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BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
卷 46, 期 8, 页码 793-805出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0484-6
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Ammonia oxidation; Denitrification; Liming; Nitrous oxide; pH; Stable isotopes
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Agrifood Committee
- Natural Environment Research Council
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/B500666/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Here, we examine the effect of long-term pH differences and short-term pH change on N2O emissions from soil, and the microbial source (ammonia oxidation versus denitrification) of N-15-N2O emissions. N-15-fertiliser (20 g N m(-2); 10 atom% excess N-15) was applied to (1) a silt loam soil of pH 7 held at 50% and 65% water-filled pore space (WFPS) (experiment 1) and (2) a loamy sand soil maintained at pH 4.5 and pH 7 for over 40 years (experiment 2). Soils were limed with CaCO3 or acidified with H2SO4, and comparisons were made with unadjusted soils. Ammonia oxidation was the main microbial source of N-15-N2O in soils limed to pH 7.0-8.1, unadjusted pH 7.1 (Experiment 1) and long-term pH 7 (experiment 2) soils. Eighty percent of N-15-N2O from the long-term pH 4.5 soil (experiment 2) was derived from denitrification suggesting a possible inhibition of N2O reduction. Short-term acidification to pH 5.6 or 4.3 lowered N2O emissions. Liming of the pH 4.5 soil resulted in over four times greater N2O emission (11 mg N14+15-N2O m(-2) over 41 days) than from the long-term pH 7.0 soil (experiment 2), with an associated increase in ammonia oxidiser-N2O and decrease in denitrifier-N2O production. This is the first report of a pH-induced change in microbial source of N2O. Our results highlight the importance of distinguishing between short- and long-term effects of pH management when predicting N2O emissions from soil, as they exhibit predominance of different microbial groups in N2O production, with likely adaptation of the microbial community.
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