Nitrogen deposition differentially affects soil gross nitrogen transformations in organic and mineral horizons

被引:58
作者
Cheng, Yi [1 ]
Wang, Jing [2 ]
Wang, Jinyang [3 ]
Wang, Shenqiang [4 ]
Chang, Scott X. [5 ]
Cai, Zucong [1 ,6 ]
Zhang, Jinbo [1 ,7 ,8 ,9 ]
Niu, Shuli [10 ]
Hu, Shuijin [11 ,12 ]
机构
[1] Nanjing Normal Univ, Sch Geog, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
[2] Nanjing Forestry Univ, Coll Forestry, Nanjing 210037, Peoples R China
[3] Bangor Univ, Sch Environm Nat Resources & Geog, Bangor LL57 2UW, Gwynedd, Wales
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Soil Sci, State Key Lab Soil & Sustainable Agr, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
[5] Univ Alberta, Dept Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sci Bldg, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
[6] Nanjing Normal Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Virtual Geog Environm, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
[7] Jiangsu Ctr Collaborat Innovat Geog Informat Reso, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
[8] State Key Lab Cultivat Base Geog Environm Evolut, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
[9] Jiangsu Prov Key Lab Mat Cycling & Pollut Control, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
[10] Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
[11] North Carolina State Univ, Dept Entomol & Plant Pathol, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
[12] Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Resources & Environm Sci, Nanjing 210095, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Net N mineralization; Gross mineralization; Gross nitrification; Gross NH4(+) and NO3(-) immobilization; Nitrogen deposition; Microbial biomass; ATMOSPHERIC NITRATE DEPOSITION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST SOILS; METAANALYSIS; INPUTS; CYCLE; NITRIFICATION; SATURATION; GRASSLAND; ADDITIONS;
D O I
10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.103033
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Reactive nitrogen (N) input can profoundly alter soil N transformations and long-term productivity of forest ecosystems. However, critical knowledge gaps exist in our understanding of N deposition effects on internal soil N cycling in forest ecosystems. It is well established that N addition enhances soil N availability based on traditional net mineralization rate assays. Yet, experimental additions of inorganic N to soils broadly show a suppression of microbial activity and protein depolymerization. Here we show, from a global meta-analysis of N-15-labelled studies that gross N transformation rates in forest soil organic and mineral horizons differentially respond to N addition. In carbon (C)-rich organic horizons, N addition significantly enhanced soil gross rates of N mineralization, nitrification and microbial NO3- immobilization rates, but decreased gross microbial NH4+ immobilization rates. In C-poor mineral soils, in contrast, N addition did not change gross N transformation rates except for increasing gross nitrification rates. An initial soil C/N threshold of approx. 14.6, above which N addition enhanced gross N mineralization rates, could explain why gross N mineralization was increased by N deposition in organic horizons alone. Enhancement of gross N mineralization by N deposition was also largely attributed to enhanced N mineralization activity per unit microbial biomass. Our results indicate that the net effect of N input on forest soil gross N transformations are highly stratified by soil C distribution along the soil profile, and thus challenge the perception that N availability ubiquitously limits N mineralization. These findings suggest that these differences should be integrated into models to better predict forest ecosystem N cycle and C sequestration potential under future N deposition scenarios.
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