Fluxes of N2O, CH4 and soil respiration as affected by water and nitrogen addition in a temperate desert

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Yue, P., Cui, X., Gong, Y., Li, K., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X. 2019. Fluxes of N2O, CH4 and soil respiration as affected by water and nitrogen addition in a temperate desert. Geoderma. 337, pp. 770-772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.10.020

AuthorsYue, P., Cui, X., Gong, Y., Li, K., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X.
Abstract

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of precipitation and N deposition on N2O and CH4 fluxes and soil respiration (Rs) in the Gurbantunggut Desert from September 2014 to August 2015. The desert was a weak sink for CH4 (−0.92 kg C ha−1 yr−1) and a small source of N2O (+0.13 kg N ha−1 yr−1) and the annual rate of Rs was 874 kg C ha−1. Our work confirmed a relatively strong sink for CH4 in desert soils. Significant impacts on N2O, CH4 fluxes and Rs were found by increasing precipitation, with pulses of CH4 uptake and Rs accounting for 79.1% and 33.2% of annual CH4 uptake and Rs, respectively. N2O and CH4 fluxes were sig- nificantly enhanced by 7.8–109.6% by N addition, but it had no significant effect on Rs. Statistical significant interactions of precipitation and N addition on N2O and CH4 fluxes were found, and on Rs was lower than any single factor. Our results indicate that the Gurbantunggut Desert is a weak sink for CH4 and a small source of N2O, and is sensitive to elevated precipitation and N deposition.

KeywordsGurbantunggut desert; CH4 sink; Precipitation; Nitrogen deposition; Interactive effects
Year of Publication2019
JournalGeoderma
Journal citation337, pp. 770-772
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.10.020
Web address (URL)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.10.020
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderBBSRC Newton funding
Funder project or codeUK - China Virtual Joint Centre for Improved Nitrogen Agronomy (CINAG)
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Print01 Mar 2019
Online25 Oct 2018
Publication process dates
Accepted12 Oct 2018
PublisherElsevier Science Bv
ISSN0016-7061

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