甘肃河西山地土壤有机碳储量及分布特征

山地土壤具有强异质性和较高的碳密度,研究山地土壤有机碳的储量、空间分布特征和影响因素,对理解未来气候变化情景下该区土壤碳-大气反馈具有重要意义。河西山地地形复杂,水热梯度明显,是研究土壤有机碳空间格局的理想区域。利用河西山地126个土壤剖面数据,分析了0~100 cm土壤有机碳的储量、空间分布特征及其与环境因素的关系。结果表明:河西山地0~100 cm土壤有机碳密度均值15.04±7.24 kg·m^-2,区域土壤有机碳储量1.37±0.66 Pg,其中50%储存在高寒草甸和亚高山灌丛草甸。研究区土壤有机碳密度从高到低依次为亚高山灌丛草甸(41.15±18.47 kg·m^-2)、山地草甸草原(40.26±9.59 kg·m^-2)、山地森林(34.57±14.52 kg·m^-2)、高寒草甸(29.19±14.58 kg·m^-2)、山地草原(19.28±11.33 kg·m^-2)、荒漠草原(9.83±4.14 kg·m^-2)、高寒草原(8.59±2.47 kg·m^-2)、高寒荒漠(5.89±3.18 kg·m^-2)、草原化荒漠(5.16±3.06 kg·m^-2)、温带荒漠(5.00±3.35 kg·m^-2)。土壤有机碳的空间分布与地形和气候因子显著相关。土壤有机碳密度随着海拔的升高呈现出先增加后减少的趋势,阴坡土壤有机碳密度显著高于阳坡和半阴坡。土壤有机碳密度随年平均降水量增多而增多,随年平均温度的升高呈现出先增加后减少的趋势。

Land Cover Status in the Koshi River Basin,Central Himalayas

The Koshi River Basin is in the middle of the Himalayas,a tributary of the Ganges River and a very important cross-border watershed.Across the basin there are large changes in altitude,habitat complexity,ecosystem integrity,land cover diversity and regional difference and this area is sensitive to global climate change.Based on Landsat TM images,vegetation mapping,field investigations and 3S technology,we compiled high-precision land cover data for the Koshi River Basin and analyzed current land cover characteristics.We found that from source to downstream,land cover in the Koshi River Basin in 2010 was composed of water body（glacier）,bare land,sparse vegetation,grassland,wetland,shrubland,forest,cropland,water body（river or lake） and built-up areas.Among them,grassland,forest,bare land and cropland are the main types,accounting for 25.83%,21.19%,19.31% and 15.09% of the basin＇s area respectively.The composition and structure of the Koshi River Basin land cover types are different between southern and northern slopes.The north slope is dominated by grassland,bare land and glacier;forest,bare land and glacier are mainly found on northern slopes.Northern slopes contain nearly seven times more grassland than southern slopes;while 97.13% of forest is located on southern slopes.Grassland area on northern slope is 6.67 times than on southern slope.The vertical distribution of major land cover types has obvious zonal characteristics.Land cover types from low to high altitudes are cropland,forest,Shrubland and mixed cropland,grassland,sparse vegetation,bare land and water bodies.These results provide a scientific basis for the study of land use and cover change in a critical region and will inform ecosystem protection,sustainability and management in this and other alpine transboundary basins.