氮沉降对荷木林中活性有机碳及土壤酶活性的影响-Universityof.DOC

Physical protection by soil aggregates stabilise soil organic carbon under simulated N deposition in a subtropical forest of China Xiao-lan Zhonga, Jiang-tao Lib, Xiao-jia Lib, Yong-chang Yec, Song-song Liuc, Paul D. Hallettd, Muhammad Naveedd a. College of Natural Resources and Environments, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Land use and Consolidation, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China b. School of Geographical Sciences, Guangzhou University, 230 Waihuan West Road, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, PR China c. Dongguan Institute of Forestry Research, 285 Xueyuan Road, Dongguan, 523106, Guangdong, PR China d. Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK Corresponding author: Jiang-tao Li Tel: +86Email: ljtgzhu@163.com (J. t. Li) Postal addresses: School of Geographical Sciences, Guangzhou University, 230 Waihuan West Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China, 510006 Abstract Atmospheric N deposition has increased dramatically in China due to rapid industrial, agricultural and urban development, greatly affecting carbon cycling. Whilst C emissions may increase by elevated N deposition, limitation in the accessibility of substrates to decomposers within soil aggregates may dampen soil microbial activity, and thereby physically protect organic carbon from decomposition. In this study, we explore whether physical protection by soil aggregates could stabilize soil organic carbon, thereby dampening C loss rates. In this study, additional nitrogen deposition of 0, 50, 100, 200 and 300 kg N ha-1 (3 replicate 10 m × 10 m plots of each) was applied to a Schima plantation in southeast China. Several soil parameters and microbial biomass C and N in bulk soil, as well as in different soil aggregate size fractions (0.25-1 mm, 1-2 mm, 2-5 mm and 5-8 mm) were analyzed. With increasing N depos