期刊
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
卷 32, 期 -, 页码 245-252出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.032
关键词
Soil respiration rate; Alpine region; Altitude; Temperature; Soil moisture; Mountain slope; Soil carbon content
资金
- Global Environment Research Coordination System, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
- KAKENHI [23310017]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23310017] Funding Source: KAKEN
Soil respiration is the main form of carbon flux from soil to atmosphere in the global carbon cycle. The effect of temperature on soil respiration rate is important in evaluating the potential feedback of soil organic carbon to global warming. We incubated soils from the alpine meadow zone and upper rocky zone along an altitudinal gradient (4400-5500 m a.s.l.) on the Tibetan Plateau under various temperature and soil moisture conditions. We evaluated the potential effects of temperature and soil moisture on soil respiration and its variation across altitudes. Soil respiration rates increased as the temperature increased. At 60% of soil water content, they averaged 0.21-5.33 mu mol g soil(-1) day(-1) in the alpine meadow zone and 0.11-0.50 mu mol g soil(-1) day(-1) in the rocky zone over the experimental temperature range. Soil respiration rates in the rocky zone did not increase between 25 and 35 degrees C, probably because of heat stress. Rates of decomposition of organic matter were high in the rocky zone, where the CN ratio was smaller than in the middle altitudes. Soil respiration rates also increased with increasing soil water content from 10% to 80% at 15 degrees C, averaging 0.04-2.00 mu mol g soil(-1) day(-1) in the alpine meadow zone and 0.03-0.35 mu mol g soil(-1) day(-1) in the rocky zone. Maximum respiration rates were obtained in the middle part of the alpine slope in any case of experimental temperature and soil moisture. The change patterns in soil respiration rate along altitude showed similar change pattern in soil carbon content. Although the altitude is a variable including various environmental factors, it might be used as a surrogate parameter of soil carbon content in alpine zone. Results suggest that temperature, soil moisture and altitude are used as appropriate environmental indicators for estimating the spatial distribution of potential soil respiration in alpine zone. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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