Seasonal dynamics of soil microbial biomass in coastal sand dune forest

被引:98
作者
Chen, TH
Chiu, CY [1 ]
Tian, GL
机构
[1] Acad Sinica, Res Ctr Biodivers, Taipei 115, Taiwan
[2] Taiwan Forest Res Inst, Taipei 100, Taiwan
[3] Metropolitan Water Reclamat Dist Greater Chicago, Dept Res & Dev, Environm Monitoring & Res Div, Cicero, IL 60804 USA
关键词
topography; soil depth; microorganisms; C; N; soil moisture;
D O I
10.1016/j.pedobi.2005.06.005
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 [生物信息与计算生物学]; 0713 [生态学];
摘要
Sand dunes are a typical landscape in the coast of western Taiwan, where Casuarina forests were established decades ago to stabilize sand dunes and protect the inland vegetation. Study of microbial biomass in such an ecosystem may give insights into the role of microbes in soil fertility and nutrient cycling. We established our study sites in two topographic units based on elevation and drainage types: upland and lowland. The study lasted for 2 years, and soil samples were collected every 3 months. Microbial biomass C (C-mic) and N (N-mic) were high in a shallow humic layer that rested on top of the soil (1222-1319 mg kg(-1) for C-mic and 245-276 mg kg(-1) for N-mic) and declined sharply to only one-tenth of the above values in the underlying surface soil (0-10 cm depth). Microbial biomass C-mic and N-mic in humic and surface soil were not significantly different between upland and lowland sites. In the upland soils, the mean C-mic was highest in autumn for both the humic and surface soil, and lowest in spring and summer for the humic layer and summer for the surface soil layer. In the lowland soils, the C-mic was highest in winter for both humic and surface soil, and lowest in spring and autumn for the humic layer and spring and summer for surface soil. Strong fluctuations of C-mic and N-mic were associated with the soil moisture prior to sampling, which appeared to control the size of microbial biomass in this environment. Temperature had little effect on the dynamics of soil microbial biomass in the sand dune forest ecosystem. (c) 2005 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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页码:645 / 653
页数:9
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