Responses of soil nitrogen fixation to Spartina alterniflora invasion and nitrogen addition in a Chinese salt marsh

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作者
Huang, Jingxin [1 ]
Xu, Xiao [1 ]
Wang, Min [2 ]
Nie, Ming [1 ]
Qiu, Shiyun [1 ]
Wang, Qing [2 ]
Quan, Zhexue [3 ]
Xiao, Ming [4 ]
Li, Bo [1 ]
机构
[1] Fudan Univ, Key Lab Biodivers Sci & Ecol Engn, Minist Educ, 2005 Songhu Rd, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China
[2] Shanghai Acad Environm Sci, 508 Qinzhou Rd, Shanghai 200233, Peoples R China
[3] Fudan Univ, Sch Life Sci, Dept Microbiol & Microbial Engn, 2005 Songhu Rd, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China
[4] Shanghai Normal Univ, Dept Biol, 100 Guilin Rd, Shanghai 200234, Peoples R China
来源
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2016年 / 6卷
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
EXOGENOUS N DEPOSITION; DINITROGEN FIXATION; YANGTZE-RIVER; GLOBAL CHANGE; DIVERSITY; COMMUNITIES; RHIZOSPHERE; ESTUARY; LITTER;
D O I
10.1038/srep20384
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the major natural process of nitrogen (N) input to ecosystems. To understand how plant invasion and N enrichment affect BNF, we compared soil N-fixation rates and N-fixing microbes (NFM) of an invasive Spartina alterniflora community and a native Phragmites australis community in the Yangtze River estuary, with and without N addition. Our results indicated that plant invasion relative to N enrichment had a greater influence on BNF. At each N level, the S. alterniflora community had a higher soil N-fixation rate but a lower diversity of the nifH gene in comparison with the native community. The S. alterniflora community with N addition had the highest soil N-fixation rate and the nifH gene abundance across all treatments. Our results suggest that S. alterniflora invasion can increase soil N fixation in the high N-loading estuarine ecosystem, and thus may further mediate soil N availability.
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