Nitrogen deposition impacts on the amount and stability of soil organic matter in an alpine meadow ecosystem depend on the form and rate of applied nitrogen
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Abstract
Summary The effects of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on carbon (C) sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems are controversial. Therefore, it is important to evaluate accurately the effects of applied N levels and forms on the amount and stability of soil organic carbon ( SOC ) in terrestrial ecosystems. In this study, a multi‐form, small‐input N addition experiment was conducted at the Haibei Alpine Meadow Ecosystem Research Station from 2007 to 2011. Three N fertilizers, NH 4 Cl , ( NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 and KNO 3 , were applied at four rates: 0, 10, 20 and 40 kg N ha −1 year −1 . One hundred and eight soil samples were collected at 10‐cm intervals to a depth of 30 cm in 2011. Contents and δ 13 C values of bulk SOC were measured, as well as three particle‐size fractions: macroparticulate organic C ( MacroPOC , > 250 µm), microparticulate organic C ( MicroPOC , 53–250 µm) and mineral‐associated organic C ( MAOC , < 53 µm). The results show that 5 years of N addition changed SOC contents, δ 13 C values of the bulk soils and various particle‐size fractions in the surface 10‐cm layer, and that they were dependent on the amounts and forms of N application. Ammonium‐N addition had more significant effects on SOC content than nitrate‐N addition. For the entire soil profile, small additions of N increased SOC stock by 4.5% (0.43 kg C m −2 ), while medium and large inputs of N decreased SOC stock by 5.4% (0.52 kg C m −2 ) and 8.8% (0.85 kg C m −2 ), respectively. The critical load of N deposition appears to be about 20 kg N ha −1 year −1 . The newly formed C in the small‐input N treatment remained mostly in the > 250 µm soil MacroPOC , and the C lost in the medium or large N treatments was from the > 53 µm POC fraction. Five years of ammonium‐N addition increased significantly the surface soil POC : MAOC ratio and increased the instability of soil organic matter ( SOM ). These results suggest that exogenous N input within the critical load level will benefit C sequestration in the alpine meadow soils on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau over the short term.
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| Metaresearch | 0.005 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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