期刊
GEODERMA
卷 262, 期 -, 页码 235-242出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.08.038
关键词
Soil organic carbon; Decomposition; Carbon pools; Soil properties; Clay content; Data-assimilation
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资金
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [DEB 0743778]
- Office of Science (BER), Department of Energy [DE-SC0004601]
- Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professors Program
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
Soil properties, such as clay content, are hypothesized to control decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, these hypotheses of soil property-C decomposition relationships have not been explicitly tested at large spatial scales. Here, we used a data-assimilation approach to evaluate the roles of soil properties and environmental factors in regulating decomposition of SOC. A three-pool (active, slow, and passive) C-cycling model was optimally fitted with 376 published laboratory incubation data from soils acquired from 73 sites with mean annual temperature ranging from -15 to 26 degrees C. Our results showed that soil physical and chemical properties regulated decomposition rates of the active and the slow C pools. Decomposition rates were lower for soils with high clay content, high field water holding capacity (WHC), and high C:N ratio. Multifactor regression and structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses showed that clay content was the most important variable in regulating decomposition of SOC. In contrast to the active and slow C pools, soil properties or environmental factors had little effect on the decomposition of the passive C pool. Our results show inverse soil property-C decomposition relationships and quantitatively evaluate the essential roles of soil texture (clay content) in controlling decomposition of SOC at a large spatial scale. The results may help model development and projection of changes in terrestrial C sequestration in the future. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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