Journal
GEODERMA
Volume 365, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114236
Keywords
Phosphorous; phoD phosphatase gene; Saltwater intrusion; Rhizosphere; Estuarine tidal marsh
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- National Science Foundation of China [41801062]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M630731, 2019T120556]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFC0502901]
- European Research Council Synergy Grant [ERC-SyG-2013-610028 IMBALANCE-P]
- Spanish Government [CGL2016-79835-P]
- Catalan Government [SGR 2017-1005]
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Estuarine tidal marshes play a key role in phosphorus (P) retention and cycling; however, they are suffering from small but significant increases in tidal saltwater intrusion. The likely impacts of these low-level saltwater intrusions on P availability and microbial activity are unclear. Here, we investigated soil P speciation, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and the phoD phosphatase gene community along a freshwater-oligohaline gradient in the Min River estuary, southeast China. The results indicated that with the transition from freshwater to oligohaline water, the levels of soil-water salinity, pH and sulfate content were greater, and ALP activity was lower, which were associated with higher concentrations of organic P, available P, aluminum-bound P, calciumbound P, and occluded P and lower levels of iron-bound P. There was a strong shift in the phoD phosphatase community composition in response to the freshwater-oligohaline gradient. Our findings showed that with the transition from freshwater to an oligohaline environment, in addition to the associated increases in salinity and soil pH and decreases in general microbial and biological activity and soil organic carbon, there is a shift in soil P toward more recalcitrant and immediately available fractions with less labile forms.
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