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Zhou X, Chen X, Yang K, Guo X, Liu G, Zhuang G, Zheng G, Fortin D, Ma A. Vegetation restoration in an alpine meadow: Insights from soil microbial communities and resource limitation across soil depth. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 360:121129. [PMID: 38749128 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2024] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
Abstract
Aboveground vegetation restoration shapes the soil microbial community structure and affects microbial resource acquisition. However, the changes in soil microbial resource limitation in subsoil during vegetation restoration are still unclear. In this study, the microbial community structure and resource limitation in an alpine meadow soil profile that had undergone natural restoration for short-term (4-year) and long-term (10-year) restoration in response to vegetation restoration were explored through high-throughput sequencing analysis and extracellular enzyme stoichiometry (EES). There was no significant difference in microbial composition and α diversity between short- and long-term restoration soils. Soil microorganisms in this alpine meadow were mainly limited by phosphorus. Carbon limitation of soil microorganisms was significantly decreased in each layer (0-15, 15-30, 30-45, 45-60, and 60-80 cm corresponding to L1, L2, L3, L4, and L5, respectively) of long-term restoration soils when compared to that of the short-term restoration soil layers, while phosphorus limitation of microorganisms in subsoil (60-80 cm) was significantly increased by 17.38%. Soil nutrients, pH, moisture content, and microbial composition are the main drivers of microbial resource limitation in restoration, and their effects on microbial resource limitation were different in short- and long-term restoration. Meanwhile, key microbial taxa have a significant impact on microbial resource limitation, especially in short-term restoration soils. This study suggested that vegetation restoration significantly affected soil microbial resource limitation, and could alleviate microbial resource limitations by adding nutrients, thus accelerating the process of vegetation restoration in alpine ecosystems.
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- Xiaorong Zhou
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101400, China; Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, Beijing, 101400, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Huang R, Li Z, Xiao Y, Liu J, Jiang T, Deng O, Tang X, Wu Y, Tao Q, Li Q, Luo Y, Gao X, Wang C, Li B. Composition of DOM along the depth gradients in the paddy field treated with crop straw for 10 years. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 353:120084. [PMID: 38281421 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
Abstract
Crop straw return is a widely used agricultural management practice. The addition of crop straw significantly alters the pool of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in agricultural soils and plays a pivotal role in the global carbon (C) cycle, which is sensitive to climate change. The DOM concentration and composition at different soil depths could regulate the turnover and further storage of organic C in terrestrial systems. However, it is still unclear how crop straw return influences the change in DOM composition in rice paddy soils. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted in which paddy soil was amended with crop straw for 10 years. Two crop straw-addition treatments [NPK with 50% crop straw (NPK+1/2S) and NPK with 100% crop straw (NPK + S)], a conventional mineral fertilization control (NPK) and a non-fertilized control were included. Topsoil (0-20 cm) and subsoil (20-40 cm) samples were collected to investigate the soil DOM concentration and compositional structure of the profile. Soil nutrients, iron (Fe) fraction, microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and concentration and optical properties (UV-Vis and fluorescence spectra) of soil DOM were determined. Here, we found that the DOM in the topsoil was more humified than that in the subsoil. The addition of crop straw further decreased the humidification degree of DOM in the subsoil. In crop straw-amended topsoil, microbial decomposition controlled the composition of DOM and induced the formation of aromatic DOM. In the straw-treated subsoil, selective adsorption by poorly crystalline Fe(oxyhydr)oxides and microbial decomposition controlled the composition of DOM. In particular, the formation of protein-like compounds could have played a significant role in the microbial degradation of DOM in the subsoil. Overall, this work conducted a case study within long-term agricultural management to understand the changes in DOM composition along the soil profile, which would be further helpful for evaluating C cycling in agricultural ecosystems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rong Huang
- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, China; Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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