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Effects of Chinese fir litter on soil organic carbon decomposition and microbial biomass carbon.

WANG Xiao-feng1,2,3, WANG Si-long1,2, ZHANG Wei-dong1,2   

  1. (1State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; 2Huitong National Research Station of Forest Ecosystem, Huitong 418307, Hunan, China; 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)
  • Online:2013-09-18 Published:2013-09-18

Abstract: By using 13C stable isotope tracer technique, this paper studied the effects of Chinese fir litter addition on the soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition, microbial biomass carbon, and dissolved organic carbon in 0-5 cm and 40-45 cm layers. The decomposition rate of SOC in 40-45 cm layer was significantly lower than that in 0-5 cm layer, but the priming effect induced by the Chinese fir litter addition showed an opposite trend. The Chinese fir litter addition increased the soil total microbial biomass carbon and the microbial biomass carbon derived from native soil significantly, but had less effects on the soil dissolved organic carbon. Turning over the subsoil to the surface of the woodland could accelerate the soil carbon loss in Chinese fir plantation due to the priming effect induced by the litters.