Journal
GEODERMA
Volume 340, Issue -, Pages 213-223Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.01.027
Keywords
Soil C; N enrichment; P enrichment; Soil enzyme activities; Soil aggregate fractions
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31770658]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFC0505002]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA20020401]
- Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province [2018SZDZX0030, 18ZDYF0307]
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Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) availabilities can affect soil C cycling by altering both plants and microbial activity. It remains unclear how the changes in plant and microbial processes could regulate C dynamics of different soil fractions, thereby affecting soil C sequestration. Based on a field fertilization experiment in a subalpine spruce plantation, we examined the effects of N, P and combined N and P addition (NP) treatments on plant C inputs, soil C contents and enzyme activities of bulk soil and different aggregate fractions. We aimed to explore the mechanisms by which N and P addition affected soil C sequestration. After 4-year fertilization, the N treatment increased soil C content by 21%, accompanied by suppressed polyphenol oxidase activity ( - 43%). However, the P and NP treatments decreased soil C content by 14% and 7%, respectively, accompanied by reduction in fine root biomass ( - 51% and - 50%, respectively). Fertilization also affected soil aggregate C pools, with decreased C content in the macroaggregates (5000-250 mu m; MaA) under the P and NP treatments, and increased C content in the silt and clay fraction ( < 53 mu m; S&C) under all fertilization treatments. The step-AIC analysis showed that the effects of fertilization on bulk soil C content were best explained by changes in soil polyphenol oxidase activity and fine root biomass. Overall, our results indicate that N-induced soil C accrual, mainly accumulating in the S&C, could be largely driven by the suppressed oxidase activity, and that decreases in soil C content under the P and NP treatments, mostly occurring in the MaA, was likely associated with the reduced C inputs by fine roots.
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