Soil Nitrogen Transformations Respond Diversely to Multiple Levels of Nitrogen Addition in a Tibetan Alpine Steppe,Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

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Soil Nitrogen Transformations Respond Diversely to Multiple Levels of Nitrogen Addition in a Tibetan Alpine Steppe
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences ( IF 3.7 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-04 , DOI: 10.1029/2020jg006211
Chao Mao _{1,

2} , Dan Kou ₁ , Yunfeng Peng ₁ , Shuqi Qin _{1,

2} , Qiwen Zhang ₁ , Yuanhe Yang _{1,

2}

Affiliation

Elevated reactive nitrogen (N) input could modify soil N transformations, regulating ecosystem functions such as soil N retention and loss. Although multiple hypotheses advocate nonlinear variations in soil N transformations with continuous N input, there still lacks empirical evidences for the responses of soil N transformations to multiple N additions. Here, based on a manipulative N addition experiment and a ¹⁵N pool dilution approach, we explored changes in soil gross N transformations with eight N addition levels and associated mechanisms in a Tibetan alpine steppe. Our results showed that soil gross N mineralization rate (GNM) increased first and then stabilized with increasing N additions. Meanwhile, soil microbial immobilization rate (MIM) exhibited an initially increased and subsequently declined pattern under various N addition levels. In contrast, soil gross nitrification rate (GN) increased linearly across multiple N addition levels. Our results also revealed that variations in GNM were mainly regulated by aboveground vegetation N pool-induced changes in dissolved organic N content along the N addition gradient. Meanwhile, changes in GN were dominantly modified by soil pH-induced variations in ammonia-oxidizing archaea abundance across multiple N addition levels. Additionally, alterations in MIM under various N input levels were primarily controlled by microbial biomass which was regulated by dissolved organic carbon content under low N input and NH₄⁺-N content at high N level, respectively. Overall, patterns and drivers of soil N transformations observed in this study provide valuable benchmark for Earth system models to better predict ecosystem N dynamics under global N-enrichment scenarios.

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