Predicting the decomposability of arctic tundra soil organic matter with mid infrared spectroscopy

doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.10.014

	Predicting the decomposability of arctic tundra soil organic matter with mid infrared spectroscopy
	Matamala, Roser 2; Jastrow, Julie D.2; Calderon, Francisco J.3; Liang, Chao 2,5; Fan, Zhaosheng 1,2; Michaelson, Gary J.4; Ping, Chien-Lu 4
刊名	SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
	2019-02-01
卷号	129 页码:1-12
关键词	MIR spectroscopy Tundra soil incubations Mineralization of SOM PLSR predictive models
ISSN号	0038-0717
DOI	10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.10.014
英文摘要	Vast amounts of soil organic matter (SOM) have been preserved in arctic soils over millennia time scales due to the limiting effects of cold and wet environments on decomposer activity. With the increase in high latitude warming due to climate change, the potential decomposability of this SOM needs to be assessed. In this study, we investigated the capability of mid infrared (MIR) spectroscopy to quickly predict soil carbon and nitrogen concentrations and carbon (C) mineralized during short-term incubations of tundra soils. Active layer and upper permafrost soils collected from four tundra sites on the North Slope of Alaska were incubated at 1, 4, 8 and 16 C for 60 days. All incubated soils were scanned to obtain the MIR spectra and analyzed for total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN) concentrations, and salt-extractable organic matter carbon (SEOM). Partial least square regression (PLSR) models, constructed using the MIR spectral data for all soils, were excellent predictors of soil TOC and TN concentrations and good predictors of mineralized C for these tundra soils. We explored whether we could improve the prediction of mineralized C by splitting the soils into the groups defined by the influential factors and thresholds identified in a principal components analysis: (1) TOC > 10%, (2) TOC < 10%, (3) TN < 0.6%, (4) TN > 0.6%, (5) acidic tundra, and (6) non-acidic tundra. The best PLSR mineralization models were found for soils with TOC < 10% and TN < 0.6%. Analysis of the PLSR loadings and beta coefficients from these models indicated a small number of influential spectral bands. These bands were associated with clay content, phenolics, aliphatics, silicates, carboxylic acids, and amides. Our results suggest that MIR could serve as a useful tool for quickly and reasonably estimating the initial decomposability of tundra soils, particularly for mineral soils and the mixed organic-mineral horizons of cryoturbated soils.
资助项目	United States Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research[DE-AC02-06CH11357] ; USDA-NIFA program ; United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000457661000001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://210.72.129.5/handle/321005/123913]
专题	中国科学院沈阳应用生态研究所
通讯作者	Matamala, Roser
作者单位	1.USDA ARS, Res Unit, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA 2.Argonne Natl Lab, Div Environm Sci, Bldg 203,E-145, Argonne, IL 60439 USA 3.USDA ARS, Cent Plains Res Stn, Akron, CO 80720 USA 4.Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Sch Nat Resources & Extens, Palmer, AK 99645 USA 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Ecol, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Matamala, Roser,Jastrow, Julie D.,Calderon, Francisco J.,et al. Predicting the decomposability of arctic tundra soil organic matter with mid infrared spectroscopy[J]. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY,2019,129:1-12.
APA	Matamala, Roser.,Jastrow, Julie D..,Calderon, Francisco J..,Liang, Chao.,Fan, Zhaosheng.,...&Ping, Chien-Lu.(2019).Predicting the decomposability of arctic tundra soil organic matter with mid infrared spectroscopy.SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY,129,1-12.
MLA	Matamala, Roser,et al."Predicting the decomposability of arctic tundra soil organic matter with mid infrared spectroscopy".SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 129(2019):1-12.