土壤活性有机碳

A research review on soil active organic carbon

土壤活性有机碳是土壤中活跃的化学组分,能显著影响土壤化学物质的溶解、吸附、解吸、吸收、迁移乃至生物毒性等行为,近年来土壤活性有机碳已成为土壤、环境和生态科学领域所关注的焦点和研究的热点。本文从土壤活性有机碳的来源、组成、含量、影响因素以及环境意义等方面做了简要的论述。一般认为,土壤活性有机碳来源于植物凋落物的分解、根系分泌物、土壤有机质的水解、土壤微生物本身及其代谢产物,因为来源的不同土壤活性有机碳含量也不同;影响土壤活性有机碳的因素有很多,研究表明,土壤活性有机碳随季节和湿度的变化呈现十分强烈的变异趋势;土地利用方式改变对土壤活性有机碳的影响在不同的研究中有不同的结果;土地管理措施如耕作、施有机肥和化肥、改变土壤pH值等对土壤活性有机碳也有很大的影响。土壤活性有机碳的生态环境效应主要表现在它对调节土壤养分流有很大影响,与土壤内在的生产力高度相关;它作为重金属的有机配体,对土壤溶液中的微量重金属的可移动性和迁移过程以及金属复合物的形成过程有着重要作用;它的存在影响农药在土壤中的截留、增加农药的水溶性,并影响农药在土壤中的运动;它对温室气体的排放、水体富营养化、岩石圈溶蚀都有很重要的作用。同时指出了未来的研究方向。

Soil active organic carbon is the most important carbon pool in soil, due to its active characters and fast turnover. It has great significance in the study of soil carbon cycling and carbon interception, and is a good indicator in ecosystem management. Generally, it originates from litter decomposition, plant root secretion, soil organic matter hydrolysis, microbes themselves and their metabolic products, and is affected by season, humidity, land use/ land management pattern, and soil pH, etc. It greatly affects the solution, adsorption, desorption, translocation, and biotoxicity of soil chemical substances, and thus, has strong influences on soil nutrients flux, heavy metals mobility, metal complexes formation, and inherent productivity. In addition, the content of this carbon directly affects the quantity and activity of soil microbes, and accordingly, affects the greenhouse gases emission and its regulation, the quality of aquatic ecosystem, and the erosion process of lithosphere. To further study the dynamics of soil active organic carbon is of significance for environmental protection and nutrients cycling.