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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2020, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (8): 11-19.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20200802

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Effects of Sulfur and Manganese Addition on Mineralization of Recalcitrant Organic Carbon of Forest Soil and Humus in Changbai Mountains

Yuzhe Wang1,Fengli Zhang2,Xingbo Zheng2,Shijie Han3,Junqiang Zheng2,3,*   

  1. 1. College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou 350002
    2. Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenyang 110164
    3. School of Life Sciences, Henan University Kaifeng 475004
  • Received:2019-01-24 Online:2020-08-25 Published:2020-08-14
  • Contact: Junqiang Zheng

Abstract:

Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate the effects of sulfur (S) and manganese (Mn) addition on the mineralization of recalcitrant organiccarbon (C) and temperature sensitivity (Q10) from forest soil and mor-humus collected from Changbai Mountains, northeastern China, in order to provide a basis for predicting the responses of biogeochemical cycling of carbon to atmospheric sulfur deposition. Method: Soil and mor-humus samples were collected from montane forests (broadleaved Korean pine and Betulaplatyphylla-Populusdavidiana mixed forest) and tundra, and then pre-incubated at 25℃ for 90-days toremovethe componentsof active carbonthat can be easily decomposed, followed by addition of 2 mL solutionsrespectivelyof MnCl2, MnSO4, NaCl, and Na2SO4, and addition of equivalent volumeofdouble distilled water to the control treatment, and further incubated at 25℃ and 35℃ for a 30-day period, respectively. Respired CO2 was periodically measured at day 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21 and 30 during the 30 day's period, cumulative mineralization of recalcitrant organic carbon, recalcitrant organic carbon mineralization rate and associated Q10 were calculated. Soil and mor-humus collected at the end of incubation experiment were used for measuring soil microbial biomass using phospholipid fatty acid(PLFA) method. Result: The recalcitrant organic carbon mineralization rate, cumulative mineralization of recalcitrant organic carbon and Q10 were not significantly different between MnCl2 and NaCl treatments, and betweenMnSO4 and Na2SO4 treatments(P> 0.05). The addition of S rather than Mn affected the recalcitrant organic carbon mineralization rate. Mineralization rate of soil recalcitrant organic carbon under the MnSO4 treatment were significantly higher than those of the Na2SO4 treatment(P < 0.05). MnSO4 and Na2SO4 addition significantly increased the cumulative mineralization of recalcitrant organic carbon of the mor-humus samples from Betula platyphylla-Populus davidiana mixed forest and the three soil samples(P < 0.05), whereas the MnCl2 and NaCl addition did not. The addition of Mn and S significantly decreased Q10 of soils collected from broadleaved Korean pine forest (P < 0.05), but not those of soils from B. platyphylla-P. davidiana mixed forest and tundra. The addition of MnSO4 significantly increased total PLFAs of the mor-humus collected from broadleaved Korean pine and B. platyphylla-P. davidiana mixed forest and total PLFAs increased after the addition of MnSO4 solution, especially for the tundra soil. Conclusion: Our results highlighted an effect of S rather than Mn on the mineralization of soil recalcitrant organic carbon in Changbai Mountains. Hence, we suggest that more careful studies of the influence of sulfur on organic carbon mineralization are required to determine biogeochemical cycling of carbon from the ecosystem where atmospheric sulfur deposition is still not declining.

Key words: manganese addition, sulfur addition, recalcitrant carbon, decomposition, Q10

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