Scaling of Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and C:N:P Ratio Patterns in Peatlands of China

ZHANG Zhongsheng; XUE Zhenshan; LYU Xianguo; TONG Shouzheng; JIANG Ming

doi:10.1007/s11769-017-0884-8

Scaling of Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and C:N:P Ratio Patterns in Peatlands of China

doi: 10.1007/s11769-017-0884-8

Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Institute of Northeast Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China

基金项目: Under the auspices of National Key Research Program of China (No. 2016YFC0500404-5), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41671081, 41471081, 41671087), Foundation of Jilin Province (No. 20140520141JH)

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XUE Zhenshan.E-mail:xuezhenshan@iga.ac.cn

Scaling of Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and C:N:P Ratio Patterns in Peatlands of China

Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Institute of Northeast Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China

Funds: Under the auspices of National Key Research Program of China (No. 2016YFC0500404-5), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41671081, 41471081, 41671087), Foundation of Jilin Province (No. 20140520141JH)

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Corresponding author: XUE Zhenshan.E-mail:xuezhenshan@iga.ac.cn

摘要: Inspired by the importance of Redfield-type C:N:P ratios in global soils, we looked for analogous patterns in peatlands and aimed at deciphering the potential affecting factors. By analyzing a suite of peatlands soil data (n = 1031), mean soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorous (TP) contents were 50.51%, 1.45% and 0.13%, respectively, while average C:N, C:P and N:P ratios were 26.72, 1186.00 and 46.58, respectively. C:N ratios showed smaller variations across different vegetation coverage and had less spatial heterogeneity than C:P and N:P ratios. No consistent C:N:P ratio, though with a general value of 1245:47:1, was found for entire peatland soils in China. The Northeast China, Tibet, Zoigê Plateau and parts of Xinjiang had high soil SOC, TN, TP, and C:P ratio. Qinghai, parts of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the coast zones have low TP and N:P ratio. Significant differences for SOC, TN, TP, C:N, C:P and N:P ratios were observed across groups categorized by predominant vegetation. Moisture, temperature and precipitation all closely related to SOC, TN, TP and their pairwise ratios. The hydrothermal coefficient (R_H), defined as annual average precipitation divided by temperature, positively and significantly related to C:N, C:P and N:P ratios, implying that ongoing climate change may prejudice peatlands as carbon sinks during the past 50 years in China.
- peatlands /
- C:N:P ratio /
- stoichiometry /
- climate change
Abstract: Inspired by the importance of Redfield-type C:N:P ratios in global soils, we looked for analogous patterns in peatlands and aimed at deciphering the potential affecting factors. By analyzing a suite of peatlands soil data (n = 1031), mean soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorous (TP) contents were 50.51%, 1.45% and 0.13%, respectively, while average C:N, C:P and N:P ratios were 26.72, 1186.00 and 46.58, respectively. C:N ratios showed smaller variations across different vegetation coverage and had less spatial heterogeneity than C:P and N:P ratios. No consistent C:N:P ratio, though with a general value of 1245:47:1, was found for entire peatland soils in China. The Northeast China, Tibet, Zoigê Plateau and parts of Xinjiang had high soil SOC, TN, TP, and C:P ratio. Qinghai, parts of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the coast zones have low TP and N:P ratio. Significant differences for SOC, TN, TP, C:N, C:P and N:P ratios were observed across groups categorized by predominant vegetation. Moisture, temperature and precipitation all closely related to SOC, TN, TP and their pairwise ratios. The hydrothermal coefficient (R_H), defined as annual average precipitation divided by temperature, positively and significantly related to C:N, C:P and N:P ratios, implying that ongoing climate change may prejudice peatlands as carbon sinks during the past 50 years in China.
- peatlands /
- C:N:P ratio /
- stoichiometry /
- climate change

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通讯作者: XUE Zhenshan.E-mail:xuezhenshan@iga.ac.cn

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Scaling of Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and C:N:P Ratio Patterns in Peatlands of China

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Scaling of Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and C:N:P Ratio Patterns in Peatlands of China

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