Factors controlling soil carbon levels in New Zealand grasslands: Is clay content important?

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作者
Percival, HJ [1 ]
Parfitt, RL [1 ]
Scott, NA [1 ]
机构
[1] Landcare Res, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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10.2136/sssaj2000.6451623x
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S15 [土壤学];
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0903 ; 090301 ;
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Soil organic matter is a major component of biogeochemical cycles and is important in maintaining soil quality. We investigated relationships between soil organic C and various soil and site properties that may influence long-term soil C accumulation across a range of soil orders in New Zealand. We used pedon and climatic data for 167 pedons under permanent grass, and carried out regression analysis between soil C (0-200 mm) contents (t ha(-1)) or concentrations (g kg(-1)) and climatic and soil properties, namely, precipitation, temperature, and contents or concentrations of sand, silt, clay, pyrophosphate-extractable Al (Al-py), Fe oxide, and allophane. Soil clay content or concentration explained little of the variation in soil C across all soils (R-2 < 0.05) and within each soil type. Likewise, mean annual precipitation and temperature explained little variation in soil C content or concentration (R-2 < 0.15 for precipitation, R-2 = 0.04 for temperature). Allophane content or concentration was unrelated to soil C in the soils of volcanic origin; Al-py, however, correlated strongly with both soil C content and soil C concentration across all soil types (R-2 = 0.55 and 0.60, respectively). When all factors were combined in a multiple regression analysis, the combination of Al-py and allophane contents explained the greatest amount of variation in soil C content (R-2 = 0.57), whereas the combination of Al-py, Fe oxide, allophane, and clay concentrations explained the greatest amount of variation in soil C concentration (R-2 = 0.67). Our results suggest that in New Zealand soils, chemical stabilization of organic matter is the keg process controlling soil C accumulation, and that clay content relates poorly to long-term soil organic C accumulation.
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