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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 237, 期 6, 页码 2054-2068出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18535
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Africa; atmospheric deposition; carbon cycle; carbon sink; land surface modelling; nutrient limitation; phosphorus; tropical forest
This study used a terrestrial biosphere model to investigate the impact of changes in atmospheric nitrogen and phosphorus deposition on plant nutrition and biomass carbon sink in Central African forests. The findings suggest that the increase in nutrient deposition since the 1980s has contributed to the carbon sink over the past four decades, with phosphorus deposition playing a significant role.
Spatial redistribution of nutrients by atmospheric transport and deposition could theoretically act as a continental-scale mechanism which counteracts declines in soil fertility caused by nutrient lock-up in accumulating biomass in tropical forests in Central Africa. However, to what extent it affects carbon sinks in forests remains elusive. Here we use a terrestrial biosphere model to quantify the impact of changes in atmospheric nitrogen and phosphorus deposition on plant nutrition and biomass carbon sink at a typical lowland forest site in Central Africa. We find that the increase in nutrient deposition since the 1980s could have contributed to the carbon sink over the past four decades up to an extent which is similar to that from the combined effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change. Furthermore, we find that the modelled carbon sink responds to changes in phosphorus deposition, but less so to nitrogen deposition. The pronounced response of ecosystem productivity to changes in nutrient deposition illustrates a potential mechanism that could control carbon sinks in Central Africa. Monitoring the quantity and quality of nutrient deposition is needed in this region, given the changes in nutrient deposition due to human land use.
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