Methane oxidation in a temperate coniferous forest soil: effects of inorganic N
Methane oxidation in a temperate coniferous forest soil: effects of inorganic N
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DOI:
10.1016/s0038-0717(02)00294-8
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发表时间:
2003-03
影响因子:
9.7
通讯作者:
Zhi-Ping Wang;P. Ineson
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作者:
Zhi-Ping Wang;P. Ineson
Methane oxidation rates were measured in soils obtained from a coniferous forest in northern England. The effects of depth and added K+(K2SO4), NH4+((NH4)2SO4) and NO3−(KNO3) on potential CH4oxidation were investigated in a series of laboratory incubations. The humus (H) layer soil showed much greater CH4oxidation rates than the other soil layers, with maximal rates of 53 and 226ng CH4gdw−1h−1when incubated with initial 10 and 1000μl CH4l−1, respectively. Additions of the solutes K+, NH4+and NO3−showed differing degrees of inhibition on CH4oxidation, which varied with the initial CH4concentration, the ion added, and the ion concentration. In general, inhibition by the ions was slightly greater for incubations with an initial concentration of 1000μl CH4l−1than for 10μl CH4l−1under otherwise identical conditions. For K+and NH4+treatments, inhibitory rates were usually less than 15%, but at high K+and NH4+concentrations inhibition could reach 50%, the inhibitory effects of NH4+were consistently slightly greater than those of K+at the same concentration. In marked contrast to NH4+, NO3−showed a very strong inhibitory effect. Added NO3−and NO2−produced via added NO3−reduction in anaerobic ‘microsites’ are probably toxic to CH4-oxidizing bacteria. These results, together with those from other reports, suggest that NO3−may have a greater importance in the inhibition of CH4oxidation in forest soils than that attributed to NH4+and needs to be investigated in a wide range of soil types from various forests.