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APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
卷 80, 期 -, 页码 6-14出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.03.015
关键词
Biological soil crusts; Crust type; Elapsed time since dune stabilization; Season; Soil depth; Soil enzyme activities
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资金
- China National Funds for Regional Science [41261014]
- Tianshui Normal University [TSA0923]
- China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists [40825001]
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) cover up to 70% of the sparsely-vegetated areas in arid and semiarid regions throughout the world and play a vital role in dune stabilization in desert ecosystems. Soil enzyme activities could be used as significant bioindicators of soil recovery after sand burial. However, little is known about the relationship between BSCs and soil enzyme activities. The objective of this study was to determine whether BSCs could affect soil enzyme activities in revegetated areas of the Tengger Desert. The results showed that BSCs significantly promoted the activities of soil urease, invertase, catalase and dehydrogenase. The effects also varied with crust type and the elapsed time since sand dune stabilization. All the soil enzyme activities tested in this study were greater under moss crusts than under cyanobacteria-lichen crusts. The elapsed time since sand dune stabilization correlated positively with the four enzyme activities. The enzyme activities varied with soil depth and season, regardless of crust type. Cyanobacteria-lichen and moss crusts significantly enhanced all test enzyme activities in the 0-20 cm soil layer, but negatively correlated with soil depth. All four enzyme activities were greater in the summer and autumn than in spring and winter due to the vigorous growth of the crusts. Our study demonstrated that the colonization and development of BSCs could improve soil quality and promote soil recovery in degraded areas of the Tengger Desert. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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