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- Title
Divergent Responses of Temperature Sensitivity to Rising Incubation Temperature in Warmed and Un-Warmed Soil: A Mesocosm Experiment from a Subtropical Plantation.
- Authors
Zheng, Yong; Yang, Zhijie; Zhou, Jiacong; Zheng, Wei; Chen, Shidong; Lin, Weisheng; Xiong, Decheng; Xu, Chao; Liu, Xiaofei; Yang, Yusheng
- Abstract
We conducted a short-term laboratory soil warming incubation experiment, sampling both warmed and un-warmed soils from a subtropical plantation in southeastern China, incubating them at 20 °C, 30 °C, and 40 °C. Our aim was to study the SOC mineralization response to increasing temperatures. Our findings revealed that the temperature sensitivity (Q10) of SOC mineralization to short-term experimental warming varied between the warmed soil and the un-warmed soil. The Q10 of the un-warmed soil escalated with the temperature treatment (20–30 °C: 1.31, 30–40 °C: 1.63). Conversely, the Q10 of the warmed soil decreased (20–30 °C: 1.57, 30–40 °C: 1.41). Increasing temperature treatments decreased soil substrate availability (dissolved organic C) in both un-warmed and warmed soil. The C-degrading enzyme in un-warmed soil and warmed soil had different trends at different temperatures. In addition, warming decreased soil microbial biomass, resulting in a decrease in the total amount of phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) and a decrease in the abundance of fungi and Gram-negative bacteria (GN) in both un-warmed and warmed soil. The ratio of fungal to bacterial biomass (F:B) in un-warming soil was significantly higher than that in warmed soil. A drop in the microbial quotient (qMBC) coupled with a rise in the metabolic quotient (qCO2) indicated that warming amplified microbial respiration over microbial growth. The differential Q10 of SOC mineralization in un-warmed and warmed soil, in response to temperature across varying soil, can primarily be attributed to shifts in soil dissolved organic C (DOC), alterations in C-degrading enzyme activities, and modifications in microbial communities (F:B).
- Subjects
CHINA; SOILS; SOIL heating; MICROBIAL respiration; SOIL temperature; MICROBIAL growth
- Publication
Forests (19994907), 2023, Vol 14, Issue 11, p2164
- ISSN
1999-4907
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/f14112164