Impacts of soil fauna on litter decomposition at different succession stages of wetland in Sanjiang Plain, China |
| |
| Authors: | Haitao Wu Xianguo Lu Ming Jiang Xiao Bao |
| |
| Institution: | (1) Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Institute of Northeast Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130012, China;(2) Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China |
| |
| Abstract: | Litter decomposition is the key process in nutrient recycling and energy flow. The present study examined the impacts of soil
fauna on decomposition rates and nutrient fluxes at three succession stages of wetland in the Sanjiang Plain, China using
different mesh litterbags. The results show that in each succession stage of wetland, soil fauna can obviously increase litter
decomposition rates. The average contribution of whole soil fauna to litter mass loss was 35.35%. The more complex the soil
fauna group, the more significant the role of soil fauna. The average loss of three types of litter in the 4mm mesh litterbags
was 0.3–4.1 times that in 0.058mm ones. The decomposition function of soil fauna to litter mass changed with the wetland succession.
The average contribution of soil fauna to litter loss firstly decreased from 34.96% (Carex lasiocapa) to 32.94% (Carex meyeriana), then increased to 38.16% (Calamagrostics angustifolia). The contributions of soil fauna to litter decomposition rates vary according to the litter substrata, soil fauna communities
and seasons. Significant effects were respectively found in August and July on C. angustifolia and C. lasiocapa, while in June and August on C. meyeriana. Total carbon (TC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) contents and the C/N and C/P ratios of decaying litter
can be influenced by soil fauna. At different wetland succession stages, the effects of soil fauna on nutrient elements also
differ greatly, which shows the significant difference of influencing element types and degrees. Soil fauna communities strongly
influenced the TC and TP concentrations of C. meyeriana litter, and TP content of C. lasiocapa. Our results indicate that soil fauna have important effects on litter decomposition and this influence will vary with the
wetland succession and seasonal variation.
Foundation item: Under the auspices of State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (No. 2009CB421103), Key Program
of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40830535/D0101), Knowledge Innovation Programs of Chinese Academy of
Sciences (No. KZCX2-YW-BR-16, KSCX2-YW-N-46-06) |
| |
| Keywords: | wetland invertebrate soil fauna litter decomposition nutrient dynamics |
| 本文献已被 维普 万方数据 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
