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Microbial responses to inorganic nutrient amendment overridden by warming: Consequences on soil carbon stability
Author(s) -
Wang Mengmeng,
Ding Junjun,
Sun Bo,
Zhang Junyu,
Wyckoff Kristen N.,
Yue Haowei,
Zhao Mengxin,
Liang Yuting,
Wang Xiaoyue,
Wen Chongqing,
Zhou Jizhong,
Yang Yunfeng
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.954
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1462-2920
pISSN - 1462-2912
DOI - 10.1111/1462-2920.14239
Subject(s) - amendment , soil carbon , biomass (ecology) , nutrient , temperate climate , agronomy , environmental science , ecosystem , biology , soil organic matter , carbon sequestration , eutrophication , ecology , soil biology , soil water , carbon dioxide , political science , law
Summary Eutrophication and climate warming, induced by anthropogenic activities, are simultaneously occurring worldwide and jointly affecting soil carbon stability. Therefore, it is of great interest to examine whether and how they interactively affect soil microbial community, a major soil carbon driver. Here, we showed that climate warming, simulated by southward transferring Mollisol soil in agricultural ecosystems from the cold temperate climate zone (N) to warm temperate climate (C) and subtropical climate zone (S), decreased soil organic matter (SOM) by 6%–12%. In contrast, amendment with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium enhanced plant biomass by 97% and SOM by 6% at the N site, thus stimulating copiotrophic taxa but reducing oligotrophic taxa in relative abundance. However, microbial responses to nutrient amendment were overridden by soil transfer in that nutrient amendment had little effect at the C site but increased recalcitrant carbon‐degrading fungal Agaricomycetes and Microbotryomycetes taxa derived from Basidiomycota by 4‐17 folds and recalcitrant carbon‐degrading genes by 23%–40% at the S site, implying a possible priming effect. Consequently, SOM at the S site was not increased by nutrient amendment despite increased plant biomass by 108%. Collectively, we demonstrate that soil transfer to warmer regions overrides microbial responses to nutrient amendment and weakens soil carbon sequestration.

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