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- Title
Seasonal dynamics of soil organic carbon mineralization for two forest types in Xiaoxing'an Mountains, China.
- Authors
GAO Fei; LIN Wei; CUI Xiao-yang
- Abstract
To investigate the seasonal dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization in Xiaoxing'an Mountain, we incubated soil samples collected from virgin Korean pine forest and broad-leaved secondary forest in different seasons in the laboratory and measured the SOC mineralization rate and cumulative SOC mineralization (Cm). We employed simultaneous reaction model to describe C mineralization kinetics and estimated SOC mineralization parameters including soil easily mineralizable C (C1), potentially mineralizable C (C0). We also analyzed the relations between Cm, C1 and their influencing factors. Results showed that the incubated SOC mineralization rate and Cm for 0-5 cm soil layer decreased from early spring to late autumn, while for 5-10 cm soil layer the seasonal variation was not statistically significant for both forest types. The C1 in 0-5 and 5-10 cm soil layers varied from 42.92-92.18 and 19.23-32.95 mg•kg-1, respectively, while the C0 in 0-5 and 5-10 cm soil layers varied from 863.92-3957.15 and 434.15-865.79 mg•kg-1, respectively. Both C1 and C0 decreased from early spring to late autumn. The proportions of C0 in SOC for two forest types were 0.74%-2.78% and 1.11%-1.84% in 0-5 and 5-10 cm soil layers, respectively, and decreased from early spring to late autumn, indicating that SOC tended to become more stable as a whole from spring to autumn. The Cm and C0 were significantly positively correlated to in situ soil water content and hot water-extractable carbohydrate content, but were not correlated to in situ soil temperature and cool water-extractable carbohydrate content. We concluded that soil labile organic carbon, soil physical and chemical properties contributed to the seasonal dynamics of SOC mineralization in the forests.
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13287/j.1001-9332.201601.004