Contributions of root respiration to total soil respiration before and after frost in Populus euphratica forests

Temporal changes in soil CO₂‐efflux rate was measured by a canopy‐gap method in a Populus euphratica forest located at the both sides of Tarim River banks (W China). Soil CO₂‐efflux rates in situ were correlated with key soil biotic (e.g., fungal, bacterial, and actinomycetes populations) and abiotic (e.g., soil moisture, temperature, pH, organic C) variables. Two kinds of measurement plots were selected: one under the crown of a living Populus euphratica tree and the other under a dead standing Populus euphratica tree. Diurnal variations in soil respiration in these plots were measured both before and after the occurrence of the first frost. Soil respiration of the dead standing Populus euphratica (Rd) was assumed to be a measure of heterotrophic respiration rate (Rh), and root respiration rate (Rr) was estimated as the difference between soil respiration under living (Rl) minus soil respiration under dead standing Populus euphratica. Daily variation of Rr contribution to the total soil respiration in Populus euphratica forests were analyzed before and after the frost. The contribution of root respiration to total soil respiration before and after frost varied from 22% to 45% (mean 30%) and from 38% to 50% (mean 45%), respectively. In addition, Rh was significantly correlated with soil temperature both before and after frost. In contrast, Rr was not significantly correlated with soil temperature. Change in Q₁₀ of Rr was different from that of Rh from before the frost to after the frost. Variation of Q₁₀ of Rr from before the frost to after the frost was larger than that of Q₁₀ of Rh. Thus, the results indicate that different soil respiration models are needed for Rr and Rh because different factors control the two components of soil respiration.     

玉米农田生态系统土壤呼吸作用季节动态与碳收支初步估算

从2005年4月底到9月底对玉米农田生态系统的土壤呼吸作用进行了连续观测.结果表明: 2005年玉米生长季土壤呼吸速率均值为3.16 μmol (CO2)·m-2·s-1, 最大值为4.77 μmol (CO2)·m-2·s-1, 出现在7月28日, 最小值为1.31 μmol (CO2)·m-2·s-1, 出现在5月4日.通过建立土壤呼吸速率与玉米根系生物量的回归方程, 对土壤异养呼吸作用占土壤呼吸作用的比例进行间接估算.玉米生长季中, 土壤异养呼吸作用占土壤呼吸作用的比例在36.4%～56.9%之间波动, 均值为45.5%.假定玉米果实和秸秆中的碳在收获期间未从农田中转移走, 2005年整个生长季中玉米农田生态系统的碳收支为-1 127.0 g (C)·m-2, 碳交换速率在0.52～ -18.05 g (C)·m-2·d-1之间波动.玉米生长初期, 玉米农田生态系统表现为碳的弱源; 玉米播种后36 d一直到收获, 玉米农田生态系统表现为碳汇.     

免耕施肥条件下冬小麦季土壤呼吸速率及影响因素

基于连续8年的田间试验,研究分析了不同耕作施肥措施下冬小麦农田土壤呼吸的季节变化及影响因素。结果表明:不同耕作施肥处理可以显著影响土壤呼吸速率,与传统耕作相比,免耕覆盖处理显著降低了旱地农田土壤呼吸速率;而相同耕作处理下,增施有机肥会显著提高土壤呼吸速率,说明翻耕和增施有机肥均会促进土壤呼吸。冬小麦季土壤温度和水分是土壤呼吸的主要影响因素,其中土壤温度可以解释土壤呼吸变化的83.2%~93.7%,土壤水分可以解释44.0%~76.5%,土壤温度对土壤呼吸的影响大于土壤水分;土壤温度对土壤呼吸的影响程度因不同耕作施肥处理而异,翻耕和增施有机肥均会提高土壤呼吸的温度敏感性(Q_(10)),免耕覆盖条件下减小了土壤呼吸受温度的影响程度。     

Effects of seasonal grazing on soil respiration in alpine meadow on the Tibetan plateau

Little research has been conducted on how to balance plant production and soil respiration (Rs) under seasonal grazing patterns in alpine meadows. Our results from 2009 to 2012 showed that warm season grazing (WG) from June to September significantly increased aboveground net primary production compared with no‐grazing (NG), except in 2010, and compared with cold season grazing (CG) except in 2012, while there were no significant differences between NG and CG except in 2009. In both WG and CG treatments, grazing increased root biomass at 0–40 cm depth compared with NG, except in 2011. WG and CG only significantly increased seasonal Rs in 2009. Daily Rs was mainly affected by soil temperature, which explained 40–49% of the variation in daily Rs for all grazing treatments. Seasonal Rs from July to September was significantly influenced by soil temperature and root biomass, which explained 55% of the variation in seasonal Rs for all grazing treatments. Therefore, relative to NG, regardless of WG and CG, moderate grazing significantly increased plant production and had little influence on soil respiration in this alpine region.     

长白山岳桦-暗针叶林过渡带根系呼吸对土壤总呼吸的贡献

Total and root-severed soil respiration rates for five plots set up 50 m apart in a Betula ermanii Cham.-dark coniferous forest ecotone on a north-facing slope of the Changbai Mountains, China, were measured to evaluate the seasonal variations of soil respiration, to assess the effect of soil temperature and water content on soil respiration, and to estimate the relative contributions of root respiration to the total soil respiration. PVC cylinders in each of 5 forest types of a B. ermanii-dark coniferous forest ecotone were used to measure soil respirations both inside and outside of the cylinders. The contribution of roots to the total soil respiration rates ranged from 12.5% to 54.6%. The mean contribution of roots for the different plots varied with the season, increasing from 32.5% on June 26 to 36.6% on August 3 and to 41.8% on October 14.In addition, there existed a significant （P 〈 0.01） logarithmic relationship between total soil respiration rate and soil temperature at 5 cm soil depth. Also, a similar trend was observed for the soil respiration and soil water content at the surface （0-5 cm） during the same period of time.     

Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on soil respiration components and their temperature sensitivities in a semiarid grassland

Nitrogen (N) deposition to semiarid ecosystems is increasing globally, yet few studies have investigated the ecological consequences of N enrichment in these ecosystems. Furthermore, soil CO₂ flux – including plant root and microbial respiration – is a key feedback to ecosystem carbon (C) cycling that links ecosystem processes to climate, yet few studies have investigated the effects of N enrichment on belowground processes in water-limited ecosystems. In this study, we conducted two-level N addition experiments to investigate the effects of N enrichment on microbial and root respiration in a grassland ecosystem on the Loess Plateau in northwestern China. Two years of high N additions (9.2 g N m⁻² y⁻¹) significantly increased soil CO₂ flux, including both microbial and root respiration, particularly during the warm growing season. Low N additions (2.3 g N m⁻² y⁻¹) increased microbial respiration during the growing season only, but had no significant effects on root respiration. The annual temperature coefficients (Q₁₀) of soil respiration and microbial respiration ranged from 1.86 to 3.00 and 1.86 to 2.72 respectively, and there was a significant decrease in Q₁₀ between the control and the N treatments during the non-growing season but no difference was found during the growing season. Following nitrogen additions, elevated rates of root respiration were significantly and positively related to root N concentrations and biomass, while elevated rates of microbial respiration were related to soil microbial biomass C (SMBC). The microbial respiration tended to respond more sensitively to N addition, while the root respiration did not have similar response. The different mechanisms of N addition impacts on soil respiration and its components and their sensitivity to temperature identified in this study may facilitate the simulation and prediction of C cycling and storage in semiarid grasslands under future scenarios of global change.     

农田土壤呼吸特征及根呼吸贡献的模拟分析

采用静态箱法研究了黄淮海平原典型农田土壤CO2排放通量的日变化、季节变化特征,分析了土壤温度、水分对土壤呼吸的影响;并利用反硝化一分解(DNDC)模型定量化研究了根呼吸对土壤总呼吸的贡献.结果表明,在作物生长季节内棉花地、休闲地和冬小麦/夏玉米地土壤CO2排放均表现出明显的季节变化规律.土壤CO2排放季节变化的总体趋势是夏季高、其他季节低,与对应气温的动态变化基本一致.冬小麦/夏玉米地土壤CO2排放通量高峰值为2324 mg·m-2·h-1,棉花地为1111.9 mg·m-2·h-,休闲地为436.07 mg·m-2·h-1.土壤CO2季节性排放受温度的影响最大,其中与5 cm地温的相关性最好,与土壤湿度的相关性不太明显.同一种种植模式施氮量高的处理CO2平均排放通量大于低的处理.同时根据DNDC模型估算,玉米根际呼吸对土壤呼吸的贡献最大,为91%～95%,棉花和冬小麦根际呼吸比例分别约为70%和80%.施氮不仅影响土壤微生物的呼吸而且还影响到根系呼吸.     

Root exclusion methods for partitioning of soil respiration: Review and methodological considerations

Soil respiration is a vital process in all terrestrial ecosystems, through which the soil releases carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere at an estimated annual rate of 68-101 Pg carbon, making it the second highest terrestrial contributor to carbon fluxes. Since soil respiration consists of autotrophic and heterotrophic constituents, methods for accurately determining the contribution of each constituent to the total soil respiration are critical for understanding their differential responses to environmental factors and aiding the reduction of CO₂ emissions. Owing to its low cost and simplicity, the root exclusion (RE) technique, combined with manual chamber measurements, is frequently used in field studies of soil respiration partitioning. Nevertheless, RE treatments alter the soil environment, leading to potential bias in respiration measurements. This review aims to elucidate the current understanding of RE, i.e., trenching (Tr) and deep collar (DC) insertion techniques, by examining soil respiration partitioning studies performed in several ecosystems. Additionally, we discuss methodological considerations when using RE and the combinations of RE with stable isotopic and modeling approaches. Finally, future research directions for improving the Tr and DC insertion methods in RE are suggested.     

模拟酸雨对亚热带阔叶树苗土壤呼吸的影响

通过利用pH2.5、4.0和5.6的模拟酸雨喷淋乐东拟单性木兰(Paramecia latungensis)、青冈(Cyclobalanopsis glauca)和秃瓣杜英(Elaeocarpus glabripetalus)3种浙江典型地带性阔叶植物幼苗-土壤系统(编号分别为PL、CG和EG),研究了模拟酸雨短期胁迫对土壤呼吸的影响。结果表明:(1)不同生长季,重度酸雨(pH2.5)对PL和CG植物下土壤呼吸E值影响显著,PL均低于对照(pH5.6),CG冬季低于对照而春夏较对照高,EG仅冬季变化显著。中度酸雨(pH4.0)对PL的E值作用显著,除2007年8月较对照高25.3%外,均低于对照。CG的E值于2006年12月和2007年8月分别受中度酸雨的显著影响,12月低于对照,而8月升高至1.96μmol m-2s-1。中度酸雨仅在2007年11月使EG的E值显著降低了18.0%。(2)在生长周期内,PL和EG的土壤呼吸对模拟酸雨无显著响应,CG虽分别升高了87.8%(重度酸雨组)和11.1%(中度酸雨组),但是仅重度酸雨作用显著。(3)影响PL及CG土壤呼吸的主要因素是土壤温度和模拟酸雨,EG以土壤温度为主因子。模拟酸雨对CG土壤呼吸的作用强于PL,CG土壤呼吸E值与酸雨pH负相关。     

Driving factors of temporal variation in agricultural soil respiration

Investigations of diurnal and seasonal variations in soil respiration support modeling of regional CO₂ budgets and therefore in estimating their potential contribution to greenhouse gases. This study quantifies temporal changes in soil respiration and their driving factors in grassland and arable soils located in Northern Germany. Field measurements at an arable site showed diurnal mean soil respiration rates between 67 and 99 mg CO₂ m^–2 h^–1 with a hysteresis effect following changes in mean soil temperatures. Field soil respiration peaked in April at 5767 mg CO₂ m^–2 day^–1, while values below 300 mg CO₂ m^–2 day^–1 were measured in wintertime. Laboratory incubations were carried out in dark open flow chambers at temperatures from 5°C to 40°C, with 5°C intervals, and soil moisture was controlled at 30%, 50%, and 70% of full water holding capacity. Respiration rates were higher in grassland soils than in arable soils when the incubating temperature exceeded 15°C. The respiration rate difference between them rose with increasing temperature. Monthly median values of incubated soil respiration rates ranged from 0 to 26.12 and 0 to 7.84 µg CO₂ g^–1 dry weight h^–1, respectively, in grassland and arable land. A shortage of available substrate leads to a temporal decline in soil respiration rates, as indicated by a decrease in dissolved organic carbon. Temporal Q₁₀ values decreased from about 4.0 to below 1.5 as temperatures increased in the field. Moreover, the results of our laboratory experiments confirmed that soil temperature is the main controlling factor for the Q₁₀ values. Within the temperature interval between 20°C and 30°C, Q₁₀ values were around 2 while the Q₁₀ values of arable soils were slightly lower compared to that of grassland soils. Thus, laboratory studies may underestimate temperature sensitivity of soil respiration, awareness for transforming laboratory data to field conditions must therefore be taken into account.     

Modelling soil and root respiration in a cotton field using the DNDC model

The DNDC model was able to simulate the temporal variation in soil respiration, although it underestimated the cumulative CO₂ emission by 15%. A good correlation was found between predicted and measured root respiration. However, this model is limited in its ability to simulate heterotrophic respiration which was underestimated by 59%. The sensitivity tests showed that temperature, precipitation, soil organic C content, fertilization, and irrigation had a positive effect on soil respiration.     

Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in different ecosystems in China

Understanding the sensitivity of soil respiration to temperature change and its impacting factors is an important base for accurately evaluating the response of terrestrial carbon balance to future climatic change, and thus has received much recent attention. In this study, we synthesized 161 field measurement data from 52 published papers to quantify temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in different Chinese ecosystems and its relationship with climate factors, such as temperature and precipitation. The results show that the observed Q₁₀ value (the factor by which respiration rates increase for a 10 °C increase in temperature) is strongly dependent on the soil temperature measurement depth. Generally, Q₁₀ significantly increased with the depth (0 cm, 5 cm, and 10 cm) of soil temperature measuring point. Different ecosystem types also exhibit different Q₁₀ values. In response to soil temperature at the depth of 5 cm, alpine meadow and tundra has the largest Q₁₀ value with magnitude of 3.05 ± 1.06, while the Q₁₀ value of evergreen broadleaf forests is approximately half that amount (Q₁₀ = 1.81 ± 0.43). Spatial correlation analysis also shows that the Q₁₀ value of forest ecosystems is significantly and negatively correlated with mean annual temperature (R = −0.51, P < 0.001) and mean annual precipitation (R = −0.5, P < 0.001). This result not only implies that the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration will decline under continued global warming, but also suggests that such acclimation of soil respiration to warming should be taken into account in forecasting future terrestrial carbon cycle and its feedback to climate system.     

长期定位施肥下黑土呼吸的变化特征及其影响因素

阐明长期不同施肥下的土壤呼吸特征及其影响机制对黑土区固碳减排研究至关重要。该研究基于1990年开始的国家土壤肥力与肥料效益监测网站-吉林省公主岭市黑土监测基地,选取不施肥(CK)、单施氮磷钾肥(NPK)、无机肥配施低量有机肥(NPKM1)、1.5倍的无机肥配施低量有机肥(1.5(NPKM1))、无机肥配施高量有机肥(NPKM2)和无机肥配施秸秆(NPKS)6个处理,明确了长期不同施肥下土壤总呼吸和异养呼吸的季节变化特征,并分析了土壤温度、水分、微生物量碳氮、铵态氮、硝态氮与土壤呼吸和异养呼吸的关系。结果表明:长期有机无机肥配施可以显著提高土壤有机碳、全氮、土壤速效磷、有效钾的含量和土壤活性有机碳库组分含量(P0.05);与不施肥相比,长期有机无机肥配施和无机配施秸秆处理分别显著增加土壤呼吸及异养呼吸碳累积排放量56.32%~86.54%和70.01%~100.93%;根系呼吸对土壤呼吸的整体贡献为23.68%~34.30%;相关分析表明,土壤呼吸速率和异养呼吸速率与土壤温度极显著正相关(P0.01),与土壤含水率呈显著负相关(P0.01),土壤温度可以分别解释土壤呼吸和异养呼吸变化的42.79%和39.61%;土壤微生物量碳氮、土壤硝态氮均与土壤呼吸速率和异养呼吸速率极显著相关(P0.01),土壤微生物量碳氮、土壤硝态氮可以分别解释土壤呼吸和异养呼吸变化的78.42%和77.18%,58.33%和56.79%,59.29%和59.14%;土壤铵态氮虽然显著影响土壤呼吸速率(P0.05),可以解释土壤呼吸变化的5.56%,但其对异养呼吸速率的影响不显著。综合来看,微生物量碳对土壤呼吸及异养呼吸的影响最大,而土壤含水率(15%)越高则土壤呼吸越弱;无机配施秸秆处理可以提高土壤碳库组分含量,且作物生育期内土壤呼吸及异养呼吸碳累积释放量均低于等氮量下施用有机肥(NPKM1)的处理,为最佳的农田管理措施。     

Litter contribution to diurnal and annual soil respiration in a tropical montane cloud forest

Respiration of CO₂ from soils (R_s) is a major component of the carbon cycle of ecosystems, but understanding is still poor of both the relative contributions of different respiratory sources to R_s, and the environmental factors that drive diurnal variations in R_s. We measured total and litter-free R_s at half-hourly intervals over full 24 h periods, and thereafter twice a month for 10 months in a tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF) in Peru. Total R_s declined by about 61% during the night as a result of variations in respiration rate in the litter, which were partly correlated with the soil surface air temperature. Most of the diurnal variation of R_s in this TMCF appears to be driven by respiration in the litter layer, which contributed 37% to the total soil CO₂ efflux. Total R_s rates at this particular site would have been overestimated by 60% if derived from daytime measurements that had not been corrected for diurnal variations in R_s.     

博德特氏菌HN36对土壤酶活性和呼吸强度的影响

研究了博德特氏菌HN36(Bordetella sp.)对受二氯喹啉酸污染土壤中的土壤酶活性和呼吸强度的影响。结果表明,与对照相比,加入HN36后均能提高土壤过氧化氢酶、蔗糖酶、多酚氧化酶、脲酶及碱性磷酸酶酶活性和呼吸强度,且随着接种量的增加而增强。当接种量为3×1010个.g-1干土时,效果最好。     

水土保持措施对板栗林土壤呼吸的影响

为阐明板栗林土壤呼吸对水土保持措施的响应,采用IRGA法,对不同类型板栗林的土壤呼吸从2009年3月至2010年9月开展为期1年半的定位观测。结果表明:1)采取水土保持措施后,样地的土壤水分状况得到一定程度的改善,尤其随着采取水土保持措施年限的延长,其对土壤水分时空分布影响更为显著。2)4个板栗林样地的土壤呼吸速率均呈明显的单峰曲线变化,水土保持措施对土壤呼吸的季节动态无明显影响。3)样地Ⅰ和Ⅲ的参考呼吸R10分别为1.718和1.595μmol/(m2.s);而采取水土保持措施后,样地Ⅱ和Ⅳ的R10均表现为一定程度的降低,分别为1.092和1.324μmol/(m2.s)。样地Ⅰ和Ⅲ的土壤呼吸的温度敏感性指数Q10分别为1.927和1.899;采取水土保持措施后,样地Ⅱ和Ⅳ的Q10均表现为略微增加。采取水土保持措施后,土壤温度和土壤湿度对土壤呼吸速率的影响有一定程度的增强。研究结果可为把水土保持措施作为土壤严重侵蚀地区一种潜在的固碳减排模式提供基础数据。     

沼肥对保护地土壤酶及其呼吸强度的影响

以等有机质含量的猪粪、沼渣为基肥,追肥(化肥与沼液)以等N、等P、等K进行施用,采用二裂式区组设计的方法研究了沼肥、猪粪、化肥等不同施肥组合对保护地土壤酶活性及其呼吸强度的影响。结果表明,未施任何肥料的对照处理,其土壤磷酸酶、过氧化氢酶活性和土壤呼吸强度最弱。沼渣与沼液配合施用较沼渣与化肥配合施用有利于提高土壤磷酸酶的活性,而施用猪粪或沼渣、施用沼液或化肥对土壤磷酸酶活性的影响差异较小;施肥对土壤过氧化氢酶活性影响较小;施有机肥或有机肥和化肥配施提高了土壤呼吸强度。施用化肥、沼渣分别比施用沼液、猪粪有利于提高土壤呼吸强度。猪粪、沼渣与化肥配合施用分别比与沼液配合施用的土壤呼吸强度高。     

不同碳氮管理措施对春玉米农田土壤呼吸的影响

基于山西省寿阳旱作试验区长期定位试验,以春玉米农田为研究对象,探讨了不同碳氮管理措施对春玉米农田土壤呼吸的影响及土壤呼吸与土壤温度的关系。结果表明:碳氮处理土壤呼吸高于无肥区,其中施用化肥105 kg·hm-2、秸秆3 000 kg·hm-2、有机肥3 000 kg·hm-2时,土壤呼吸速率最低,为2.24μmol·m-2·s-1,与无肥区差异不显著;施用化肥31 kg·hm-2、秸秆5 121 kg·hm-2、有机肥4 500 kg·hm-2时,土壤呼吸速率最高,达3.51μmol·m-2·s-1,高出无肥区72.0%。化肥、秸秆、牛粪编码值与土壤呼吸速率满足关系式y=2.2-0.1 x1+0.2 x2-0.2 x1x3+0.2 x12+0.1 x22+0.1 x32,当化肥、秸秆、牛粪用量分别为131、1 500、3 750 kg·hm-2时,土壤呼吸速率达到最小值2.075μmol·m-2·s-1,该施肥配方可为当地春玉米生产施肥管理提供参考依据。土壤呼吸与土壤温度间存在y=a Tb显著相关关系,可解释两者间变异的46.9%~81.2%,Q10变化范围为1.86~4.71。综上可知,合理的碳氮管理措施可有效控制CO2的排放,并影响土壤呼吸对土壤温度的敏感性。