%0 Journal Article
%T Capacity of soil to protect organic carbon and biochemical characteristics of density fractions in Ziwulin Haplic Greyxems soil
%A Gang Wang
%A Chunyan Wang
%A Wenying Wang
%A Qiji Wang
%A
WANGGang
%A WANGChunyan
%A WANGWenying
%A WANGQiji
%J 科学通报(英文版)
%D 2005
%I
%X Physical protection is one of the important ways to stabilize organic carbon in soils. In order to understand the role of soils as a carbon sink or source in global climatic change and carbon cycles and properly manage soils as a carbon sink, we ought to know how many organic carbon (OC) in a given soil could be protected. By a density fractionation approach and ultrasonic technique, each soil sample was divided into three fractions: free light fraction (free-LF), occluded fraction (occluded-LF) and heavy fraction (HF). The obtained fractions were analyzed for total OC content, carbohydrate content and recalcitrant OC content. The results showed: (i) In the whole soil profile, dominance of OC consistently decreased in the following order: HF, free-LF, occluded-LF. This suggested that OC in soils were mostly protected. From 0–10 to 60–80 cm horizons, the OC in free-LF decreased from 25.27% to 3.72%, while OC in HF they were increased from 72.57% to 95.39% The OC in occluded-LF was between 2.16% and 0.89%. (ii) Organic carbon recalcitrance in free-LF was similar to that in HF, and was even higher than that in HF below the surface horizon. This suggested that free-LF was not always the most fresh and non-decomposed fraction. OM quality of HF was higher than that of free-LF in the surface 10 cm below, namely the protected OM had higher quality than free OM in these horizons.
%K Ziwulin
%K Haplic Greyxems soil
%K organic carbon
%K physical
%K protection
%K density fractionation
有机碳
%K 物理保护
%K 生物化学特征
%K 密度分数
%K (Ziwulin
%K Haplic
%K Greyxems)土
%K 土壤保护
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