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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (1): 1-8.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20140101

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Responses of Soil Respiration to Simulated Nitrogen Deposition in an Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest in Jinyun Mountain

Sun Suqi1, Wang Yujie1, Wang Yunqi1, Zhang Huilan1, Li Yunxia2, Yu Lei1, Hu Bo1, Liu Jie1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Combating Desertification of Ministry of Education College of Water and Soil Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083;
    2. Jianghe Consulting Center for Water Resources and Hydropower Beijing 100120
  • Received:2012-12-01 Revised:2013-11-23 Online:2014-01-25 Published:2014-01-25
  • Contact: 王玉杰

Abstract:

The responses of soil respiration to simulated nitrogen deposition were investigated through in-suit spray with four rising nitrogen concentration levels: control (CK, 0 kgN·hm-2a-1), low nitrogen (T50, 50 kgN·hm-2a-1), medium nitrogen (T100, 100 kgN·hm-2a-1) and high nitrogen (T150, 150 kgN·hm-2a-1). This study was conducted in an evergreen broad-leaved forest in Jinyun mountain, Chongqing City. Results showed that the CK,T50,T100 and soil respiration rates were(4.31±1.14),(3.42±0.74),(2.81±0.38) and (2.49±0.32) μmol·m-2s-1, respectively, indicating that nitrogen deposition treatments significantly reduced soil respiration rates (P<0.05).The relationships between soil respiration rates under different nitrogen treatments and soil temperature, and water contents at depths of 5 and 10 cm were analyzed. A remarkable positive correlation was found between soil respiration rates and soil temperature(P<0.01). The temperature sensitivity coefficients(Q10 value)at 5 cm depth were 2.07(CK),1.81(T50),1.62(T50) and 1.54(T50)respectively, and at 10 cm depth were 2.11(CK),1.83(T50),21.63(T100) and 1.55(T150)respectively, which demonstrated that the sensitivity of soil respiration to soil temperature was restrained by nitrogen deposition. However, there was no obvious correlation between soil respiration rate and soil moisture.

Key words: nitrogen deposition, soil respiration, Q10 value, evergreen broad-leaved forest

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