Microbial Activity in a Temperate Forest Soil as Affected by Elevated Atmospheric CO_2

作     者：ZHENG Jun-Qiang HAN Shi-Jie ZHOU Yu-Mei REN Fei-Rong XIN Li-Hua ZHANG Yan 

作者机构：Forestry Center Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences 72 Wenhua Road Shenyang 110016 （China） 

出 版 物：《Pedosphere》 (土壤圈（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第20卷第4期

页      面：427-435页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 082803[工学-农业生物环境与能源工程] 08[工学] 0828[工学-农业工程] 09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 120405[管理学-土地资源管理] 

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.90411020) 

主　　题：CO2 enrichment microbial biomass soil carbon cycling soil nitrogen cycling 

摘      要：Microorganisms play a key role in the response of soil ecosystems to the rising atmospheric carbon dioxide （CO2） as they mineralize organic matter and drive nutrient cycling. To assess the effects of elevated CO2 on soil microbial C and N immobilization and on soil enzyme activities, in years 8 （2006） and 9 （2007） of an open-top chamber experiment that begun in spring of 1999, soil was sampled in summer, and microbial biomass and enzyme activity related to the carbon （C）, nitrogen （N） and phosphorus （P） cycling were measured. Although no effects on microbial biomass C were detected, changes in microbial biomass N and metabolic activity involving C, N and P were observed under elevated CO2. Invertase and .dehydrogenase activities were significantly enhanced by different degrees of elevated CO2. Nitrifying enzyme activity was significantly （P 〈 0.01） increased in the August 2006 samples that received the elevated COs treatment, as compared to the samples that received the ambient treatment. Denitrifying enzyme activity was significantly （P 〈 0.04） decreased by elevated COs treatments in the August 2006 and June 2007 （P 〈 0.09） samples, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase activity was increased under elevated CO2 by 7% and 25% in June and August 2006, respectively, compared to those under ambient CO2. The results of June 2006 samples showed that acid phosphatase activity was significantly enhanced under elevated CO2. Overall, these results suggested that elevated CO2 might cause changes in the belowground C, N and P cycling in temperate forest soils.