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dc.contributor.authorNiu, Yun
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Manyun
dc.contributor.authorBai, Shahla Hosseini
dc.contributor.authorXu, Zhihong
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Yuanqiu
dc.contributor.authorChen, Fusheng
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Xiaomin
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Ling
dc.contributor.authorLuo, Handong
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Qiang
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-03T23:29:13Z
dc.date.available2020-09-03T23:29:13Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1439-0108
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11368-020-02752-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/397058
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Successive mineral fertilization might have side effects on soil environmental quality, such as aggregate structure, contamination, and enzyme activity. To gain a more comprehensive understanding of the influences of mineral fertilization on biotic and abiotic properties of forest soils, we investigated the effects of successive nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on physical structures, contaminant contents, and microbial communities of forest soils with different sampling depths. Materials and methods: Mineral nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) were applied, alone or together, at different rates to provide nutrients to economic tree species (Chinese fir) in a forest plantation since 2011. Surface soil samples were taken at different sampling depths, and soil aggregate, contaminant content, and microbial properties were determined and comprehensively linked. Results and discussion: Our results showed that successive fertilization, sampling depths, and their interactions had negligible impacts on soil aggregate ratios and cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) contents. Contrastingly, soil β-glucosidase, phosphate, and fungal and actinomycetal biomass were significantly affected by the mineral fertilization, and sampling depth was a key factor determining the responses of microbial communities to the mineral fertilization. Conclusions: In the surface (0–20 cm) soils, abiotic properties had resistance to different fertilization and sampling depths, but biotic properties were markedly or significantly affected by the mineral fertilization or sampling depths. Simultaneously, sampling depths should be considered to reveal the impacts of managements on microbial properties in the surface forest soils.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelberg
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Soils and Sediments
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural, veterinary and food sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode30
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsSoil Science
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Sciences & Ecology
dc.titleMineral fertilization and soil depth slightly affected aggregate structures despite significantly altered microbial properties in surface forest soils
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNiu, Y; Zhang, M; Bai, SH; Xu, Z; Liu, Y; Chen, F; Guo, X; Zhang, L; Luo, H; Zhang, Q, Mineral fertilization and soil depth slightly affected aggregate structures despite significantly altered microbial properties in surface forest soils, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020
dc.date.updated2020-09-03T00:17:23Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
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gro.griffith.authorXu, Zhihong
gro.griffith.authorHosseini-Bai, Shahla


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