knowledge of the original A horizon thicknesses, SOC and fly-ash contents at uncultivated and uneroded sites when determining erosion phases of soil at cultivated and eroded sites. However, locating uncultivated and uneroded comparison sites with similar landscape and slope characteristics can be difficult. The amount of A horizon materials within the plow layers (Ap horizons) or topsoils are often determined by soil colors which reflect the SOC contents. Soil erosion phases based on original A horizon materials remaining in the topsoils may underestimate the extent of soil losses from topsoils and subsoils, particularly where soils have been cultivated for hundreds of years and are severely eroded. The SOC contents and soil erosion phases can be affected by losses or gains of organic C-rich sediments from tillage translocation and erosion, by management input level differences, oxidation, or as a result of land use and landscape position variations. Fly-ash was found to be more stable and act as a better indicator of soil erosion phase than SOC content.     

灌水和氮肥类型对土壤微生物量和酶活性的影响

灌水和施氮肥类型对土壤微生物和酶的影响尚不清楚。该研究旨在评估不同灌水和氮肥类型对土壤微生物生物量和酶活性的影响。结果表明,与清水灌溉相比,再生水灌溉显著增加了土壤细菌、放线菌、革兰氏阳性菌的生物量以及总磷脂脂肪酸,增加幅度分别为7.60%、10.48%、4.97%和4.88%。施氮肥显著提高了土壤细菌生物量和总磷脂脂肪酸,增加幅度范围分别为13.42%~17.34%和8.12%~11.19%。与清水灌溉相比,再生水灌溉并没有显著增加土壤脲酶、过氧化氢酶和蔗糖酶活性。施氮肥也没有显著提高土壤脲酶、过氧化氢酶和蔗糖酶活性。土壤微生物和酶在施缓释尿素肥的土壤中更为活跃。研究结果表明,与其他土壤微生物相比,放线菌和革兰氏阳性菌生长得更快,能更有效地利用再生水灌溉带入的可溶性有机氮;而细菌能更有效地利用氮肥带入的硝态氮。再生水灌溉和施缓释尿素肥在增加土壤微生物生物量和酶活性方面更有效。为了获得更好的土壤质量,更高的作物产量和可持续性利用水资源,建议夏玉米-冬小麦轮作种植利用再生水滴灌并施用缓释尿素肥。     

中国四川盆地地区侵蚀斜坡土壤酶活性研究

Determining how soil erosion affects enzyme activity may enhance our understanding of soil degradation on eroded agricultural landscapes. This study assessed the changes in enzyme activity with slope position and erosion type by selecting water and tillage erosion-dominated slopes and performing analyses using the ¹³⁷Cs technique. The ¹³⁷Cs data revealed that soil loss occurred in the upper section of the two eroded slope types, while soil accumulation occurred in the lower section. The invertase activity increased downslope and exhibited a pattern similar to the ¹³⁷Cs data. The spatial patterns of urease and alkaline phosphatase activities were similar to the ¹³⁷Cs inventories on the water and tillage erosion-dominated slopes, respectively. On both the eroded slope types, the invertase activity and soil organic carbon content were correlated, but no correlation was observed between the alkaline phosphatase activity and total phosphorus content. Nevertheless, the urease activity was correlated with the total nitrogen content only on the water erosion-dominated slopes. The enzyme activity-to-microbial biomass carbon ratios indicated high activities of invertase and urease but low activity of phosphatase on the water erosion-dominated slopes compared with the tillage erosion-dominated slopes. Both the invertase activity and the invertase activity-to-microbial biomass carbon ratio varied with the slope position. Changes in the urease activity-to-microbial biomass carbon ratio were significantly affected by the erosion type. These suggested that the dynamics of the invertase activity were linked to soil redistribution on the two eroded slope types, whereas the dynamics of the urease and alkaline phosphatase activities were associated with soil redistribution only on the water or tillage erosion-dominated slopes, respectively. The erosion type had an obvious effect on the activities of invertase, urease and alkaline phosphatase. Soil redistribution might influence the involvement of urease in the N cycle and alkaline phosphatase in the P cycle. Thus, enzyme activity-to-microbial biomass ratios may be used to better evaluate microbiological activity in eroded soils.     

三江平原岗地白浆土水解酶活性和动力学特性对不同连作农作物的响应

作物种植会对农田生态系统产生一定的影响。大田试验条件下,在黑龙江省853农场岗地白浆土上连续6年种植玉米、大豆、小麦、水稻,研究了土壤理化性质以及土壤中与碳、氮、磷、硫元素转化相关的9种水解酶活性和动力学特性的响应;同时研究了不同作物种植对土壤脲酶、磷酸单酯酶、磷酸二酯酶、芳基硫酸酯酶及β-葡糖苷酶动力学特性的影响。结果表明,大豆连作土壤的有效氮、总碳、总氮、总磷和总硫含量都稍高;大豆处理土壤pH值略低,但其它三种作物种植下的土壤均呈微酸性,差异不显著。土壤水解酶动力学参数对种植作物的反应与表观活性的反应不一致。玉米连作土壤蛋白酶和磷酸单酯酶活性高于其它处理;小麦处理的磷酸二酯酶和芳基硫酸酯酶活性最高,水稻连作土壤蛋白酶、磷酸二酯酶和磷酸三酯酶活性最低。连年种植小麦处理的土壤脲酶、磷酸二酯酶以及芳基硫酸酯酶Vmax显著高于其它处理,小麦连作土壤β-葡萄糖苷酶、脲酶、磷酸二酯酶和芳基硫酸酯酶的Vmax/Km值显著高于其它处理,可以看出在此处理下土壤酶具有较强的催化潜势。     

Spatial patterns of soil organic carbon on hillslopes: Integrating geomorphic processes and the biological C cycle

Significant portions of the global soil organic carbon (SOC) pool must reside on sloping terrains where the spatial distribution of SOC reflects the combined effects of geomorphic processes and biological C cycling. Using a newly developed soil C mass balance model that explicitly includes soil production and sediment transport, we investigated the relative roles of sediment production/transport vs. biological C cycling in creating the observed spatial patterns of SOC storage within two grass-covered hillslopes in California. The study sites differed in bedrock geology, climate, and erosion rates. Measurements of SOC, soil texture, plant C inputs, and soil thickness were combined with topographic surveys and published soil erosion and production rates in the analysis. Soil thickness was found to be the key control on SOC storage, and soil thickness is balance between soil production and curvature-dependent erosional losses. Additionally, topographically varying rates of plant C inputs, decomposition rates, and SOC erosional losses or depositional inputs were found to only partially explain the observed SOC storage patterns. We used the measured relationships between SOC storage, soil thickness, and topographic curvature to create SOC storage maps of the two watersheds. At both sites, about 70% of the hillslope SOC is stored in depositional areas that are susceptible to episodic mass wasting. At the drier site, there was a larger SOC storage despite the lower soil C % because the clay-rich bedrock resulted in the development of relatively thick soils for a given slope curvature. We conclude that the geomorphic processes driving soil thickness provide fundamental mechanisms that control the spatial SOC patterns on vegetated hillslopes.     

Soil erosion and carbon dynamics

Accelerated erosion involves preferential removal of soil organic carbon (SOC) because it is concentrated in vicinity of the soil surface and has lower density than the mineral fraction. The SOC transported by water runoff is redistributed over the landscape and deposited in depressional sites where it is buried along with the sediments. However, the fate of the SOC transported, redistributed and deposited by erosional processes is a subject of intense debate. Sedimentologists argue that SOC buried with sediments is physically protected, and that depleted in the eroded soil is replaced through biomass production. Thus, they argue that the erosion–sedimentation process leads to globally net SOC sequestration of 0.6–1.5 Gt C/year. In contrast, soil scientists argue that: (i) a large portion of the SOC transported by water runoff comprises labile fraction, (ii) breakdown of aggregation by raindrop impact and shearing force of runoff accentuates mineralization of the previously protected organic matter, and (iii) the SOC within the plow zone at the depositional sites may be subject to rapid mineralization, along with methanogenesis and denitrification under anaerobic environment. Whereas, tillage erosion may also cause burial of some SOC, increase in soil erosion and emission of CO₂ from fossil fuel combustion are net sources of atmospheric CO₂. Soil scientists argue that soil erosion may be a net source of atmospheric CO₂ with emission of 1 Gt C/year. It is thus important to understand the fate of eroded SOC by measuring and monitoring SOC pool in eroded landscape as influenced by intensity and frequency of tillage operations and cropping systems.     

土壤紧实程度对其某些相关理化性状和土壤酶活性的影响

利用外力夯实、向土壤中加入蛭石等方法造成土壤容重不同,以研究土壤紧实程度对其理化性状的影响。结果表明,紧实土壤水分的散失较快,晴天地温高,且变化幅度大,阴天和夜间紧实土壤地温低,变化幅度小。紧实土壤可降低植株对土壤养分的吸收,致使土壤余留的有效态养分较多。土壤的转化酶、脲酶、过氧化氢酶、多酚氧化酶、磷酸酶活性的变化也受土壤紧实度的影响。总之,土壤疏松有助于保水、蓄热和提高多种土壤酶活性。     

Soil fertility,enzyme activity,and microbial community structure diversity among different soil textures under different land use types in coastal saline soil

Purpose

This investigation assessed the responses of soil fertility, enzyme activity, and microbial community diversity to soil texture and land use type.

Materials and methods

The tested soils included five soil textures (sandy loam, medium loam, heavy loam, light clay, and medium clay soils) with two land use types (uncultivated and paddy soils) in the coastal zone of Zhejiang Province, China.

Results and discussion

Soil texture had a significant effect on soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), organic carbon (OC), total nitrogen (TN), available nitrogen (AN), phosphorus (AP) and potassium (AK), catalase and protease activities, total phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs), bacterial and actinomycetes PLFAs, and microbial diversity (MD). The clay content was significantly positively correlated to soil EC, OC, TN, AN, AP, AK, catalase activity, total PLFAs, bacterial and actinomycetes PLFAs, and MD but significantly negatively associated with soil pH and protease activity. Land use type also had significantly influenced soil pH, EC, OC, TN, AN, AP, AK, catalase, protease and urease activities, total PLFAs, bacterial, actinomycetes, and fungal PLFAs, and MD. The paddy soil had higher OC, TN, AN, AP, catalase, protease and urease activities, total PLFAs, bacterial and actinomycetes PLFAs, and MD but lower soil pH, EC, and AK than the uncultivated soil. The interaction with soil texture and land use type had significantly affected soil pH, EC, OC, TN, AN, AP, AK, catalase and protease activities, total PLFAs, bacterial and actinomycetes PLFAs, and MD.

Conclusions

Soil texture and land use type could be considered important factors in improving soil fertility, enzyme activity, and microbial diversity in coastal saline soils.