Soil properties rather than climate and ecosystem type control the vertical variations of soil organic carbon, microbial carbon, and microbial quotient

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Sun, Tingting

作者： Sun, Tingting;Wang, Yugang;Sun, Tingting;Wang, Yugang;Sun, Tingting;Wang, Yugang;Hui, Dafeng;Jing, Xin;Feng, Wenting

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关键词： Global; Soil texture; Soil day content; Soil C/N ratio; Random forest modeling; Spatial variation; Geographical pattern

期刊名称：SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY （ 影响因子：7.609； 五年影响因子：8.312 ）

ISSN： 0038-0717

年卷期： 2020 年 148 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Small changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) may have great influences on the climate-carbon (C) cycling feedback. However, there are large uncertainties in predicting the dynamics of SOC in soil profiles at the global scale, especially on the role of soil microbial biomass in regulating the vertical distribution of SOC. Here, we developed a database of soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC), SOC, and soil microbial quotient (SMQ = SMBC/SOC) from 289 soil profiles globally, as well as climate, ecosystem types, and edaphic factors associated with these soil profiles. We assessed the vertical distribution patterns of SMBC and SMQ and the contributions of climate, ecosystem type, and edaphic condition to their vertical patterns. Our results showed that SMBC and SMQ decreased exponentially with soil depth, especially within the 0-40 cm soil depth. SOC also decreased exponentially with depth but in different magnitudes compared to SMBC and SMQ. Edaphic factors (e.g., soil clay content and C/N ratio) had the strongest control on the vertical distributions of SMBC and SMQ, probably by mediating substrate and nutrient supplies for microbial growth in soils. Mean annual temperature and ecosystem types (Le., forests, grasslands, and croplands) had weak influences on SMBC and SMQ. In contrast, the vertical distribution of SOC was significantly affected by climate and edaphic factors. Climate and ecosystem types likely simultaneously affected multiple factors that control SMBC, such as the distribution of soil clay and nutrients along soil profiles. Overall, our data synthesis provides quantitative information of how SMBC, SMQ, and SOC changed along soil profiles at large spatial scales and identifies important factors that influence their vertical distributions. The findings can help improve the prediction of C cycling in terrestrial ecosystems by incorporating the contribution of soil microbes in Earth system models.

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