Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Fractions of a Grassland in Central Missouri, USA
| Autor: | Shade J. Akinsete, Nsalambi V. Nkongolo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category Soil Science chemistry.chemical_element Fraction (chemistry) 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Soil carbon Nitrous oxide 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Nitrogen Grassland chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Agronomy Greenhouse gas Environmental chemistry Carbon dioxide 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Agronomy and Crop Science Carbon 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 47:1128-1136 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2416 0010-3624 |
| Popis: | Quantification of soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) fractions in grasslands is vital for estimating C sequestration and climate change studies. We quantified background soil total carbon (TOC) status, recalcitrant carbon (RC), acid hydrolysable labile carbon (AHC), hot- and cold-water extractable carbon (HWC and CWC, respectively) fractions in the grassland in this study. Soil C fractions were as follows: TOC (11,633 to 15,525 mg C kg−1); RC (11,500 to 15,357 mg C kg−1); AHC (132 to 168 mg C kg−1); HWC (57 to 70 mg C kg−1); and CWC (27 to 33 mg C kg−1). Labile C fractions contributed at most 1.2% to total C. Concentrations of total N ranged from 1072 to 1230 g N kg−1. Recalcitrant C contributed higher amounts (>90%) to total C, indicating the incorporation of C into the stable C fraction. Carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes were not significantly correlated with total C. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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