黄土高原生物结皮对土壤养分的表层聚集与吸附固持效应

  【目的】  生物结皮的广泛发育可显著影响表层土壤养分状况,在土壤养分积累和循环中发挥重要作用。通过淋溶实验和吸附试验研究其作用效果和机制。  【方法】  以黄土高原质地不同的风沙土和黄绵土为对象,分别选取有生物结皮覆盖和无结皮覆盖的地块,分析生物结皮层、结皮层下0—2、2—5和5—10 cm土层土壤的有机质、全碳、全氮、全磷含量,研究生物结皮对土壤养分含量的影响及其随土壤深度的变化规律。以Cl?、K+、Ca2+为示踪离子开展土壤淋溶实验,分析其淋出土壤的特征;淋溶实验结束后,测定包括结皮层在内的各土层离子吸附解析量。  【结果】  1) 生物结皮层 (约2 cm厚) 养分含量是无结皮土壤的0.43～10.51倍。生物结皮覆盖下0—10 cm土壤的养分含量均高于对应深度的无结皮土壤,有机质、全碳、全氮、全磷含量比无结皮土壤增加了1.4%～184.9%。2) 生物结皮层的养分含量比其下层土壤提高了38.2%～557.1%,而无结皮的表层 (0—2 cm) 土壤养分含量仅比其下层土壤提高了13.4%～213.9%,这表明生物结皮增强了土壤养分的表层聚集。3) 生物结皮覆盖土壤中添加的养分在相同条件下相较于无结皮土壤更难以淋出;除易淋溶的Cl?全部淋出外,K+和Ca2+未被全部淋出,且在生物结皮覆盖土壤中的累积淋出量比无结皮土壤低21.9%～47.4%。淋溶实验结束后结皮层的Cl?、K+、Ca2+含量均显著高于无结皮 (8.8%～340.4%) 和结皮下层土壤 (14.5%～62.7%)。4) 生物结皮显著增加了土壤对Cl?、K+、Ca2+的吸附量,其增加幅度为27.8%～118.1%,且生物结皮层对不同离子吸附能力的强弱依次为Ca2+>K+>Cl?。  【结论】  与无结皮土壤相比,生物结皮能够增加土壤养分含量并促进土壤养分的表层聚集,同时提升土壤对养分的吸附与固持能力,因而有利于退化贫瘠土壤的养分积累,在干旱和半干旱地区土壤肥力提升与生态环境改善方面发挥着至关重要的作用。     

Biocrusts resist runoff erosion through direct physical protection and indirect modification of soil properties

Purpose

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are ubiquitous in arid and semi-arid regions and play many critical roles in soil stabilization and erosion prevention, greatly decreasing soil loss. Although sediments may be completely controlled by well-developed biocrusts, runoff loss is observed. Consequently, it is important to study how biocrusts resist runoff erosion in different developmental stages to evaluate and manage water erosion.

Materials and methods

In the Loess Plateau Region, we sampled 32 biocrust plots representing eight stages of biocrust development and 5 slope cropland soil plots as bare soil control plots. We then used a rectangular open channel hydraulic flume to test the effects of biocrust development on runoff erosion.

Results and discussion

As expected, the establishment of biocrusts enhanced soil stability, and accordingly, soil anti-scourability significantly increased with biocrust development. Biocrusts exhibiting more than 36% or 1.22 g dm^?2 of moss coverage or biomass fully protected the soil from runoff erosion. Moreover, soil properties, such as soil organic matter, soil cohesion and soil bulk density, were also important in reducing erosion. The findings indicated that biocrusts inhibited runoff erosion through direct physical protection related to biocrust cover and biomass and through the indirect modification of soil properties. In the early biocrust development stage (when moss cover was less than 36%), cyanobacterial biocrust played a primary role in providing resistance to runoff erosion, with resistance being positively related to cyanobacterial biomass (chlorophyll a) and influenced by soil properties.

Conclusions

The relationship between soil anti-scourability and moss coverage or biomass can be divided into two stages based on a moss cover or biomass threshold. The capacity of biocrusts to resist runoff erosion was limited when moss cover was below the threshold value. Therefore, the stage corresponding to this level of moss cover should be of concern when estimating, predicting and managing water erosion.

     

黄土丘陵区不同降水量带生物结皮对土壤氮素的影响

黄土丘陵区生物结皮广泛发育,可通过固氮作用影响土壤氮素水平,但该区生物结皮对土壤氮素水平的影响鲜见报道.本文通过野外调查结合采样分析,研究了黄土丘陵区不同降水量带生物结皮组成、覆盖度差异及其对土壤氮素水平的影响.结果表明,1)黄土丘陵区不同降水量带生物结皮覆盖度无显著差异,但组成有差别;2)不同降水量带土壤氮素含量剖面分布具有明显的分层特征,生物结皮显著增加了结皮层土壤氮素含量,对下层土壤影响较小,结皮层下0-2 cm、2-5 cm、5-10 cm土层中氮素含量差异不显著;3)生物结皮层土壤全氮、碱解氮及微生物氮在不同降水量带差异不显著,而0-2 cm、2-5 cm、5-10 cm土壤全氮、碱解氮及土壤微生物氮含量在200～300 mm降水量带小于300～600 mm降水量带.研究结果揭示了黄土丘陵区生物结皮对土壤氮素的贡献,而不同降水量带生物结皮对土壤氮素的贡献差异不显著的原因有待于进一步研究.     

黄土高原藓结皮覆盖土壤的穿透阻力特征及其影响因素

生物结皮的发育显著地影响并改变了表层土壤的理化性状,从而影响土壤穿透阻力。为探明生物结皮层对土壤穿透阻力的影响,针对黄土高原风沙土和黄绵土两种典型土壤,利用高精度土壤贯入仪测定并比较了不同含水量下藓结皮土壤和无结皮土壤的穿透阻力差异,定量分析了藓结皮层对土壤穿透阻力的影响及其与土壤性质(含水量、容重和有机质含量以及颗粒组成)的关系。结果表明:风沙土和黄绵土藓结皮层最大穿透阻力的变化范围为0.38~3.74 MPa和0.43~8.01 MPa,分别为同等深度下无结皮土壤的2.14~9.45倍(P=0.001)和1.38~6.27倍(P=0.051)。藓结皮对风沙土穿透阻力的影响深度为表层2~12 mm(P=0.028),而对黄绵土的影响深度为3~24 mm(随含水量变异较大)。同时,与无结皮土壤的穿透阻力随深度增加而线性增加的趋势不同,藓结皮土壤的穿透阻力随深度增加在结皮层呈先增后减的趋势,在结皮下层呈线性增加的趋势。此外,藓结皮土壤的横向穿透阻力和纵向穿透阻力差异显著(P≤0.03),但在无结皮土壤上差异不显著(P≥0.052)。藓结皮土壤的穿透阻力与含水量呈显著的幂函数关系(P<0.001),与容重、有机质含量以及砂粒含量呈线性关系,这些因素均为藓结皮改变表层土壤穿透阻力的重要途径。     

生物结皮坡面不同降雨历时的产流特征

黄土高原退耕还林(草)工程实施后,生物结皮广泛发育,显著影响坡面产流。已有大量研究探索了生物结皮对径流的影响,但相关结论存在较大分歧。该研究以黄土高原典型生物结皮坡面为研究对象,通过人工模拟降雨试验,研究了生物结皮坡面产流过程。结果表明:生物结皮坡面较翻耕后的裸土坡面显著降低了初始产流时间,裸土坡面初始产流时间是生物结皮坡面的1.59～3.04倍。生物结皮盖度与初始产流时间之间呈显著的负相关关系;降雨15min时与60 min时生物结皮对坡面径流的影响发生逆转,90 mm/h的雨强下,当降雨历时为15 min时,生物结皮坡面较裸土坡面增加75.42%的径流;当降雨历时为60min时,生物结皮坡面径流量较裸土坡面降低52.42%;生物结皮影响了土壤水分入渗速率,导致生物结皮坡面与裸土坡面随降雨历时变化的产流特征出现差异,裸土坡面降雨60 min时的入渗率较15 min时降低了34.30%,高盖度生物结皮坡面降低了6.38%;生物结皮对坡面入渗产流的影响与降雨历时有极大的关系,降雨历时不同,很可能得到截然相反的结论,考虑生物结皮因素的野外降雨试验,降雨历时应不少于45min。研究结果为解释生物结皮影响坡面入渗产流方面存在的分歧提供了科学依据,进一步明确了干旱半干旱地区生物结皮的水文效应。     

Swelling of biocrusts upon wetting induces changes in surface micro-topography

In most of non-vegetated areas from drylands, soils are colonized by biocrusts, and although they represent a small fraction of the soil profile, they strongly affect several soil surface properties, such as porosity, available nitrogen and carbon content, hydrophobicity or micro-topography. The influence of BSCs on these soil properties has effects on numerous ecosystem processes, including water retention and runoff generation. Previous studies on the hydrological and erosive response of soils covered by biocrusts have highlighted the role of soil surface roughness as a key variable for understanding the influence of biocrusts on runoff and erosion, but biocrusts' effects on surface micro-topography varies depending on crust water content. Biocrusts can absorb large amounts of water in a short period of time, increasing their volume and modifying surface micro-topography, this change depending on biocruts type and development. A correct characterization of these surface variations may increase the knowledge about hydrological response of biocrusts, and for this reason, accurate ground level measurements of biologically crusted surfaces are essential. The objective of this study is to analyze the effect of wetting on surface micro-topography of biologically crusted soils. To achieve this objective, different crust types were scanned in the laboratory with high resolution laser scanner. Five samples were collected for each of the 4 different crust types (bare soil, cyanobacteria biocrust, and two different lichen biocruts). Two different scans were made in each sample, in dry and wet conditions. Random roughness (RR) was calculated for data from every scan, and the RR indexes obtained before and after wetting were compared. According with our initial hypothesis, an increase in surface height and surface roughness up to 0.24 and 0.20 mm respectively was observed in more developed lichen biocruts, under wet conditions respect to dry ones. These differences, despite being very subtle, could exert strong implications on runoff generation, and water evaporation, and show the complex interactions between biocruts, surface micro-topography and water fluxes.     

黄土丘陵区生物结皮对土壤磷素有效性及碱性磷酸酶活性的影响

黄土丘陵区生物结皮广泛发育,可影响土壤磷素有效性。目前鲜见生物结皮对土壤磷素有效性的研究报道。本文以该区不同年限退耕地的生物结皮为研究对象,通过野外调查和室内分析,研究了生物结皮对土壤全磷、有效磷及碱性磷酸酶活性的影响。结果表明,1）生物结皮的形成可显著提高结皮层土壤全磷含量,而下层(010 cm)全磷含量差异不显著; 2）生物结皮的形成可显著提高结皮层土壤有效磷含量,研究区生物结皮层土壤有效磷含量为3.27~5.87 mg/kg,占到同层土壤全磷含量的0.57%~0.95%,生物结皮层磷酸酶活性高于下层(010 cm) 381倍; 3）生物结皮对土壤磷素有效性及碱性磷酸酶活性的影响与生物结皮发育阶段有关; 4）生物结皮主要通过提高结皮层土壤碱性磷酸酶活性和有机质含量,降低土壤pH,进而提高了土壤磷素有效性。本文研究结果表明,生物结皮的形成有助于提高黄土丘陵区退耕地土壤磷素有效性。     

黄土高原藓类生物结皮对表层土壤水分运动参数的影响

生物结皮普遍存在于干旱和半干旱地区土壤表层,对土壤水分有重要影响。为了进一步探究生物结皮对表层土壤水力学特性和水分运动过程的影响,该研究以黄土高原风沙土和黄绵土上发育的藓结皮为研究对象,通过野外采样与室内试验相结合,测定了藓结皮覆盖土壤和无结皮土壤的Boltzmann变换参数、土壤水分扩散率、入渗过程、比水容量和非饱和导水率,对比分析了有无藓结皮覆盖对表层土壤水分运动参数的影响。结果表明:藓结皮覆盖抑制了表层土壤水分的扩散,藓结皮覆盖土壤的Boltzmann变换参数和水分扩散率分别比无结皮土壤降低7.9%～27.3%和99.2%～99.6%;藓结皮覆盖后表层土壤渗透性显著降低,其水分入渗参数(初始入渗率、稳定入渗率、平均入渗率、累积入渗量)和非饱和导水率分别降低了17.1%～55.4%和84.8%～92.3%;藓结皮显著提升了表层土壤的持水和供水能力,藓结皮层的水分常数(田间持水量、萎蔫系数、重力水含量、有效水含量和易利用水含量)比无结皮土壤高40.9%～1 233.3%,土壤水吸力在100k Pa时的比水容量比无结皮土壤高7.4%～1 540.5%;相比黄绵土,藓结皮覆盖对风沙土的渗透性影响较小,而对土壤持水和供水性的影响较大。综上,黄土高原藓结皮覆盖降低了土壤渗透性,同时显著提高了表层土壤的水分有效性,这可能导致土壤表层在雨后截留较多水分,进而使土壤水分分布趋于浅层化,并改变该地区的土壤水分有效性和植物水分利用策略。     

Hydrology in a patterned landscape is co-engineered by soil-disturbing animals and biological crusts

Water redistribution has a profound influence on dryland ecosystem function. This hydrological function is largely regulated by ecosystem engineers including biological soil crusts (biocrusts) which produce run-off, and burrowing animals, such as the greater bilby, whose pits capture water. We estimated the relative importance of these two ecosystem engineers in determining infiltration rates in a system where dune slopes shed water to adjacent interdune swales to maximize overall productivity. Also, we determined which biocrust property was most hydrologically important: total cover, composition, patch aggregation or spatial heterogeneity. While both biocrusts and burrowing animals equally affected the overall infiltration through macro- and micropores (under ponding), only biocrusts were important for the infiltration specifically via micropores (under tension). Of the studied biocrust properties, community composition was the strongest influence such that the greater the prevalence of early successional biocrust patches, the greater the infiltration rate. Greater total cover of biocrusts reduced infiltration, and the spatial properties were relatively unimportant. Although bilbies and biocrusts comparably influenced infiltration under ponding at the microscale, realistic cover of bilby pits at the landscape scale is unlikely to strongly impair the hydrological function of dunes. Reintroduction of the endangered bilby may enhance nutrient cycling and plant recruitment via its seed and resource capturing pits, without a concomitant disruption of hydrological function. In contrast, removal of biocrusts caused by, e.g., livestock trampling, is expected to strongly enhance infiltration in the run-off areas, strongly reducing ecosystem productivity at the landscape scale.     

Biocrusts modulate warming and rainfall exclusion effects on soil respiration in a semi-arid grassland

Soil surface communities composed of cyanobacteria, algae, mosses, liverworts, fungi, bacteria and lichens (biocrusts) largely affect soil respiration in dryland ecosystems. Climate change is expected to have large effects on biocrusts and associated ecosystem processes. However, few studies so far have experimentally assessed how expected changes in temperature and rainfall will affect soil respiration in biocrust-dominated ecosystems. We evaluated the impacts of biocrust development, increased air temperature and decreased precipitation on soil respiration dynamics during dry (2009) and wet (2010) years, and investigated the relative importance of soil temperature and moisture as environmental drivers of soil respiration, in a semiarid grassland from central Spain. Soil respiration rates were significantly lower in the dry than in the wet year, regardless of biocrust cover. Warming increased soil respiration rates, but this response was only significant in biocrust-dominated areas (>50% biocrust cover). Warming also increased the temperature sensitivity (Q₁₀ values) of soil respiration in biocrust-dominated areas, particularly during the wet year. The combination of warming and rainfall exclusion had similar effects in low biocrust cover areas. Our results highlight the importance of biocrusts as a modulator of soil respiration responses to both warming and rainfall exclusion, and indicate that they must be explicitly considered when evaluating soil respiration responses to climate change in drylands.     

黄土丘陵区自然植被恢复下土壤微生物学质量演变特征

为了探讨黄土丘陵区自然植被恢复过程中土壤微生物学质量演变特征,用时空互代法对燕沟和县南沟典型小流域自然植被恢复下5个演替阶段（退耕1~6 a、7~17 a、18~35 a、36~60 a、> 60 a）土壤养分含量、微生物量和酶活性进行了研究。结果表明:随着地区植被退耕后自然演替的推进,土壤有机碳、全氮、有效氮与有效钾含量持续增加,土壤全磷含量在不同植被演替阶段变化不明显,有效磷含量在植被演替至多年生草本阶段（18~35 a）时含量最低;土壤细菌约占土壤微生物量的65%左右,且其数量在植被演替至多年生草本阶段时最多,土壤真菌和放线菌随退耕年限的延长呈现不断增加的趋势;土壤碱性磷酸酶、脲酶和蔗糖酶活性也随着植被自然演替的推进呈不断增加趋势,但脲酶和蔗糖酶在植被演替至灌木阶段（36 a）后增速放缓。相关性分析表明,自然恢复过程中土壤微生物数量与酶活性的提高程度比较一致,其与土壤养分关系密切,因此土壤微生物群落与土壤酶活性是反映植被恢复中土壤生物学质量变化的重要指标。     

喀斯特坡面生物结皮发育对土壤抗蚀性能的影响

西南喀斯特地区普遍发育的生物结皮，对土壤侵蚀有显著的抑制作用。以贵州喀斯特坡面不同退耕年限地块(0,3,5,8,11年)生物结皮为研究对象，对不同流量水平(0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5 L/s)和坡度(5°,12°,17°,23°)条件下生物结皮对土壤抗蚀性能的影响机制进行研究。结果表明：(1)生物结皮发育能够促进土壤颗粒胶结，增强土壤团聚体稳定性，改善土壤结构，提高土壤持水和透水能力。(2)生物结皮发育可增强土壤抗崩解和抗剪切能力，与去除结皮处理相比，结皮存在时的土壤抗崩解和抗剪切能力分别提高24.83%～46.62%和25.77%～37.73%。(3)发育年限内(3～11年)结皮层抗拉力变化范围为1.95～5.76 N,随着生物结皮发育年限增加，结皮层结构越趋稳定，其抵抗破坏的能力也越强。(4)生物结皮可明显提高土壤抗冲性能，且受流量和坡度的双重制约，流量和坡度都存在临界值，分别为0.4 L/s和17°,超过临界值后，其保护作用显著减弱。研究结果对于喀斯特地区准确估算土壤流失和生态恢复建设正确评价具有重要意义。     

黄土高原水蚀风蚀交错区藓结皮覆盖土壤的蒸发特征

土壤蒸发是地表水分平衡及能量交换的组成部分,是干旱和半干旱区水文循环的关键环节。为探究黄土高原水蚀风蚀交错区生物结皮对土壤蒸发的影响,以风沙土和黄绵土上发育的藓结皮为研究对象,通过模拟蒸发试验和自然蒸发试验,测定了不同蒸发条件下藓结皮覆盖土壤和无结皮土壤的蒸发强度,分析了藓结皮覆盖土壤的蒸发特征及其与无结皮土壤的差异。结果表明:(1)模拟蒸发试验中,藓结皮对土壤蒸发过程的影响表现出明显的阶段性,与无结皮土壤相比,藓结皮使土壤蒸发强度在大气蒸发力控制阶段降低了3.04%～15.46%(0.21～1.05 mm/d),在土壤导水率控制阶段增加了32.26%～187.07%(0.58～2.54 mm/d),在水汽扩散控制阶段增加了12.91%～87.73%(0.05～0.34 mm/d);土壤累积蒸发量大小表现为藓结皮覆盖土壤无结皮土壤。(2)自然蒸发试验中,6月16日至9月3日,无降雨时藓结皮覆盖土壤和无结皮土壤的蒸发速率均较低,藓结皮覆盖土壤的日平均蒸发量是无结皮土壤的1.12～1.42倍,自然降雨后二者的蒸发速率快速增加,降雨后土壤蒸发量是降雨前的2.20～8.55倍;在8月10—22日观测期内,藓结皮在雨后增加了土壤含水量,并对土壤蒸发起到促进作用,藓结皮覆盖土壤的累积蒸发量显著提高了19.22%～64.09%(F=21.85,P0.01)。研究表明,藓结皮覆盖增加了风沙土和黄绵土的水分蒸发强度,可能会对黄土高原水蚀风蚀交错区土壤水分保持产生不利影响。     

线源入流入渗法在生物结皮渗透性研究中的应用

土壤水分入渗的观测方法很多,但在测定坡地生物结皮土壤水分入渗时均存在一定的缺陷。线源入流入渗法是可用于无结皮的坡地土壤水分入渗较为简便快捷的观测方法。以裸土为对照,采用线源入流入渗法和模拟降雨法测定了黄土丘陵区多藻少藓、半藻半藓、多藓少藻等不同类型生物结皮土壤水分入渗过程。结果表明:(1)线源入流入渗法可在不干扰生物结皮的情况下,快速、完整地反映土壤水分入渗过程,获取初始入渗速率、平均入渗速率及稳定入渗速率等重要参数;(2)线源入流入渗法所得研究区不同类型生物结皮的初始入渗速率范围为3~12 mm/min,平均入渗速率范围为0.5~4.5 mm/min,稳定入渗速率范围为0.3~1.8 mm/min,随着藓盖度的增加,其初始、平均、稳定入渗速率均呈现出显著差异;(3)线源入流入渗法测定的生物结皮土壤稳定入渗速率(y,mm/min)与人工模拟降雨试验所得入渗速率(x,mm/min)呈显著的线性相关关系(y=1.73x-1.24,R^2=0.376 8,ρ=0.539~*)。研究结果为坡地生物结皮土壤水分入渗速率的测定提供一种简单易操作的测定方法。     

丹江口库区典型小流域生物结皮驱动土壤性质变化及分离响应

为探究生物结皮发育驱动下土壤水蚀特征及机理,选取苔藓发育为优势种的退耕样地,设计5个盖度等级(1%～20%,20%～40%,40%～60%,60%～80%,80%～100%),以裸地为对照,在不同水流剪切力(6.12～19.64 Pa)下进行冲刷试验。结果表明：结皮发育显著影响土壤养分含量,且高盖度结皮覆盖下养分表聚效应更加明显。生物结皮发育显著影响土壤分离能力,裸地土壤分离能力[1.465 6 kg/(m²·s)]为生物结皮[0.004 2～0.468 2 kg/(m²·s)]的3.58～348.95倍,裸地细沟可蚀性(0.293 5 s/m)为生物结皮(0.001 0～0.082 2 s/m)的3.57～293.50倍。相对土壤分离能力及细沟可蚀性均随结皮盖度增加呈指数函数衰减,结皮冲破时间随结皮盖度增加呈指数函数增长;非线性回归分析表明,土壤分离能力可用水流剪切力、生物结皮盖度和土壤黏结力进行模拟(NSE=0.749)。综上,生物结皮发育显著提升土壤抗侵蚀性能,研究结果可为半湿润区水土流失防治及生物结皮管理利用提供理论参考。     

土壤–根系–微生物系统中影响氮磷利用的一些关键协同机制的研究进展

根际是养分进入作物系统的门户,也是土壤-根系-微生物相互作用的微域。根际界面过程决定了氮磷养分的供应强度和有效性,最终影响了氮磷养分的利用效率和作物生产力。近年来,国内外在揭示农田土壤-根系-微生物系统中不同界面的养分转化、吸收和运输机制方面取得了一些新进展。在不同时空尺度上分析了影响土壤氮磷转化微生物组成的影响因子;研究了丛枝菌根系统形成的信号机制及其对氮磷吸收的基因调控机制;从信号网络、根系质子分泌和根构型的角度系统揭示了作物根系应对根际环境氮磷养分供应的形态和生理响应机制。未来针对根际氮磷高效利用问题,需要深入研究土壤-根系-微生物不同界面的协同机制和调控原理,在根际微域和土壤团聚体尺度开展微生物食物网及其关键功能微生物分布格局和演替规律的研究;揭示根构型对根系–微生物协同结构和功能的影响,研究养分缺乏条件下根内质子分泌和关键转运蛋白对根系生长和养分吸收的调控机制;针对粮食作物,研究根系-微生物对话中已知信号物质(如独脚金内酯和N-酰基高丝氨酸内酯)和新的信号物质(小RNA)的网络作用机制及其对多养分协同代谢的影响;最后,针对不同气候、土壤、作物类型区,提出提高氮磷利用效率的根际生物调控途径和措施。     

黄土高原干旱半干旱区生物结皮覆盖土壤水汽吸附与凝结特征

生物结皮是一种广泛分布于干旱半干旱地区土壤表层的特殊复合体,为揭示其对土壤水汽吸附与凝结过程的影响,该研究通过室内定量水汽吸附试验和野外对水汽凝结的连续观测,对黄土高原典型生物结皮(藻结皮、藻藓混生结皮、藓结皮)与裸沙的水汽吸附和凝结特征进行对比研究。结果表明:生物结皮的覆盖显著提升了表层土壤的水汽吸附能力,其平均水汽吸附量比裸沙高66.7%。不同类型生物结皮水汽吸附能力差异显著,表现为藓结皮最高,混生结皮次之,而藻结皮最低。GAB(Guggenheim-Anderson-de Boer)吸附模型能较好的描述生物结皮土壤水汽吸附与解吸附过程,模拟结果决定系数R20.99、均方根误差RMSE0.001 2 g/g及平均相对偏差百分比E16.0%;此外,生物结皮加剧了土壤水汽吸附与解吸附曲线之间的滞后效应,其滞后指数平均是裸沙的2.0～2.9倍。水汽凝结结果显示,水汽凝结过程均受气温与相对湿度等气象因子制约,且生物结皮覆盖下表层土壤的水汽凝结和蒸发过程相较于裸沙更为迅速。同时,生物结皮的日均水汽凝结量是裸沙的1.6～1.8倍。综上,干旱和半干旱地区生物结皮覆盖显著提高了表层土壤的水汽吸附能力、并增加了水汽凝结量,对区域表层土壤的水分运动过程产生了重要影响。     

上海市郊旱作农田土壤养分资源状况

研究了上海市郊旱作农田土壤养分特征,结果表明：自80年代以来经过近20年的土壤耕作演替,上海市郊蔬菜、瓜果旱作土壤总体养分状况表现为有机质、氮素、磷素和钾素含量均很丰富。土壤氮、磷养分积累明显,较80年代第二次土壤普查有大幅度增加,一方面施用过多肥料造成浪费,另一方面带来潜在的非点源污染,对周围的环境造成威胁。各区域由于受土壤质地、土壤类型、气候条件、作物种类、耕作方式等不同土壤养分有所差异。不同耕作方式对农田土壤养分的含量影响较大,其水平高低依次为：大棚土壤、露天菜地土壤、传统自留地土壤。大棚瓜、菜地土壤有酸化趋势,菜园土壤有效磷含量远高于稻麦田土壤,这主要和施肥水平有关。     

衡阳紫色土丘陵坡地不同恢复阶段土壤理化特征

以衡阳紫色土丘陵坡地不同恢复阶段的典型植被为研究对象,采用空间代替时间序列方法,选用立地条件基本一致、植被恢复阶段迥异的裸荒地、草地、灌木林和森林,通过调查取样和实验分析,探讨了衡阳紫色土丘陵坡地不同恢复阶段及同一恢复阶段不同土层土壤理化特征的时空变化;分析了不同植被恢复阶段的植被类型和土壤理化特性变化的内在联系及其互作效应。结果表明:随着植被恢复演替的进行,土壤黏粒含量总体增加,其中表层增加较多,亚表层、下层增加不明显;土壤容重逐渐减小,表层土壤容重小于亚表层与下层;土壤有机质逐渐增加,但随土层深度的增加而递减,表现出明显的表聚性;土壤全氮、速效磷和速效钾含量均呈上升趋势,由于植物根系及枯落物数量的差异,各营养成分的垂直分布各异。这将丰富该地区植物生态学与恢复生态学的内容,为衡阳紫色土丘陵坡地生态系统的恢复与重建提供了重要依据。     

Differential responses of litter decomposition to nutrient addition and soil water availability with long-term vegetation recovery

The litter decomposition, nutrient patterns, as well as nutrient release and soil nutrient contents were determined in response to nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) addition and drought treatments following long-term vegetation recovery. The litter decomposition rate decreased with vegetation recovery, due to changes in litter quality, soil nutrient availability, and soil enzyme activity. Nitrogen addition promoted litter decomposition in the early recovery stages but inhibited decomposition in the later stages, indicating a shift in the nutrient limitations to litter decomposition with succession. Neither N nor P addition had any effect on the release of litter carbon (C), whereas N addition inhibited litter N release. In addition, drought decreased litter decomposition and nutrient release during the vegetation recovery process. Our findings suggest that litter quality, soil nutrient availability, and moisture at different vegetation recovery stages should be considered when modeling the C cycle and nutrient dynamics in these ecosystems.