SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS ACROSS A WINDTHROW DISTURBANCE SEQUENCE IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA
SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS ACROSS A WINDTHROW DISTURBANCE SEQUENCE IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA
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阿拉斯加东南部风尘扰动序列的土壤碳动态
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2004
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R. Sletten
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M. Kramer;P. Sollins;R. Sletten
Few studies have examined the influence of natural disturbances, such as windthrow, on soil organic matter formation, stabilization, and loss in soils. In shallow (<1 m) mountain forest soils, windthrow activity may result in the redistribution and mixing of mineral and organic soil horizons down to bedrock. We studied the patterns of soil carbon, the dominant constituent of soil organic matter, in watersheds along a windthrow disturbance sequence in a mountainous temperate rain forest in southeast Alaska. Our objectives were (1) to evaluate the influence of windthrow and illuviation on the accumulation of soil organic carbon in mineral horizons and (2) to compare the forms of soil organic matter that have accumulated. Soils were described, and the thickness of the major organic and mineral horizons was measured, every 5 m along transects in three watersheds with contrasting windthrow histories. A subset of the soil description sites was randomly selected and then sampled to determine the quantity and qua...