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  • Soil Microbial Activity under Different Management Treatments in a Temperate Grassland

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    Author(s)
    Ning, Qiushi
    Primary Supervisor
    Xu, Zhihong
    Other Supervisors
    He, Jizheng
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Nitrogen (N) deposition is increasing at unprecedentedly rate due to anthropogenic activities. The N deposition is altering the microbial activity and coupled C and N cycling through changing soil pH, N and carbon (C) availability. (1) N-related functional genes (NFGs) (N fixation, nifH; N mineralization, chiA; nitrification, AOA- and AOB-amoA;denitrification,narG,nirK,nirS and nosZ) regulate the main N transformation processes. However, empirically simulated N deposition experiments have been exclusively conducted through large and infrequent N fertilization, which may have caused contrasting effects on N cycling, compared ...
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    Nitrogen (N) deposition is increasing at unprecedentedly rate due to anthropogenic activities. The N deposition is altering the microbial activity and coupled C and N cycling through changing soil pH, N and carbon (C) availability. (1) N-related functional genes (NFGs) (N fixation, nifH; N mineralization, chiA; nitrification, AOA- and AOB-amoA;denitrification,narG,nirK,nirS and nosZ) regulate the main N transformation processes. However, empirically simulated N deposition experiments have been exclusively conducted through large and infrequent N fertilization, which may have caused contrasting effects on N cycling, compared with small and frequent N additions which were close to natural N deposition. Independently manipulated different rates (0-50 g N m–2yr–1) and frequencies (2 and 12 times per year) were selected to quantify the NFG abundances in Xilingol grassland, Inner Mongolia. The nifH, AOA-amoA, nirS, and nosZ gene abundances increased due to improved available N at low N rates, but were suppressed by salt toxicity and acidification at high N rates. The significant lower abundances of nifH, nirS, and nosZ were detected under the infrequent N addition plots due to stronger suppression by soil acidification and salt toxicity. The AOB-amoA gene abundance increased with increasing N rates and had higher abundance in the infrequent plots due to the higher NH4+-N concentration. The results demonstrated that small and frequent N addition should be employed to project the effects of N deposition on microbial functional groups as well as on N transformations.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    School of Natural Sciences
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/3664
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    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
    Subject
    Nitrogen deposition
    Nitrogen in soils
    Microbial activity in soils
    Soil chemistry
    Temperate grassland soils
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/368012
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