Journal
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 515, Issue -, Pages 83-91Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.044
Keywords
Acid phosphomonoesterase; Phosphodiesterase; Microbial biomass C; Fine root biomass; C:N:P stoichiometry; Mature forest
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41401326, 31070409]
- Strategic Priority Research Program Climate Change: Carbon Budget and Relevant Issues of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA05050205]
- Australian Research Council [FT0990547]
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Phosphatase-mediated phosphorus (P) mineralization is one of the critical processes in biogeochemical cycling of P and determines soil P availability in forest ecosystems; however, the regulation of soil phosphatase activity remains elusive. This study investigated the potential extracellular activities of acid phosphomonoesterase (AcPME) and phosphodiesterase (PDE) and how they were related to key edaphic properties in the L horizon (undecomposed litter) and F/H horizon (fermented and humified litter) and the underlying mineral soil at the 0-15 cm depth in eight mature subtropical forests in China. AcPME activity decreased significantly in the order of F/H horizon > L horizon > mineral soil horizon, while the order for PDE activity was L horizon = F/H horizon > mineral soil horizon. AcPME (X axis) and PDE (Y axis) activities were positively correlated in all horizons with significantly higher slope in the Land F/H horizons than in the mineral soil horizon. Both AcPME and PDE activities were positively related to microbial biomass C, moisture content and water-holding capacity in the L horizon, and were positively related to soil C:P, N:P and C:N ratios and fine root (diameter 2 mm) biomass in the mineral soil horizon. Both enzyme activities were also interactively affected by forest and horizon, partly due to the interactive effect of forest and horizon on microbial biomass. Our results suggest that modulator(s) of the potential extracellular activity of phosphatases vary with horizon, depending on the relative C, P and water availability of the horizon. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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