The litter layer acts as a moisture-induced bidirectional buffer for atmospheric methane uptake by soil of a subtropical pine plantation
Wang Y. D. ; Wang H. M. ; Ma Z. Q. ; Dai X. Q. ; Wen X. F. ; Liu Y. F. ; Wang Z. L.
2013
关键词Bidirectional buffer Methane oxidation Organic horizon Slash pine Soil-atmosphere CH4 flux Subtropical forest nitrous-oxide forest soils coniferous plantation european beech spruce forest rain-forest spatial variability southern china carbon-dioxide norway spruce
英文摘要Forest soils are well known sinks for atmospheric methane (CH4), but how the surface litter layer controls gas diffusion into the mineral soil is still unclear. Seasonal rainfall in the humid climate provides a unique opportunity to examine uptake of atmospheric CH4 under a wide range of soil water content (SWC). We studied this question using a litter removal method in a 20-year-old slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plantation in subtropical China during 2005-2007. Soil-atmosphere CH4 fluxes of the control (F-CK) and litter-free (F-LF) treatments and their differences (litter-affected CH4 flux, FCK-LF = F-CK-F-LF) were all significantly influenced by SWC and not by soil temperature. Litter layer reduced atmospheric CH4 uptake by soil when SWC was below 15.8 vol%, and increased atmospheric CH4 consumption by soil when SWC was above this value. We concluded that the litter layer acts as a moisture-induced bidirectional buffer for atmospheric CH4 uptake by soils in a subtropical humid pine plantation. However, the removal of the litter layer had a minimal effect (+0.7%) on annual atmospheric CH4 uptake by soil, through compensating effects during the wet and dry seasons. Therefore, in the context of climate change, future changes in SWC will alter the strength of atmospheric CH4 uptake by soils of subtropical pine plantations. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
出处Soil Biology & Biochemistry
66
45-50
收录类别SCI
语种英语
ISSN号0038-0717
内容类型SCI/SSCI论文
源URL[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/30180]  
专题地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献
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Wang Y. D.,Wang H. M.,Ma Z. Q.,et al. The litter layer acts as a moisture-induced bidirectional buffer for atmospheric methane uptake by soil of a subtropical pine plantation. 2013.
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