Seasonal dynamics of soil CO2 efflux in a conventional tilled wheat field of the Loess Plateau, China英文文献.pdfVIP

Ecol Res (2011) 26: 735–743 DOI 10.1007/s11284-011-0832-5 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Hongxing Zhang • Xiaoping Zhou • Fei Lu Junzhu Pang • Zongwei Feng • Wenzhao Liu Zhiyun Ouyang • Xiaoke Wang Seasonal dynamics of soil CO2 efflux in a conventional tilled wheat field of the Loess Plateau, China Received: 29 June 2010 / Accepted: 4 April 2011 / Published online: 31 May 2011 The Ecological Society of Japan 2011 Abstract An automated chamber system was employed Keywords Soil CO2 efflux Æ Seasonal dynamics Æ to measure the soil CO2 efflux (SCE) in situ for 2 years Temperature Æ Moisture Æ Tillage in a conventional wheat field of the Loess Plateau, China under semi-arid conditions. The annual mean SCE val- ues were 2.44 ± 2.52 lmol m2 s1 in 2006 and Introduction 2.37 ± 2.33 lmol m2 s1 in 2007. Distinct seasonality in the SCE was observed, with significant differences The high carbon density in soil indicates the significant occurring among four periods divided by harvesting, role of soil in the global carbon cycle. Indeed, soil con- tillage and sowing. In the period from tillage to sowing, tains approximately twice as much carbon as either land the mean SCE values were 2.82 and 2.69 times the an- plants or the atmosphere (Rustad et al. 2000). Soil CO2 nual mean values in 2006 and 2007, respectively, and efflux (SCE) is the major pathway through which soil SCE accounted for 39% and 48% of the annual total carbon returns to the atmosphere. The amount of soil within 14% and 18% of the days of the years. Although carbon released from soil into the atmosphere is about there were significant exponential correlations between 75 Pg C year1; therefore, it has a profound impact on the SCE and soil temperature, and significant linear the atmospheric CO2