Subtropical giant podzol chronosequence reveals that soil carbon stabilisation is not governed by litter quality

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Andrew Jones, Jonathan Sanderman, Diane Allen, Ram Dalal, Susanne Schmidt]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Biogeochemistry, 124/1-3(2015-05-01), 205-217
Format:
Artikel (online)
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245 0 0 |a Subtropical giant podzol chronosequence reveals that soil carbon stabilisation is not governed by litter quality  |h [Elektronische Daten]  |c [Andrew Jones, Jonathan Sanderman, Diane Allen, Ram Dalal, Susanne Schmidt] 
520 3 |a The magnitude of the carbon flux between soil and atmosphere has prompted efforts to better understand the controls over the fate of carbon in plant litter that re-enters the atmosphere as carbon dioxide or is sequestered as soil organic carbon (SOC). It remains unresolved if the long-term fate of litter carbon is driven by biochemical properties of litter or by soil properties that reduce the ability of soil organisms to decompose litter-derived carbon. The prominent role that reactive soil minerals play in stabilising SOC have hindered investigation into the single role of litter quality on long-term SOC stability. Here we investigated the independent effects of litter quality on soil carbon stabilisation across a 460,000year sand dune chronosequence characterised by a pronounced nutrient and litter quality gradient with minimum presence of interfering soil minerals. Using a steady state turnover model to interpret radiocarbon activity in soils collected≈40years apart, we show that the turnover time of SOC in the A horizon averaged 22years (ranging from 16 to 27years) across the chronosequence. This finding strongly contrasts other chronosequences where SOC turnover rates range from 60 to 726years in concert with changing abundance and composition of soil minerals. Our study demonstrates that the long-term stability of SOC in surface horizons may be largely determined by interaction with soil minerals and that litter quality per se does not govern carbon stabilisation. 
540 |a Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 
690 7 |a Soil carbon  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Turnover  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Litter quality  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Chronosequence  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Soil nutrients  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Radiocarbon  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Jones  |D Andrew  |u School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072, St Lucia, QLD, Australia  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Sanderman  |D Jonathan  |u CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Waite Campus, 5064, Urrbrae, SA, Australia  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Allen  |D Diane  |u School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072, St Lucia, QLD, Australia  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Dalal  |D Ram  |u School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072, St Lucia, QLD, Australia  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Schmidt  |D Susanne  |u School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072, St Lucia, QLD, Australia  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Allen  |D Diane  |u School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072, St Lucia, QLD, Australia  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Dalal  |D Ram  |u School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072, St Lucia, QLD, Australia  |4 aut 
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