Earthworm bioturbation stabilizes carbon in non-flooded paddy soil at the risk of increasing methane emissions under wet soil conditions
Earthworm bioturbation stabilizes carbon in non-flooded paddy soil at the risk of increasing methane emissions under wet soil conditions
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蚯蚓生物扰动稳定了非淹稻田土壤中的碳,但在潮湿土壤条件下存在增加甲烷排放的风险
DOI:
10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.08.033
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
9.7
通讯作者:
Wolters V.
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作者:
John K;Marxsen J;Zaitsev A.S;Wolters V.
Studies on earthworms in rice-based ecosystems tend to focus on some pest species, while the potential of these important soil engineers for beneficially affecting carbon storage and cycling is widely ignored. We carried out a microcosm experiment to quantify the impact of the tropical earthwormPheretimasp. on the C turnover in paddy soils under different conditions of water saturation and N fertilization. The soil was sampled at the lowland farm of the International Rice Research Institute (Philippines). In the absence of earthworms, soil respiration showed a distinct hump-shaped maximum at intermediate levels of water saturation (4-fold higher than in hand-dry soil) and increased 1.5-fold with increasing amounts of N fertilization. Amounts of CH4emitted, in contrast, were small at low to moderate soil humidity and became very high under conditions of water saturation (80-fold higher than hand-dry soil). No response to nitrogen addition was observed. Earthworms suppressed both the respiration maximum at intermediate saturation levels (by a factor of 1.4) and the stimulating impact of N fertilization (1.7-fold at maximum fertilizer level). On the other hand, earthworms strongly increased CH4release under conditions of high water saturation (3-fold). No consistent response of the soil microflora (bacterial abundance, soil enzymes) to earthworm activity could be established. Our findings suggest that the stabilization of soil organic C via earthworm bioturbation is confined to the range of soil humidity that allows high activity ofPheretimasp. Under conditions of intensive agriculture, the stabilizing effect of the worms may even be augmented by the fact that they offset the positive effect of N fertilization on microbial respiration. Earthworms may thus play a vital role in reducing the CO2flush from paddy soils after the conversion to non-flooded crops such as aerobic rice or maize. Acceleration of methane emission in very humid soils nevertheless points to a certain risk that is associated with increasing earthworm abundance in production systems that are still exposed to temporary flooding during the wet season.
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影响因子:
2.7
作者:
V. Wolters
通讯作者:
V. Wolters
DOI:
10.4319/lom.2005.3.221
发表时间:
2005
期刊:
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
影响因子:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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